But then again, for some, knee jerk loathing and contempt is par for the course.

In fact, we’re not going to leave before the next president takes office, so let him address that issue.

Meanwhile, let’s stop all this hyperventilating about the evil Bush and spend a moment or two, you know, to understand what was actually said. See:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/08/us.iraq/

The Iraqi government is saying that it’s “possible” we could be out by 2011 or 2012. Well, according to my calendar that would be 36 months or so from the time a new administration — say an Obama administration — takes office, not the truly artificial “16 months” BO was touting so he could win the primary votes of the far left wing of the party.

Anyway, like two partners should, Iraq and the USA will sit down and talk and negotiate a good agreement with all the wiggle room a 2012 “dealine” gives us.

But if they want us out, we should go. And why not? Saddam and his cutthroat sons are moldering in the ground and no longer are political enemies fed feet first into woodchippers; 500 tons of yellowcake uranium that Saddam WOULD have use to re-start a nuclear weapons program is now in Canada; the Mahdi Militia has had its a$$ kicked; and al Qaeda in Iraq has suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands our our military.

In fact, leaving because the elected Democratic pluralistic federalist Iraqi government asks us to leave can be seen as one aspect of victory. It is certainly not turning tail and ensuring defeat, which is what we would have done had we listened to Obama, Harry Milquetoast Reid, and all the other pessimistic defeatists who claimed that we were in the midst of some unending horrific civil war and that not only was losing inevitable, but that we had already lost.

Then again, it’s the erroneous predictions of Bill Kristol that get everyone on here so hot and bothered.

Arrogance and ignorance are the hallmarks of this administration. (I am sure that Cheney will now invite Maliki to go yachting in the Arabian sea with him and to try his hand at skeet shooting.)

“I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”

“American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace.”

King George Bushit 1999

the moral of this story:
Don’t ever believe a Republiscum GOPig. Especially when campaigning for the Presidency, my friends!

July 8th, 2008 at 7:59 am

“Cropped” isn’t “altered,” you dingbat. Unless you’re expecting TP to post uncropped, unresized, 600 dpi print-quality photos on their site, they will have to be cropped and resized to fit on the page. That’s not “alteration,” however.

And I see no evidence of color-correction. The skin tones on the Maliki and Bush characters looks consistent. The photo in this story just looks like it was taken at a slightly different point in time or from a different angle than the one you linked.

Nice try, though!

“If they were to say, leave, we would leave.”

Iraq: “Leave.”
Bush: (smiles, shrugs, points to ear) “What? What did you say?”
Iraq: “Leave out country! Go home!”
Bush (smiling): “Sorry, no habla Iraqi.“

Reminds you of the EPA report doesn’t it?

Now, the Iraqi Government wants the US to leave. It’s not for the US to say what the right conditions on the ground are for it to leave. The Iraqis should know better and they’re saying that it’s time for the US to make a withdrawal timetable. After all, it’s they who will bear the consequences of a US withdrawal.

Look Mr. al-Maliki, if you let us stay as long as we want and do whatever we please, then . . we’ll let you keep some of your own money !

What Every American Needs to Know (and Do) About FISA Before Tuesday, July 8th

Tomorrow, July 8th, could mark the beginning of official condoning of warrantless surveillance of US citizens in the US.

This is a short interview with Daniel Ellsberg, famous for releasing the Pentagon Papers, about what every American needs to know — and do in the next 24 hours — about the new FISA (Federal Information and Surveillance Act) amendments.

WHAT YOU CAN DO IN 60 SECONDS:

For those who are prepared to spend 60 seconds to help protect their liberties and prevent warrantless wiretapping from becoming a new standard in the US, here are two steps you can take:

1. ALL AMERICANS: Go to snipurl.com/2ubhq and put in your zipcode to find your Senator’s phone number. Call them and read the short script on the same page. If no answer, click the link at the bottom of the page to e-mail them. If the above link doesn’t work, go to eff.org, click “take action,” and click the first item.

2. OBAMA SUPPORTERS: Go to snipurl.com/2ubhl and invest 30 seconds to become a member of the group Obama watches for numbers that want him to oppose this bill. Recommend others search “obama please vote no” on Google and the MyBarackObama link will be in the top results.

3. ALERT YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!

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Witness the Republicum, George Worst Bush, FIX the FACTS around the POLICY.

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The US government is run like a cracked-out McHale’s Navy. What a bunch of Keystone Cops. Unbelievable!

chimpy believes one day the Iraqis will look around and notice there isn’t any US soldiers in Iraq. Poof! ars and timetables fit like a hand in a glove.

But we know you (sir chimp) you want to steal Iraqis’ land and suck the hell out of their oil. Right? In a hundred years will Iraqi oil and land will be worthless? Who says we must have an “embassy” in Iraq?

Ok chimpy here is want you do:

1. Get the hell out of Iraqi like Maliki told you over and over again.
2. Set a timetable (12/31/09, people could start moving way before that date) SHHHHHHhhhhh, it’s a secret.
3. Make plans to reduce your “special personal force, blackwater.
4.Don’t send our injured soldiers back into hell. There are several secret missions that can occurred to reduce the troop numbers.
5. Stop bombing Iraqi citizens and their infrastructure.
6. The US will be on humanity mission, this way the repugs can get their flowers and candy.
7. Do the opposite of “Shock and Awe” commander-and-chimp
8. The Iraqi people, US citizens and the people of the world should be told chimpy that chimpy invaded, occupied and killed all for oil. That should get a laugh or two.

Get the hell out of Iraq