Where’s the Outrage?

Although I do like Senator Reid’s response but I haven’t liked the Dems in general on the war. The Dems have been kind of afraid of what people will think. I guarantee that the R’s in this same position wouldn’t be as kind. They would have the likes of Hannity and Limbaugh all worked up. Senator Lott would be on every talk show talking about the moral outrage. Gingrich and Bob Dole would be called into action. The whole Republican party with the help of Drudge would be out in force if the shoe was on the other foot.

Okay, here’s the question, do we have any hope of fixing the problems in Iraq in the next 14 months? If the answer is no then what are we doing? Victory is always just around the corner for this President. He warns us not to predict the future BUT he can predict with 20/20 vision the chaos that will ensue when we leave.

The whole thing is kind nuts when you look at it. Just look at this, we went to war based on screwy logic or lies. Then we were asked to continue the war because we have to liberate the Iraqi people. We were then told that we have to finish what we started. We were then told that Al Qaeda was there and that’s why we have to stay. The reasons for staying keep changing. Why? Well that’s because we were NEVER told the real reason for going into Iraq. Was it oil? Was it flexing American power? The one thing that I know is that it wasn’t to spread democracy to the Middle East. That I know.

So, back the original question, why not bring everyone home? That’ s the plan that I endorse. Any plan that gets the troops out of there ASAP is the plan for me!!!

 

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Tags: Election 2008, Iraq, Senate by ecthompson
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John Edwards does an unusual thing and buys TV time to really confront the president.  I think that it is a bold move.  I think that it is a move that early primary state Dems can support.  His message is simple.  Bring the troops home now.  Not in a year or five years but now.

 

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Tags: Bush Administration, Election 2008 by ecthompson
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All we have to do to get the unity that Lieberman had talked about it to wind the clock back to September 12, 2001. Then we can re-believe that the President knows what he is doing. We can re-believe that Iraq has WMD and an Iraqi official met with Al Qaeda in Prague.

 

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We have all been waiting for the Petraeus Report. Jon Stewart points out again that the major networks are asleep at the wheel. Although Petraeus has stated that the wrote the report himself, it is clear that the outline of his report was pure White House. Please note in this clip how key phrases that the president and other officials have been stating for months now show up in Petraeus’ Report.

Please note the Keys of Success. These are hilarious.

 

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This was what the spinmeisters were telling us for the last 4 - 6 weeks. Anbar was where it was at. The Sunni took up arms against Al Qaeda. They began working with us (appears that we were actually paying them to work with us). Cut, Roll credits. Well, wait. The violence hasn’t been quite as squashed as President Bush and others have told us. A key Sunni trial leader has been killed by a bomb planted near his home. We were charged with keeping this man safe.

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From AP News:

The most prominent figure in a U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Iraq was killed Thursday by a bomb planted near his home in Anbar province, 10 days after he met with President Bush, police and tribal leaders said.

Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha was leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, also known as the Anbar Awakening — an alliance of clans backing the Iraqi government and U.S. forces.

The death of the charismatic young sheik dealt a blow to American efforts to recruit tribal leaders to fight the terror network. (more…)

Tags: Al Qaeda, Iraq by ecthompson
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