Comments on: Sixth anniversary of Baghdad’s fall marked by huge anti-American protests. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:47:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: guzide http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-2/#comment-5604029 guzide Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:45:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5604029 OK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.<a href="http://www.magicplast.com" rel="nofollow">burun estetigi</a> <a href="http://www.hemenarac.com" rel="nofollow">rent a car</a> <a href="http://www.kardeslerrentacar.com" rel="nofollow">arac kiralama</a> <a href="http://www.magicsacekimi.com" rel="nofollow">sac ekimi</a> OK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.burun estetigi rent a car arac kiralama
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]]> By: Dave Nalle http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-2/#comment-5591017 Dave Nalle Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:34:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5591017 <i>Zooey, I guess it’s a positive sign that they’re [rightly] laying all the blame at the feet of Bush, not Obama. </i> And so Obama asks for another $84 billion for the utterly pointless and unwinnable war in Afghanistan. "How do you like your blue-eyed boy now, Mr. Death?" Dave Zooey, I guess it’s a positive sign that they’re [rightly] laying all the blame at the feet of Bush, not Obama.

And so Obama asks for another $84 billion for the utterly pointless and unwinnable war in Afghanistan.

“How do you like your blue-eyed boy now, Mr. Death?”

Dave

]]> By: Dave Nalle http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5591009 Dave Nalle Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:30:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5591009 Do you not get that this is a peaceful protest by an extremist religious faction which 2 years ago was expressing their dissent with weapons and violence rather than peaceful protests? This protest is a brilliant example of the success which has been achieved in Iraq. Dave Do you not get that this is a peaceful protest by an extremist religious faction which 2 years ago was expressing their dissent with weapons and violence rather than peaceful protests? This protest is a brilliant example of the success which has been achieved in Iraq.

Dave

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5590424 MapleStreet Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:42:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5590424 36. stewartjt As the shape of the area is oval, I say naming it Bush Square would be quite appropriate ! Cheers ! 36. stewartjt

As the shape of the area is oval, I say naming it Bush Square would be quite appropriate !

Cheers !

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589706 sacopenapa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:16:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589706 See Bush/Chenney/Obama/Gates/Petraus! This is Democracy! 'Gringo go Home!' See Bush/Chenney/Obama/Gates/Petraus! This is Democracy! ‘Gringo go Home!’

]]> By: Helen Rainier http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589549 Helen Rainier Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:15:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589549 Hmm, does this mean Maliki won't be giving any of the Bushies the Iraqi Medal of Freedom? Hmm, does this mean Maliki won’t be giving any of the Bushies the Iraqi Medal of Freedom?

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589451 MapleStreet Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:35:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589451 Where are the roses that they are throwing at us ? Where are the roses that they are throwing at us ?

]]> By: LibertyLover http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589336 LibertyLover Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:00:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589336 It looks like there are more people in the square than there were when the statue came down. It looks like there are more people in the square than there were when the statue came down.

]]> By: SKdeAnt http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589320 SKdeAnt Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:55:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589320 <blockquote>Uncle Ho Says: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alright, just what in the HELL is going on with the recommend? I click a recommend, and an error message pops up saying that I’ve already rated this item, when in fact I did not. Anyone else having this problem? </blockquote> Yes, it has happened to me three times this morning.

Uncle Ho Says:
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Alright, just what in the HELL is going on with the recommend?

I click a recommend, and an error message pops up saying that I’ve already rated this item, when in fact I did not.
Anyone else having this problem?

Yes, it has happened to me three times this morning.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589213 barfly Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:21:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589213 Hey Joe, haven't seen you around much. Man, if only they'd gotten that amusement park up and running. Think of all those protestors as potential customers! A shoe-tossing stand, would really clean up. Give the winners a couple gallons of fresh water as the prize. Hey Joe, haven’t seen you around much.

Man, if only they’d gotten that amusement park up and running. Think of all those protestors as potential customers! A shoe-tossing stand, would really clean up. Give the winners a couple gallons of fresh water as the prize.

]]> By: hellinabucket http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589184 hellinabucket Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:08:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589184 Just went to Fox News and did a search for any stories on Iraq for today. Not a single story. That tells so much. Just went to Fox News and did a search for any stories on Iraq for today. Not a single story.

That tells so much.

]]> By: FreedomFries http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589167 FreedomFries Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:54:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589167 Mission Accomplished Mission Accomplished

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589157 freeman Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:42:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589157 <strong>US OUT OF NORTH AMERICA</strong> Wavy Gravy US OUT OF NORTH AMERICA
Wavy Gravy

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589154 freeman Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:41:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589154 The Iraqi's are protesting our occupation of their country because they have had enough . In America , trillions are given to international corporations already paying no taxes and receiving billions in subsidies from your tax dollar , so that their executives can fly around in expensive private jets and receive multi million dollar bonuses ! The Obama administration broadens the rationale for domestic spying , while preventing court cases from proceeding on the topics of wireless wiretapping and extraordinary rendition ! Iraqi's are just obviously SMARTER than Americans who can be robbed ,tortured , spied upon and sent to war on false premises and killed by the 1000's without flinching ! The Iraqi’s are protesting our occupation of their country because they have had enough .
In America , trillions are given to international corporations already paying no taxes and receiving billions in subsidies from your tax dollar , so that their executives can fly around in expensive private jets and receive multi million dollar bonuses !
The Obama administration broadens the rationale for domestic spying , while preventing court cases from proceeding on the topics of wireless wiretapping and extraordinary rendition !
Iraqi’s are just obviously SMARTER than Americans who can be robbed ,tortured , spied upon and sent to war on false premises and killed by the 1000’s without flinching !

]]> By: DNFP http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589150 DNFP Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:37:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589150 Oh, there'll be a <em>statue</em> of der Shrub in Baghdad - <strong>one of him ducking a pair of flying footwear!!!!!!</strong> Oh, there’ll be a statue of der Shrub in Baghdad – one of him ducking a pair of flying footwear!!!!!!

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589142 Uncle Ho Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:28:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589142 Mistress Z: thanx :-) Mistress Z: thanx :-)

]]> By: stewarjt http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589139 stewarjt Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:27:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589139 <em>Six years ago today, coalition forces defeated Saddam Hussein’s regime and watched the toppling of the dictator’s statue in Firdos Square.</em> It hasn't been renamed G.W. Bush Square by popular demand yet? Six years ago today, coalition forces defeated Saddam Hussein’s regime and watched the toppling of the dictator’s statue in Firdos Square.

It hasn’t been renamed G.W. Bush Square by popular demand yet?

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589129 tombaker Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:18:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589129 Bribe payments must be dwindling - somebody get General Dave to bust open another shipping container of cash. I hope this re-motivates the Pres. to get our people out of there at a quick and steady pace. And the Iraqis need to figure out for themselves that they'll need to put on a different kind of show to get us to leave. (not that I agree with that, or even want us there in the first place) Somebody get them some Hogan's Heroes on dvd, and maybe they'll learn that a little subtle subterfuge can go a long way. As long as they do the Anti-thing, it will further convince the hawkish here that we still "have work to do" there. Bribe payments must be dwindling – somebody get General Dave to bust open another shipping container of cash.

I hope this re-motivates the Pres. to get our people out of there at a quick and steady pace. And the Iraqis need to figure out for themselves that they’ll need to put on a different kind of show to get us to leave. (not that I agree with that, or even want us there in the first place)

Somebody get them some Hogan’s Heroes on dvd, and maybe they’ll learn that a little subtle subterfuge can go a long way. As long as they do the Anti-thing, it will further convince the hawkish here that we still “have work to do” there.

]]> By: wags camponotus saundersi http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589122 wags camponotus saundersi Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:14:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589122 <blockquote>I think Joe Sixpack was being snarky.</blockquote> I certainly hope so...

I think Joe Sixpack was being snarky.

I certainly hope so…

]]> By: CageyCretin http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/comment-page-1/#comment-5589121 CageyCretin Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:13:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/six-fall-baghdad/#comment-5589121 <em>wags camponotus saundersi Says: Looking at it from a conservative point of view, did it ever occur to anyone that maybe, JUST MAYBE, they are protesting and burning the American flag because we are planning to pull out and they want us to stay? What the hell kind of logic is this?</em> That is <em>PERFECT </em>wingnut logic. What troll of ours would not be PROUD to have thought of that? Spot on. wags camponotus saundersi Says:

Looking at it from a conservative point of view, did it ever occur to anyone that maybe, JUST MAYBE, they are protesting and burning the American flag because we are planning to pull out and they want us to stay?

What the hell kind of logic is this?

That is PERFECT wingnut logic. What troll of ours would not be PROUD to have thought of that? Spot on.

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