Morris on 4,000 U.S. casualties in Iraq: ‘I want bases out of that.’
Morris on 4,000 U.S. casualties in Iraq: ‘I want bases out of that.’
During an interview last night on Fox News’s Hannity and Colmes, conservative pundit Dick Morris said that after all the American sacrifices in Iraq, he wants “bases out of that,” essentially arguing that the more American casualties there are, the more the United States deserves bases from Iraq. He then explained that he envisioned the permanent bases would be “like they are in Okinawa or North Korea”:
After we’ve sustained 4,000 casualties, I don’t know about you, but I want bases out of that. I want the ability to have troops near Iran. And I’m not saying they go off base. They’re like they are in Okinawa or North Korea.
Watch it:
The United States military bases are actually in South Korea, where approximately 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed.
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The USofA will never, ever completely withdraw its military forces from Iraq…
Unless they can conquer Kyrgyzstan, or someplace else CLOSER to the action in the more-or-less undeveloped trans-Caspian energy (oil, gas, shale, etc) puddle…
June 13th, 2008 at 2:06 pmMorris on 4,000 U.S. casualties in Iraq: ‘I want bases out of that.’
- - Geeze, talk about baseless.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:08 pmOoooh, such a big brave chickenhawk!!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:09 pmDick Morris wants bases, huh? What has he done for the war effort to demand anything? Wow, a GOP hack who is a warmonger. Who could have anticipated that?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:13 pm.
Iraq is NOT like Okinawa…
Iraq is NOT like North Korea…
Iraq is like Iraq… Devastated by our presence
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:15 pmSo in order to rationalize a stupid move (permanent military bases in Iraq),that will only inflame the people in that region, Morris uses the results of another stupid move (invading Iraq), that has already inflamed these people.
I don’t know which is more troubling, the arrogance or the stupidity of this person.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 13th, 2008 at 2:18 pmAs with Cheney, whoever named that guy had a pretty good idea how he was going to turn out. Alas, DICK, these so-called permanent bases in Iraq would be about like your mythical bases in North Korea — surrounded by enemies.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm.
Using D!Ck’s logic, how many bases does Iraq get in America?
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWhat am I missing? Bases are some sort of “earned reward” for invading and occupying a country?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWow — we have bases in North Korea? Who knew?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm“Prostitute toe-sucker” Dick Morris, you mean.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pmI can’t watch Dick Morris without feeling like I need to take a shower afterwards.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
How many US Bases are in North Korea?
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pmHow about a compromise Dick? My offer is no permanent bases in Iraq. They can have Chimpy’s Pretzeldential Lieberry though. I’ll even offer you the job of “Head” Lieberrian too if you promise to stay there permanently!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:25 pmI guess “winning the hearts and minds” of the people is nothing compared to our need to advance U.S. imperialism.
How this fits into the logic of the WOT escapes me. Wouldn’t we be a bit safer here at home if we quit p!ssing off the rest of the world?
Oh wait…this has nothing to do with the WOT, which was just a PR slogan to sell a far more sinister plan. What we’re really doing is implementing a plan to control as many oil-rich countries as possible.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pm4,000+ NEEDLESS DEATHS? i along with 85% of America want some goddamn accountability…. how about that you reich-wing fuknut!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pm“They’re like they are in Okinawa or North Korea.” Dick Morris said “And I’ll take another cup of coffee with 2 spoons of stupid.”
June 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pmDick the Pr!ck Morris; One more example of a NewCon scumbag making money off the lives of brave USA troops.
How many combat tours has he served?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pmThe # of US Bases in North Korea and the Predictions Dick Toe Sucker Morris has gotten right are the SAME NUMBER.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:30 pmThere are some pundits who get everything wrong, but they at least have an air of professionalism about them.
Then there are the complete jokes, the Benny Hills of punditry, the guys who make you shake your head and say, “why is this person working in any branch of communication”?
Dick Morris is one of those. And strangely, an alarmingly high percentage of them are employed by Faux News.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:31 pmMarie Says
June 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
What am I missing? Bases are some sort of “earned reward” for invading and occupying a country?
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I think this is “pirate” logic. Pirates who commandeered another ship took the loot from that ship as their reward.
Of course, any resemblance between us and seventeeth century pirates is purely coincidental…
June 13th, 2008 at 2:33 pmWhere are war-mongering trolls to support this wanker?
Gone to get more talking points?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:33 pmAbsolutely no bases anywhere.
America is not an empire!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pmWhat am I missing? Bases are some sort of “earned reward” for invading and occupying a country?
Of Course. We have spilled so much of our prescious (mostly) European Christian blood to liberate those ungrateful brown Muzlimz savages to spread our freedom and stuff… your damn right we are entitled to plant our asses there so we can do it again to thier uppity nieghboors. We are the most powerful country in the world and if the world doesn’t they can suk it! USA!!!USA!!!USA!!!USA!!!
/snark: off.
I fell nauseous…
June 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pmI wasn’t aware that we have 58 permanent military bases in Korea and Japan.
The right trying to equate permanent bases in Iraq to bases in Korea and Japan is an apples to oranges comparison and any thinking adult knows that. The fact of the matter is that the Iraqi’s aren’t going to stop killing Americans until we get the hell out of their country. Having 58 permanent bases and the monstrosity embassy will just make our troops and people sitting ducks.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pmInteresting, that’s 69 dead Americans per base. Morris thinks that’s a good return on investment. I would like to ask the parents of the 69 dead Americans if they think their child’s life was worth a permanent military base in a country where we are despised and viewed as being an occupier.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pmColmes is a TOOL.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pmupside99 Says:
How many combat tours has he served?
Hahahahaha
June 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pmNot sure paper cuts on his fingers in the newsroom would equal military combat tours.
Maybe he played with green plastic soldiers when he was a child.
misshusseinmolly Says:
Wow — we have bases in North Korea? Who knew?
Good catch. Those neocons sure don’t know their geography do they.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pmMax-1 Says:
Using D!Ck’s logic, how many bases does Iraq get in America?
Max1, that’s a good question! If we are entitled to 58 bases for 4,100 permanently lost soldiers, that would equate to one base per 71 casualties. If we take the optomistic estimate that 600,000 Iraqis have died, that would entitle them to 8,450 bases. Now where does Dick live?
I hesitated posting this because I in no way mean to make light of our casualties, but Dick’s offering up their dead bodies as some sort of bargaining chip for permanent bases is obscene on so many level.
PEACE
June 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm26. kungtruth Says:
Goodness, that irrational supremacist babble seriously screwed up my faculties. My apologizes to the English language.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:42 pmWayne Says:
upside99 Says:
How many combat tours has he served?
Hahahahaha
Not sure paper cuts on his fingers in the newsroom would equal military combat tours.
Maybe he played with green plastic soldiers when he was a child
Oops, I just did a Wiki on him and it says he spent 3 tours with the 4th NeoCon Chickenhawk Brigade. He served under ‘Kernal’ Bill Kristol.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:43 pmOnce again, the right wing is starting with the assumption that the invasion of Iraq was necessary, lawful and unavoidable. Then they spew out what they feel should be done based on that false premise.
The invasion of Iraq was never, ever “necessary”. It was a war of choice, waged for personal reasons by our president. Had he been honest with the American people and told us that things were not as sure as he said they were, we would never have supported him. But, as with so many other of their arguments, the right can’t win when they tell the truth. So they lie and distort things, and then claim that because you agree with them, they must be right.
Our invasion of Iraq violated international law. That is a fact. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and many others can (and should be) arrested if they ever set foot in certain countries. If they do get arrested, I will stand behind seeing them convicted for their war crimes 100%.
Nor was the war in Iraq “unavoidable”. Bush made up his mind to take out Saddam from the beginning of his administration. he just lacked any sufficient reason for doing it. Then 9/11 happened, and Bush went around the country trying to make people believe things that weren’t true, just so he could get rid of Saddam because, “He tried to kill my Daddy.” Bush ignored and even discouraged diplomatic efforts to avoid war. he had no interest in proving that any of the things he was saying were true. In his words, “We cannot wait for the final proof to come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” So he just assumed he was right and claimed he was justified in what he did. I really hope he spends a long time in prison.
Oh, and why is Scott McClellan called a “traitor” by Fox News Channel for writing a tell-all book about his time in the Bush White house, but Dick Morris is hired as a “political expert” by Fox News Channel after he wrote a tell-all book about his time in the Clinton White house?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pmMinatour Says:
Dick Morris is a patriot and a good man. You are all smear merchants peddling hate. Secular Progressives are hateful.
And you also believe in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:47 pmBlood for land is the new reich-wing motto? You “people” are utterly disgusting.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:47 pmThis is one of the 3 reason Iraq was invaded. The others were keep the oil away from China, and out flank Syria/Iran.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:47 pmExcellent parody of a lame rightwing troll!
Minatour makes a better parody of a rightwing troll than Nicky makes of a leftwing troll.
Jeez — even our pretend trolls are better than theirs.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pmMinatour, you are almost as funny as our mascot troll, John Kerry.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:50 pmWell mom,
June 13th, 2008 at 2:50 pmI wuz just usin’ my D!ckLogic.
Thanks for the math…
Stop it! You’re killin’ me!!!
Oh, my sides!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:52 pmMinatour,
I agree with you - George W. Bush is the 43rd Greatest President we’ve ever had!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pmSo Al Queda attacked us on 9/11, therefore we deserve bases in Iraq?
Based on that logic, George Bush sent 4000 soldiers to their death, therefore, the soldiers’ families all deserve to share in Dick Morris’ money.
What? Doesn’t make sense?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pmExactly.
Minatour Says:
Bush is a good man. He has protected us and kept us safe. You are3 all ungrateful spoiled little kids. All you do is complain and whine. Try to make the decisions this man has done. He’s been a Great President and will go down as one the best.
Yep, he was called the best by Jeff Gannon, Mark Foley and Larry Craig. Great references, all.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:55 pmMinatour Says:
Dick Morris is a patriot and a good man.
When was he a patriot and a good man, when he got fired by Clinton ( got caught with a prostitute ), when he was consultant for Ukraine President Yushchenko or consulting for a Kenya presidential candidate?
Do you know anything about who you are talking about?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pmDidn’t think so.
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LOL everybody,
Minatart thinks there is a redeeming quality to TREASON, TORTURE, LYING, FRAUD, MURDER, USURPING AMERICAN’S RIGHTS…
Why does Minatart hate America so…?
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June 13th, 2008 at 2:59 pmRobertSeattle Says:
I agree with you - George W. Bush is the 43rd Greatest President we’ve ever had!
hehehe :)~
June 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pmMinatour Says:
Try to make the decisions this man has done.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
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Okay - I’ll try that. Let me see if I can make the same decisions this president made:
President Toasterhead, should we invade a country that poses no threat to the United States for so we can establish a foothold in the Persian Gulf, provide windfall profits to the petro-military-industrial complex, and use a campaign of lies and forgeries to sell it to the American people?
No.
President Toasterhead, can we pay people in Afghanistan $5,000 to rat out their neighbors as “terrorists” and then lock up these unlawful combatants indefinitely on an offshore location?
No.
Okay, but can we at least torture them a bit?
Absolutely not.
Please?
No.
President Toasterhead, there’s a category 5 hurricane heading towards New Orleans. Would you like to ignore it for a few days, contract out the emergency plan to a major campaign contributor, and then use the storm as an excuse to grab land from poor black people to benefit some major developers?
No.
President Toasterhead, would you like to sell off every single government function, from tax collection to national defense, to a bunch of corporations?
No.
President Toasterhead, would you like to deny health care to children of lower-middle and working-class families who are too poor for private health insurance but not poor enough to qualify for assistance?
Nope.
President Toasterhead, would you like to rule over government-funded scientists and doctors with an iron fist, making sure all scientific reports are thoroughly vetted to scrub out any findings that might conflict with your cronies’ business plans?
No.
Wow! This decisionerating is hard - there’s no WAY I could make the same decisions President Bush made! Good point, Minatour!!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pmSpeaking of vile scum, the Huckster, hope[s] to bring [to Faux] the unique perspective from `inside the dragon’s belly’ as well as to try and speak for the millions of hardworking middle-class Americans who really do feel that their voices are not being heard,”
What unique perspective is that, Huckster? The far, far, FAR reich-wing perspective?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pmMinatour….your act…..old…..tiring…..go away now……
June 13th, 2008 at 3:04 pm#38, #44, #46, #52, #55… TROLL strearing off topic… FLAGGED!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:04 pmI highly recommend ignoring this a$$hole Miniwhore.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:06 pmUosdwis Says:
“Prostitute toe-sucker” Dick Morris, you mean.
“Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”
June 13th, 2008 at 3:07 pmWelcome Minator, our new “troll du jour”.
This is such a serious and sad thread, and I must say I appreciate the belly laughs you’ve been providing!
“Bush is a good man.”
You owe me a new keyboard! This one made me spew!
PEACE
June 13th, 2008 at 3:07 pmMinatour Says:
Bush saved the economy follwing the Tech Bubble bursted.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
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What part of “saving the economy” involves over 250,000 forclosures in a single month?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:07 pmMinatour Says:
hussein toasterhead,
You aren’t there. You speak without knowing the behind the scenes facts.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
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Well, do enlighten me. What are these “behind the scenes facts,” exactly? As a citizen, taxpayer, and voter, should I not be entitled to this information?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:09 pmOkay, this is a bit over-the-top. Not even a real hardcore Bushbot would say something as stupid as this.
Minotaur, you overstayed your time on stage. Hand the mic over to someone else.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:09 pmMinotaur, you overstayed your time on stage. Hand the mic over to someone else.
The troll just woke up from his nap. Leave it alone. He is spewing his crap all over TP right now.
Hey sh!thead Minotaur, go to Iraq and fight the good fight. If your king needs you, go fight and make us all proud; otherwise STFU! Ignore the obvious low IQ troll.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:12 pmMinatart,
When the topic IS about Dick Morris, you think it’s about your Savior, Bush the Great… or is it Heil Bush?
Either way, your OFF TOPIC… come back when the topic is about your Savior, Bush the Great.
Damn, Loyal Christians(R) are thick headed AND filled with narrow minds.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:13 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
What part of “saving the economy” involves over 250,000 forclosures in a single month?
It’s just like that old line from Vietnam: “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.”
June 13th, 2008 at 3:14 pmActually, Bush is president in name only.
He has no leadership skills to run a country (Exhibit A: The present).
He has no compassion for citizens of foreign countries (Exhibit B: Gitmo), or the United States (Exhibit C: Katrina).
He’s an admitted imbecile who can’t form a coherent sentence in public to save his life (Exhibit D: ummmmm, take your pick).
Referring to Bush as a great president is equating my 6 year old twins in T-ball to Derek Jeter.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:14 pmAnd that’s not fair to my twins (being used in the same sentence with Bush).
Band camp.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:15 pm.
LOL everybody,
Minatart thinks there is a redeeming quality to TREASON, TORTURE, LYING, FRAUD, MURDER, USURPING AMERICAN’S RIGHTS…
Why does Minatart hate America so…?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, unless Minatart proves me wrong, he’s a Fascist sympathizer.
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June 13th, 2008 at 3:15 pmJeez, band camp must have lowered their recruiting standards.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:16 pmMinatour Says:
Bush cut taxes than led to economic growth between 2003-2007. Then the Democrats came in power in 2007 and the economy went down. If the Republicans had Congress the economy would be good. The Dems are making it bad on purpose to hurt Bush. They are attacking aq God fearing Man!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
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I’m curious - what color is the sky in the alternate-reality universe you live in? Is it blue, or some other color.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:17 pmOh, Max, have some compassion for the mentally challenged.
(Your character IS supposed to be mentally challenged, right, Minotaur?)
June 13th, 2008 at 3:17 pmMinatour:
First of all, were you trying to misspell Minotaur? If so, then fine, if not, guess what? You’re a moron
Second, when did Bush care about us most? Was it during his disastrous handling of Katrina? Was it when he referred to the “haves” and the “have mores” as his base? Is it every single day that the Iraq OCCUPATION continues even though over 2/3s of US are OPPOSED TO IT CONTINUING?
Third, how is Dick Morris a good man? You want us to believe it, then fu(king explain yourself. Saying it over and over doesn’t make it so.
Fourth, you have been correct on one and only one point thus far: George Bush will most certainly go as the pinnacle of something. Ask 107 out 109 prominent historians polled: He will without a doubt go down as the pinnacle of BAD GOVERNANCE and as the WORST president in American history.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:17 pmWhat has been forgotten is the recent debate is what the British discovered last century– bases in Iraq are not a strategic asset, they are a liability. You have to pull troops and resources from more important places to defend your useless Iraq bases.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pmMinatour Says:
StratRat,
I did sign up. I leave for camp in July.
Good boy! Make sure you take your insect repellent and your sunscreen.
Those mosquitoes at BushCo Fantasy Camp can be brutal!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pmMinatour Says:
StratRat,
I did sign up. I leave for camp in July.
Doubt it’s true, wish you no ill will if it is, but if you die there, at least you can take heart in the fact that your death could lead to ONE MORE BASE!
PEACE
June 13th, 2008 at 3:19 pmSeriously, is this the kind of madness we’re going to have to put up with until the trolls start school in the fall?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:20 pmI’m guessing all of the donuts are gone over at Troll Central.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:20 pmHey Minatour,
Can you shed some light on the massive economic SURPLUS left behind by President Bill Clinton, that Chimpy-boy subsequently has turned into massive black hole of a deficit?
Any thoughts?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:21 pmrmwarnick,
Excellent point.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:23 pmMinatour Says:
StratRat,
I did sign up. I leave for camp in July.
You have a big mouth and a very low IQ. Because of those things, I doubt you are enlisting in our armed forces. They have extremely low requirements, but sadly you have even lower capabilities. We need real Americans fighting the good fight, not folks like you. Sorry, next!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pmMinatour Says:
liberal traitor,
The Surplus was dissappearing in 2001 due the Clinton Recession and 9/11. Bush did what he had to do. He saved us and you are ungrateful.
Sorry, the surplus checks had already been mailed before 9/11. Can’t blame the huge deficits and ballooning national debt on 9/11.
I know, I know, I’ll save you a post: “But, but, but, Clinton…”
I’ve been so busy flagging you, can you please just pick up your glove and find another ball field? If your mom let’s you cross the street?
PEACE
June 13th, 2008 at 3:28 pmYeah, bang up job he did too. Trillons of dollars in debt, a shrinking middle class, an American city STILL in ruins, 47 million Americans without health insurance, gas prices have nearly quadrupled since he took office (who would have thought having an oil man as prez would do that? Huh), student loans are harder to get, interest rates are up, foreclosures are rampant, etc etc etc.
You know what, you’re right. The economy is doing just dandy…that is if you’re a CEO of say Blackwater, KBR, or Halliburton. Or if you had tons of money to begin with and don’t actually WORK for any of it, you just make money of your already existing wealth because thanks to Big W’s tax cuts, which by the way benefit the top 1% of Americans in terms of wealth way more than they do anyone else, you no longer have to pay that much on your obscene wealth. A person making 30,000 a year (and actually WORKING for it like a Teacher) gets a few hundred bucks more back in taxes which they then turn right around have to spend on GAS, and someone who never worked a day in their life but inherited all their wealth gets back 10,000 more dollars in taxes, or they don’t get anything back because IT WAS NEVER TAKEN FROM THEM IN FIRST PLACE.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:30 pmDamn. Not only are all the trolls back from the break room, they’re all on a freakin’ sugar rush from the donuts.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:31 pm4000 lives = US bases….WTF does that mean. You are willing to trade American lives for some dirt in Iraq?
How come conservatives are so ignorant? Are their genetic coding just all scrabbled and stuff? Do they try and be stupid or does it come naturally?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:31 pmMinatour Says:
StratRat,
Well I signed up and I’m gonna go fight. That’s more than what you are doing. You are just sitting on your ass in front of the Computer complaining. I will be fighting to protect you. I am more of a man than you!
How do yo know I am a man? How do you know I am complaining? How do you know anything? Fact is, you don’t.
Good luck to you over there, please stay safe and come home in one piece. All progessives pray for the troops, and if you are going to wear the uniform of my country, then I will surely pray for your safe return also.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:31 pmBush has raped the nation repeatedly. I want a public execution out of that.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:31 pmNicky Says:
spencers mom,
Why are you flagging me?
I was flagging Minatour. Was that you, logged in by another name, or can’t you trolls tell each other apart?
And I’ve been flagging Minatour for being off topic. You’re next.
PEACE
June 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pmMinatour Says:
Wayne A. Schneider,
How dare you attack and smear our Commander in Chief in a time of war. George Bush is a good man doing a tough job. You are attacking your own country. How dare you, sir!
June 13th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Wait just one minute, Sparky. You are equating the president with the nation he is supposed to lead. YOUR allegiance is not to your country but to the person who is badly running it. George Bush is our president, not our Commander-in-Chief. He is only the C-in-C of the military forces. Until you understand that distinction (and I know subtlety is not your strong point), you have no business criticizing those of us who have served our country and who wish to exercise our First Amendment rights to free speech and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pmMinatour Says: I am more of a man than you!
In your dreams Fcuk head. By the way, men don’t wear womens undies while at their computer…just thought you would like to know.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pmStrat,
Don’t give the moron the satisfaction. The “I signed up” thing is a very convenient out for trolls whenever they get called on something.
It goes without saying that if someone were serving in uniform, and disagreed with our point of view, we would still not want them to be killed or injured in action.
It goes without saying because we SHOULDN”T HAVE TO SAY IT. Our loyalty and patriotism has been questioned everytime we’ve dissented for the last 7 years, and now that we’ve been proven correct in every subject we’ve talked about since Chimpy took office, it’s about time to tell these trolls to STFU.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pmSo his idea of *supporting the troops* is erecting bases because they died. Great talking point. How many bases per dead soldier is that? How much is a man’s/woman/s life worth?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pmNicky Says:
Was it during his disastrous handling of Katrina?
It wasn’t his fault. It Katleen Blanco’s fault. Bush did the best he can. Blame Blanco, she messed it up and the press lead by Keith Olbermann smeared Bush.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Oh, please. It was a national disaster, not simply a local one. Bush was the one who dropped the ball and failed our citizens, not Gov Blanco.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pmNicky Says:
Was it during his disastrous handling of Katrina?
It wasn’t his fault. It Katleen Blanco’s fault. Bush did the best he can. Blame Blanco, she messed it up and the press lead by Keith Olbermann smeared Bush.
I do hope you are kidding! Do you live in LA?
Blanco declared a State of Emergency almost 48 hours before the storm hit NO. Nothing was done til AFTER. Bush had to be told twice by his handlers and he still went to San Diego to play air guitar with some big hatted country singer.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:36 pmEveryone here, Minatour has now changed his login to Nicky. I’ve flagged all of Minatour’s posts, but his alter ego, Nicky, asks why I flagged him.
Just flag and move on… we have serious work to do in the next 5 months.
PEACE
June 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pmOh, and also, 60% of the LA National Guard was in Iraq, fighting Dubya’s efo oil war and took most of the state’s equipment.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:38 pmHey Nicky,
Pray tell, has anything that has occured during Bush’s presidency been his responsibility or fault? Anything? Is it always the fault of some Democrat getting in his way?
Is George W. Bush, as an ADULT (I’m giving him SO much leeway here), and as the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FU(KING STATES OF AMERICA (which he isn’t since he was never elected the first time, but for the sake of argument), EVER responsible for ANYTHING that happens while he is in that office? Ever?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:39 pmLiberal Traitor,
Of course he isn’t. Just like nicky/minature isn’t responsible for all those cheeto stains on his mom’s computer.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:42 pmHmmm. This looks like a job for President Leftside Annie!
You sirs, Troll Minatour and Troll Nicky, are hereby ordered detained indefinitely as terrorist suspects, by virtue of the USA Patriot Act, for the anti-American, anti-Constitution sedition you have each posted on this site.
You will not be permitted to contact an attorney, pack a bag or contact your family. Nor will you be allowed to pass GO and collect $200.
You will be waterboarded, sirs, and I have a two nice pairs of dirty undies all ready to be placed over your pointy terrorist heads. Furthermore, I have Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana” all queued up and ready to go, with the volume set at 25.
And Fido, my ferocious German Shepherd dog, is very hungry. He might not bite you, but then again, he might and that’s just a big oopsie, isn’t it?
By order of President Leftside Annie
June 13th, 2008 at 3:43 pmStrat,
Don’t give the moron the satisfaction. The “I signed up” thing is a very convenient out for trolls whenever they get called on something.
I know. Frankly reading his posts, it makes me wonder just how badly off the military must be to allow him to join, if he did join.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:43 pmNicky Nicky Nicky, that’s not what I asked you, but nice try.
I asked you, is he ever responsible for anything? Every negative thing that has happened during his administration, it’s always Bill Clinton’s fault, or the Democrats fault, or the Iraqi’s fault, or the fault of Gov. Blanco, or the fault of Ray Nagin, or the fault of “few bad apples”, or the fault of whoever…
Simple question, can George Bush be held accountable for anything at all? Not is he accountable for EVERYTHING, of course not. He didn’t cause Katrina to hit, any more than he caused the flooding in Iowa right now. However, is he not responsible for the EXTREMELY slow and Fatally poor response of FEMA and the Federal govt?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:46 pmI think Dick Morris is wrong on this. I think the US should scale down on foreign bases. We should leave those bases where the host country doesn’t welcome us.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:46 pmbtw, random OT, and TP will probably post something anything…
Tim Russert has just died from a heart attack.
http://nytimes.com/ (top of the page)
Weird day.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:47 pmsorry, TP will probably post something *anyway*
June 13th, 2008 at 3:48 pmHow well would this be received here if the Islamic countries got together and made a deal where if the United States is going to place military bases in their country, then they would be able to establish 58 military bases in the United States, and be authorized to exercise the same powers over our population (unchecked power to arrest and detain U. S. citizens, along with immunity from any form of accountability, or need to follow the laws of this country). For details about the proposed U. S. “deal”, go to http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ time/ 20080602/ wl_time/ iraqioppositiontouspactgrows
Can any of the trolls explain to us why Iraq citizens would want to support the U. S. initiative?
June 13th, 2008 at 3:48 pmStratRat - the military has lowered the bar very low to get fodder for Iraq.
I guess Miniturd finally turned eighteen and can get out of his mom’s basement. But he will be in for quite a shock when he gets to Iraq.
By the way Miniturd they don’t let you wear women’s undies over there, so pack your back for summer in hell.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pmI want something out of that too, executions. Preferably public.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pmWait — I thought you had been insisting that you were a “Progressive” before?
You mean you were just pretending?
Perish the thought!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pmNicky,
So no response then, eh? I thought so. Just repeat the same tired caricature of what you think I’m saying. At least you’re consistent…oh wait:
Nevermind.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:59 pmnicky/miniature sounds a lot like our old troll from that 3rd rate college in N Virginia, mr. p.
June 13th, 2008 at 3:59 pmHe/she also sounds a lot like VA Voter
June 13th, 2008 at 4:00 pmLessee, based on that logic, if 4,000 dead gets you 16 bases, we should have…….mmm times four, carry the six….
232 bases in Vietnam.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:00 pmLT,
they are all the same person.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pmRUCerious Says:
Lessee, based on that logic, if 4,000 dead gets you 16 bases, we should have…….mmm times four, carry the six….
232 bases in Vietnam.
RU,
In my tour there, I think I was on about half of them, if you count the firebases.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pmupside ~ yup, trickynicky’sdickissticky… he’s probably just about to go blind.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pmUpside,
June 13th, 2008 at 4:03 pmyeah most likely. Just like Trajan75 from TPW fame came in here today as Mr. Victor and…oh what was the other name…darn it, these trolls are so irrelevant and have so many names I simply can’t be bothered to remember them all.
RU,
remember when he used to go off on his meth-rants at night. That was scary funny stuff!
June 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pmupside, what the hell was your MOS?
I was only in DaNang and Phu Bai, got to Camp Eagle, and a few other fire bases, but I don’t think they’re still around.
My wife (who is Vietnamese) and I are going to go back next year or the year after, and I really want to see if there’s anything left in the big red muddy.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:08 pmVulture is a perfect name for a lowlife troll…
June 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pmThe sugar rush must have worn off and all the trolls have crashed.
Peace and quiet.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:22 pmWhy do we live in a world where ANYONE should care what this waste of space cares about?
How does this type of two-faced, unprincipaled jackass have his opinion voiced on the air?
June 13th, 2008 at 4:26 pmRU,
I was in SARS (Air Sea Rescue) so spent time all over II Corps and some of I Corps and Cambodia.
I was in Saigon (oops, HCM City) a few years ago and want to go back and spend more time in-country, including N Vietnam.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:28 pmliberal traitor Says:
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Upside,
June 13th, 2008 at 4:40 pmyeah most likely. Just like Trajan75 from TPW fame came in here today as Mr. Victor and…oh what was the other name…darn it, these trolls are so irrelevant
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Can you really blame him for dropping by? How many times can you look at “no comments” without feeling a little blue. He just needed some interaction since none goes on at TPW
Why couldn’t this fat tub of lard have a heart attack today instead of Tim Russert?
June 13th, 2008 at 7:08 pmupside99 Says:
How many combat tours has he served?
Zero, but he does like to hire prostitutes and suck on their toes.
June 13th, 2008 at 7:57 pmSurely that must count for something.
> What am I missing? Bases are
> some sort of
> “earned reward” for invading
> and occupying a country?
“frequent bomber” miles
June 13th, 2008 at 8:00 pm>Surely that must count for something.
It does.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:00 pmHow low can Morris go, how low can Fox News go?
June 13th, 2008 at 8:36 pmMr. Morris , here my question for you?
June 13th, 2008 at 10:57 pm1953 CIA overthrows mossadeq in Iran in order to help BP continue to control the oil there.
1954 CIA overthrows the democratically elected government of Arbenz in Guatemala 200 000 killed.
1963 CIA assassinates pres. Diem of south Vietnam 4 million die over the next 12 years .
1973 CIA overthrows the democratically elected government of Chile 30 000 die 250 000 tortured in concentration camps.
1977 CIA backs military government in El Salvador , 70 000 die including 4 American nuns and Arch bishop Romero.
1980’s CIA Trains Osama Bin Laden contributes 3 billion to his insurgency.
1981 CIA and the Reagan government back the contra’s and death squads in Nicaragua ,30 000 die.
1982 billions to saddam hussein in Iraq in order that he attacks Iran, 1 million die.
1983 US gives Iran weapons to kill Iranians.
1989 Manuel Noriega , a CIA agent and president of Panama disobeys Washington , US invades 3000 die.
My question for you mr Morris …… is what do they get ?
We do not want a PAX Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children — not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women — not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.” John F. Kennedy (1963)
June 14th, 2008 at 12:03 am>Or, maybe not.
Or maybe we dont let flaghumping jingoist imbeciles like yourself plot national strategy. wernt we supposed to give the iraqis “freedumb”? does that freedom not include the freedom to tell us to leave? what else shouldnt we let the iraqis do?
June 14th, 2008 at 6:24 amHow about we send all our right wing pundits to Iraq permanently?
Wait,no, we have done enough damage to that country.
June 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am…using the same racionale, over one million dead iraqui civilian… lets say, 100 permanent Iraqui military bases in the USA!
June 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pmdoes anyone put any credibility to anything this fool says?
June 15th, 2008 at 10:29 amWho cares what that arrogant, snot-rag Zionist Dick Morris thinks about anything? Is he aware that he’s on everyone’s traitor list?
June 15th, 2008 at 9:03 pm