…oh wait!
DOH!
:-o

How long can these 23%ers continue to prop up this sorry-ass excuse of a regime?

It reminds me more and more of Germany during the 30’s and early 40’s as the people stood around while Hitler and his Nazi thugs almost destroyed their country and the rest of the world.

Now if only Dubya had a bunker and a conscience to do the right thing, things might improve.

In the true spirit of progressivism , I’ll offer you a deal (let’s call it the barfly compromise): if you (or any other conservative/republican) wants to offer serious comment on any issue that Bush and the republicans in power have demonstrably bungled,unchallenged, you first must preface your opening comment with “as a conservative (/republican), I know that in the past, my judgement has been terribly wrong, on this and many other issues, and that I have no right to speak on this topic, because of that past bad judgement, but still…”

If you will do that, whenever you offer your first post of the thread, I’ll cut you some slack.

It’s the virtual dead-chicken that you must wear, to attone for your past anti-American, pro-party synchophancy.

If they want us to leave, and the democratically elected leaders of Iraqi decide they don’t want us for security, we should leave.

Why do you persist in this self-delusion?

You may think your opinions have some relevance to the issue, but after four thousand dead soldiers, tens of thousands of physically and mentally maimed, hundreds of killed and crippled Iraqis, no WMD, trillions of dollars in current and future war costs, a devastated international reputation (and credibility), destruction and theft of many of mankind’s greatest archeological treasures, failure to bring the masterminds of 9/11 (which was the badly-crafted excuse for invading in the first place)to justice, outing a covert CIA officer to discredit her husband (and blowing the cover of an active CIA front, in the bargain), and not uttering a peep about any of it as it was going on — except to now offer a laughably-insincere posthumous regret, earns you nothing but the scorn of all true Americans who learned long ago to distrust authority, because they were, and are, capable of such acts.

So, offer your sentiments of concern and regret to the nearest fencepost, because you’ve squandered the right to offer your opinions, and to be taken seriously.

This could mean lower civilian violence and an increase in attacks on American forces.

June 14th, 2008 at 4:12 am
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And this right here is the problem. Our officials “admit that it’s an option” for the government Iraq to actually control the country.

That shouldn’t be “an option,” that should be “reality.”

Go for it. The U.S. should never have been there in the first place.

Let’s see… KBR can and does charge $99 per load of laundry they wash for the troops. That’s each load, per person! Halliburton male employees can have all the deviant, perverted, brutal sex they want with the Halliburton female employees they want with impunity. Blackwater can run amok and murder at will with all their death toys, again, with impunity and be rewarded with new contracts. The most blatant abuse is that we’re told that over $23 billion is missing and unaccounted for.

What is worse than the US losing money is the fact that Bush & Cheney have systematically annihilated 4% to 5% of the Iraqi population. That doesn’t include the one million that have been displaced since March 2003. All of this death and destruction is a replay of Vietnam. Now they are responsible for many still born babies and deformities from the use of Chemical Weapons, when Bush ordered the destruction of Fallujah in late 2004.

Then we have Vice President Dick Cheney once again stating that the only way out in Iraq is “total victory”. “Total Victory” in Cheney’s mind, means that the Bush Administration has never been interested in democracy for Iraq or the Middle East. What matters is control over crude oil (over 300 billion barrels), a cluster of 60 military bases, the largest Embassy in the world, and the perfect strategic position in the Middle East.

crow about it after it actually happens, mental midget.

arent you tired of being dead wrong about so many things? WMD? greeted with flowers? insurgency in its “final throes”. conflict only lasting 6 months at most?, iraqi oil money paying for its reconstruction? do you ever get tired of supporting people who have been so amazingly, incredibly wrong?

So you may see the Iraqis taking over this war, and you may see a lot of U.S. gains being drawn back.

I thought we weren’t making gains in Iraq?

Ware says that the U.S. officials admit that it’s an option for Iraqis to make their own law. That is their choice.

If they want us to leave, and the democratically elected leaders of Iraqi decide they don’t want us for security, we should leave.

It also frees up a bunch of soldiers if they still have plans to go after Iran before their time is up.

Hell! This is a win-win-win for BushCo.

And about Blackwater being held accountable…. out of sight, out of mind. We’ll just take out ball and go home. In the unlikely event that it does go to trial, whether we are in Iraq or not won’t matter at all.