Current Status in Iraq

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Coup is grabbing his sword and shield. " Saddle up!"

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Israel is running point...think they need some help.  Let's finish it or get off the pot...

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I hope our Israeli Brothers finish the job this time. Hezahbola and Hamas need to be destroyed. There will be no peace until these terrorist groups are gone.

[PMEL_DEVIL-DOG]

I just reloaded my bacon-tipped bullets...

[flew-da-coup]

Just give them a Rubics Cube. Their brain will explode. Thus ending terrorism.

[docbyers]

The Silence Is Deafening

I am sure by now you have heard what happened to the brave American soldiers that were ambushed and taken hostage recently just south of Bagdad. These brave young men who volunteered to defend our country were murdered, tortured and butchered in the most horrendous way imaginable.  Their eyes were gouged out, arms and legs broken, their private parts cut off and shoved in their mouths and finally their hearts were cut out.

Where is the outrage? Where is the protest about their human rights having been violated? Where is the ACLU?  Shouldn't there be a nationwide outrage at what was done to these brave young men? Shouldn't there be, instead of talk about deadlines to withdraw, a renewed nationwide effort to wipe out this vile, despicable, murderous evil once and for all?

Isn't it time that we let out all the stops and use whatever method necessary to eliminate the persons that did this once and for all?  Where is the media, from sea to shining sea, outrage at this barbaric, cowardly atrocity? Shouldn't there be protests in every American city calling for the heads of those responsible? Shouldn't this act rally all Americans to unite and defeat this evil?

The attorneys concerned about the human rights of the prisoners at Guintanamo Bay (suspected Al-Qida associates), know that brave American soldiers have been murdered, where is their outrage? Why do they remain silent? Are they more concerned about the rights of the enemy than they are our hometown heroes?

I am ashamed of what this country is becoming. The "Greatest Generation", those who fought in World War Two and those who supported their country in other ways during that time would never have sat silently for such a barbaric act. Yet, I see no concerted effort to encourage our government and our armed forces that we Americans support any effort, any method, to catch and punish those responsible, and those who support or aid those responsible. Why?

Isn't it time we, as a Nation, the Greatest, most powerful Nation on Earth, stop allowing ourselves to be sucker punched and take it to these murderous people in any way, shape or form that will get the job done?  Isn't it time we wipe off the face of the earth these Islamic militants that have twisted their religion to allow the murder of innocent men, women and children?

I, as an American citizen, encourage our government and our military to use any method necessary to defeat once and for all this evil, including the wholesale and widespread use of every weapon in our arsenal.

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  The ACLU?! I surprised them phuckers ain't dead or blown up! I can't believe we tolerate such trash in this country.

[flew-da-coup]

A.C.L.U. stands for : Avid Communist Lawers United.

[docbyers]

Hill Puts SecDef on Defensive 
by Rose Billings

Today Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, where Hillary was waiting to pounce.

She lectured the liberal arch-nemesis that:

"Under your leadership there have been numerous errors in judgment that have led us to where we are. We have a full-fledged insurgency and full-blown sectarian conflict in Iraq."

"We hear a lot of happy talk and rosy scenarios, but because of the administration's strategic blunders - and frankly the record of incompetence in executing - you are presiding over a failed policy. Given your track record, Secretary Rumsfeld, why should we believe your assurances now?"

After the hearing, Hillary told reporters that:

"I am frankly tired of hearing the same stories from the administration's national security team. The president changed his economic team, he changed his White House team — I think it's time for him to change his security and defense team."

She continued:

"I just don't understand why we can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late. I think the president should choose to accept Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation."

Uh, Hillary, first Rumsfeld has to offer his resignation before the president can choose to accept it.

This is the first time that Hillary has called for Rumsfeld's head, even though many of her colleagues have been calling for his ouster for years. It seems she is finally starting to see the light, just in time for the New York Democratic primary against anti-war candidate Jonathan Tasini.

And she continues to try and play it both ways with the war in Iraq, saying that:

"What's been clear is that despite my being a constant and persistent critic of how the president has conducted the war, it has not achieved the goals that he has set."

In other words, says Hill, the war in Iraq would be perfect if only she were in charge.

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Saddam Had Ties to al Qaeda, Other Islamofascists

by Deroy Murdock
Posted Sep 15, 2006

Iraq-War critics are trumpeting a September 8 Senate Intelligence Committee report that concludes Saddam Hussein knew nothing about the September 11 attacks. Hence, the argument goes, he had no connection to al Qaeda, and therefore lacked ties to Islamic terrorists. In short: "Bush Lied. People Died."

This seriously flawed report relies on unreliable witnesses, ignores potential and actual evidence of Hussein's philanthropy of terror, and yet quietly acknowledges that he, in fact, worked with terrorists. If Saddam Hussein's lawyers seek a clean bill of health for their client, this isn't it.

For starters, the report's sources include "multiple detainees -- including Saddam Hussein and former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz." Both are on trial and could face severe punishment. Their exculpatory remarks should be highly suspect, but appear valid to Senate Intelligence staffers. On page 67, their report paraphrases Hussein's statement that he eschewed al Qaeda's anti-Americanism because "the United States was not Iraq's enemy." Perhaps he merely was being playful when he fired almost daily at U.S. aircraft patrolling the No-Fly Zone and attempted to assassinate President G.H.W. Bush in 1993. Indeed, on page 68, Aziz offers the FBI Hussein's response to al Qaeda's August 1998 bombing of America's Kenyan and Tanzanian embassies. Hussein "was pleased at the act of terrorism because the U.S. had bombed Iraq during the first Gulf War and tried to kill Saddam. Saddam thought that al Qaeda was an effective organization."

The report also quotes captured Iraqi documents.  Among some 120 million such papers, only 34 million have been "translated and summarized to some extent" to speed analysis. Nevertheless, with nearly 72% of these records still unusable, the report concludes: "additional reviews of documents in Iraq are unlikely to provide information that would contradict the Committee's findings or conclusions." Or, in plain English: "Don't confuse us with data. Trust us. We're psychic."

This report overlooks numerous indications, some firmer than others, that Hussein supported the 9/11 conspiracy specifically and al Qaeda broadly, among other Islamic terrorist groups. Consider:

The report disregards the May 7, 2003, decision of Clinton-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer, Jr. that Baghdad backed the 9/11 attack. Baer awarded $104 million in damages from the Baathist regime to the families of George Eric Smith and Timothy Soulas, both killed at the World Trade Center. As Baer ruled: "I conclude that plaintiffs have shown, albeit barely, 'by evidence satisfactory to the court' that Iraq provided material support to bin Laden and al Qaeda."

The report misses the fact that 1993 WTC attack architect Ramzi Yousef -- nephew of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- landed in America on an Iraqi passport. Nor does it mention Indiana-born, Iraqi-bred Abdul Rahman Yasin, the al Qaeda operative who built the 1993 WTC bomb that killed six and injured 1,040. He fled to Iraq and, documents show, received a house and salary from Hussein's regime. As Sheila MacVicar reported for ABC News on July 27, 1994: "Last week, [television program] Day One confirmed [Yasin] is in Baghdad...Just a few days ago, he was seen at [his father's] house by ABC News. Neighbors told us Yasin comes and goes freely."

The report forgets that President Clinton's State Department designated Iraq a state sponsor of terrorism as early as 1993. "Iraq continued to plan and sponsor international terrorism in 1999," State later declared. Baghdad "continued to provide safe haven and support to various terrorist groups."

The Senate document concedes "Saddam's record of support for secular terrorist organizations like the Palestinian Liberation Front," but then breezes past his $10,000, then $25,000, reward checks to the families of Palestinian homicide bombers. Between the $15,000 boost in these bonuses on March 11, 20002, and the March 20, 2003, launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 28 such killers wounded 1,209 people and murdered 223 more, including at least eight Americans.

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WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?

My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of Iraq regime has been completed.

Since congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in Iraq is complete.  This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of all American forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 days. It is now time to begin the reckoning.

Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short. The United Kingdom, Spain , Bulgaria, Australia, and Poland are some of the countries listed there.

The other list contains everyone not on the first list. Most of the world's nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing copies of both lists later this evening.

Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money saved during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi war.

The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world Hellholes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption.

Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France.

In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home. On that note, a word to terrorist organizations: Screw with us and we will hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the earth.

Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France, or maybe China.

I am ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France, Germany, and Russia. Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring from NATO as well.   Bon chance, mes amis.

I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed I don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York.

A special note to our neighbors. Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change.

Mexico is also on List 2. President Fox and his entire corrupt government really need an attitude adjustment. I will have a couple extra tank and infantry divisions sitting around. Guess where I am going to put em? Yep, border security.

Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty - starting now.  We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we'll be drilling for oil in Alaska - which will take care of this country's oil needs for decades to come. If you're an environmentalist who opposes this decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there. They care.  It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens. Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, "darn tootin."

Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on the planet.. It is time to eliminate hunger in America. It is time to eliminate homelessness in America.  To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thank you guys. We owe you and we won't forget.

To the nations on List 2, a final thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic.

God bless America. Thank you and good night.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.

[mrrob007]

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Well said....we could only wish.

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Still FUBAR....