Monday, August 22, 2005
SOME DAYS, YOU JUST WANNA GRAB 'EM BY THE LAPELS AND SHAKE VIGOROUSLY
Quote of the week: I have no doubt but that if Christ showed up tomorrow, he'd be crucified by Evangelicals before dark. comment by houston on the podunt press
IF THIS IS YOUR IDEA OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, I’LL TAKE THE OPPRESSIVE OLD REGIME, THANK YOU!
So. We’re replacing the oppressive old secular regime, where women had rights equal to western women, and replacing it with an even more oppressive Islamic one? WTF? Is this what George meant when he promised the new Iraqi constitution would guarantee women’s rights? Is this the “freedom and democracy our kids are dying for? This is worth a trillion dollar investment?
According to the paper Sunday, the new Iraqi constitution says “the laws of Iraq are based on the laws of Islam”. In effect, we have replaced an oppressive secular regime with an even more oppressive Islamic one. And women, of course, will bear the brunt of this oppression.
Cindy Sheehan caught a lot of flak for saying that George Bush is the biggest terrorist in the middle east. But before you condemn Ms. Sheehan, consider this:
Did you know that more Iraqi civilians have died in just the last two months than Americans have died since the beginning of the war? That the Baghdad morgue does 5 times more” business” than it ever did under Saddam’s rule? That 5 times as many Iraqis live in poverty than ever did under Saddam? This is what W’s war has wrought. I would say that is the equivalent to foisting terror on the populace!
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AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN GETS IT!
Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska gets it. He has all along. Unlike the Chickenhawks and Yellow Elephants who conceived, launched and direct this war, Hagel has actual military experience. Along with two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and numerous citations of merit! Before we launched this war, Hagel called for us to send three times the numbers of troops we did. Rummy ridiculed him. Turned out Hagel was right and Rummy was wrong. 2+ years later, the Iraqi populace and American GI’s are paying dearly for the Donald's arrogance.
Hagel says that the US needs to develop an exit strategy for Iraq, and scoffs at the idea that US troops could remain at levels above 100,000 four years from now, as the Pentagon contingency plans call for. Some excerpts from Hagel’s appearance on ABC’s THIS WEEK on Sunday:
"We should start figuring out how we get out of there,but with this understanding. We cannot leave a vacuum that further destabilizes the Middle East. I think our involvement there has destabilized the Middle East. And the longer we stay there, I think the further destabilization will occur."
“"stay the course" is not a policy. By any standard, when you analyze 2 1/2 years in Iraq ... we're not winning”
Hagle says a stronger military presence by the U.S. is not the solution today. "We're past that stage now because now we are locked into a bogged-down problem not unsimilar, dissimilar to where we were in Vietnam. The longer we stay, the more problems we're going to have."
"What I think the White House does not yet understand — and some of my colleagues — the dam has broke on this policy," Hagel said. "The longer we stay there, the more similarities (to Vietnam) are going to come together."
As to Gen. Schoomaker’s plan to keep current troop levels in Iraq for at least another 4 years, Hagel described the Army contingency plan as "complete folly." I don't know where he's going to get these troops," Hagel said. "There won't be any National Guard left ... no Army Reserve left ... there is no way America is going to have 100,000 troops in Iraq, nor should it, in four years. It would bog us down, it would further destabilize the Middle East, it would give Iran more influence, it would hurt Israel, it would put our allies over there in Saudi Arabia and Jordan in a terrible position. It won't be four years. We need to be out."
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IF YOU NEEDED MORE PROOF THAT PAT ROBERTSON IS A DANGEROUS NUT JOB, HERE IT IS!
via media matters
Pat Robertson, host of Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club and founder of the Christian Coalition of America, called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
From the August 22 broadcast of The 700 Club:
ROBERTSON: There was a popular coup that overthrew him [Chavez]. And what did the United States State Department do about it? Virtually nothing. And as a result, within about 48 hours that coup was broken; Chavez was back in power, but we had a chance to move in. He has destroyed the Venezuelan economy, and he's going to make that a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism all over the continent.
You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop. But this man is a terrific danger and the United ... This is in our sphere of influence, so we can't let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.
need I add any comment to that?
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IF THIS IS YOUR IDEA OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, I’LL TAKE THE OPPRESSIVE OLD REGIME, THANK YOU!
So. We’re replacing the oppressive old secular regime, where women had rights equal to western women, and replacing it with an even more oppressive Islamic one? WTF? Is this what George meant when he promised the new Iraqi constitution would guarantee women’s rights? Is this the “freedom and democracy our kids are dying for? This is worth a trillion dollar investment?
According to the paper Sunday, the new Iraqi constitution says “the laws of Iraq are based on the laws of Islam”. In effect, we have replaced an oppressive secular regime with an even more oppressive Islamic one. And women, of course, will bear the brunt of this oppression.
Cindy Sheehan caught a lot of flak for saying that George Bush is the biggest terrorist in the middle east. But before you condemn Ms. Sheehan, consider this:
Did you know that more Iraqi civilians have died in just the last two months than Americans have died since the beginning of the war? That the Baghdad morgue does 5 times more” business” than it ever did under Saddam’s rule? That 5 times as many Iraqis live in poverty than ever did under Saddam? This is what W’s war has wrought. I would say that is the equivalent to foisting terror on the populace!
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AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN GETS IT!
Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska gets it. He has all along. Unlike the Chickenhawks and Yellow Elephants who conceived, launched and direct this war, Hagel has actual military experience. Along with two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and numerous citations of merit! Before we launched this war, Hagel called for us to send three times the numbers of troops we did. Rummy ridiculed him. Turned out Hagel was right and Rummy was wrong. 2+ years later, the Iraqi populace and American GI’s are paying dearly for the Donald's arrogance.
Hagel says that the US needs to develop an exit strategy for Iraq, and scoffs at the idea that US troops could remain at levels above 100,000 four years from now, as the Pentagon contingency plans call for. Some excerpts from Hagel’s appearance on ABC’s THIS WEEK on Sunday:
"We should start figuring out how we get out of there,but with this understanding. We cannot leave a vacuum that further destabilizes the Middle East. I think our involvement there has destabilized the Middle East. And the longer we stay there, I think the further destabilization will occur."
“"stay the course" is not a policy. By any standard, when you analyze 2 1/2 years in Iraq ... we're not winning”
Hagle says a stronger military presence by the U.S. is not the solution today. "We're past that stage now because now we are locked into a bogged-down problem not unsimilar, dissimilar to where we were in Vietnam. The longer we stay, the more problems we're going to have."
"What I think the White House does not yet understand — and some of my colleagues — the dam has broke on this policy," Hagel said. "The longer we stay there, the more similarities (to Vietnam) are going to come together."
As to Gen. Schoomaker’s plan to keep current troop levels in Iraq for at least another 4 years, Hagel described the Army contingency plan as "complete folly." I don't know where he's going to get these troops," Hagel said. "There won't be any National Guard left ... no Army Reserve left ... there is no way America is going to have 100,000 troops in Iraq, nor should it, in four years. It would bog us down, it would further destabilize the Middle East, it would give Iran more influence, it would hurt Israel, it would put our allies over there in Saudi Arabia and Jordan in a terrible position. It won't be four years. We need to be out."
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IF YOU NEEDED MORE PROOF THAT PAT ROBERTSON IS A DANGEROUS NUT JOB, HERE IT IS!
via media matters
Pat Robertson, host of Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club and founder of the Christian Coalition of America, called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
From the August 22 broadcast of The 700 Club:
ROBERTSON: There was a popular coup that overthrew him [Chavez]. And what did the United States State Department do about it? Virtually nothing. And as a result, within about 48 hours that coup was broken; Chavez was back in power, but we had a chance to move in. He has destroyed the Venezuelan economy, and he's going to make that a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism all over the continent.
You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop. But this man is a terrific danger and the United ... This is in our sphere of influence, so we can't let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.
need I add any comment to that?
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