W's international policy has made the US weaker, hated by Islamic and non-Islamic countries, and has virtually broken our military. The bloated military budget has shot up our deficits and our economy is in tatters, except of course for W's "Pioneer" and "Ranger" political contributors in the top 1%.
In W's recent speeches he was originally going to slowly descend into agreeing with the pleas of the nation to start a phased re-deployment of our troops from Iraq, but someone let him say words that weren't written by Rove as the always hypocritical-or is it blatantly lying W, has again linked 9-11 to Iraq. In W's twisted psyche, once you get the crowd riled up with the 9-11 propaganda, you don't have to flip-flop on Iraq. Staying the course is the GOP way, especially when that course gives Cheney's Halliburton all the money that the Feckless, Reckless, Dick_____ one needs.
The article "White House Gives Iraq Mixed Marks in Report" shows how even people who W put in place, can't agree with W's lies as "Meanwhile, in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, senior intelligence officials said there has been no meaningful positive change in Iraq since January, when a starkly pessimistic National Intelligence Estimate warned that even if security improved, violent sectarian divisions threatened to destroy the government.
Thomas Fingar, the deputy director of national intelligence and chief of the National Intelligence Council, which wrote the January estimate, said that assessment did not change. While the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has made "halting efforts to bridge the divisions and restore commitment to a unified country . . . it has made limited progress on key legislation," such as the oil revenue law and a range of power-sharing measures.
"Communal violence and scant common ground between Shias, Sunnis and Kurds continues to polarize politics," Fingar said yesterday. Even the majority-Shiite bloc that Maliki heads, he said, "does not present a unified front" and has continued to deteriorate in recent months. Meanwhile, the provision of essential services seen as crucial in building support for the government, including electricity and oil production, remains below prewar levels, he said. Some have declined over the past six months."
So, any lies W makes about Iraq should be ignored. The fact that W has helped Al-Qaida, by allowing them freedom in Pakistan, should be noted. A new threat assessment, titled "Al-Qaida Better Positioned to Strike the West," says al-Qaida's ability to operate in certain areas of Pakistan, which is a result of the now infamous deal between the government and tribal leaders last year, has given it the facility to plan attacks around the world. The intelligence report says that intelligence officials emphasized that, despite the resurgence of al-Qaida, there's no specific threat against the United States.
The July 9, 2007 article "Bush Tries Moving the Goalposts" states "When President Bush announced in January that he was sending more troops to Iraq, he declared that the Iraqis needed to exploit the surge by following through on several promises.
"America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced," Bush said.
What would happen if the Iraqis failed? Aides at the time insisted that there would be consequences, without saying what or when. The president's own warning was hardly ominous: "If the Iraqi government does not follow through on its promises, it will lose the support of the American people," he said-long after that had already happened.
But at least the new policy held out some vague hope for accountability.
Congress has since made the benchmarks more concrete, setting some deadlines if not for achieving the goals then at least for some progress reports from the president."
Big bro 43 has his surrogates begging GOP goons to stay the course as "Last week, Mr. Bush's national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, called in from a brief vacation to join intense discussions in sessions that included Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's longtime strategist, and Joshua B. Bolten, the White House chief of staff. . . .
"The views of many of the participants in that discussion were unclear, and the officials interviewed could not provide any insight into what Vice President Dick Cheney had been telling President Bush.
"They described Mr. Hadley as deeply concerned that the loss of Republicans could accelerate this week, a fear shared by Mr. Rove. But they also said that Mr. Rove had warned that if Mr. Bush went too far in announcing a redeployment, the result could include a further cascade of defections-and the passage of legislation that would force a withdrawal by a specific date, a step Mr. Bush has always said he would oppose."
Who is the villain-Rove the puppeteer, or his willing stooge W?
The Nazi propaganda machine has nothing on Herr Karl. How many times do we have to say that Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. A few years ago Cheney said that lie and the next day W said the Iraq Study Group stated unequivocally that Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, but W is down in the polls and he wants to scare the apathetic US red staters, so, as the July 11, 2007 article, "Bush again links Iraq war to Al Qaeda" quotes the stooge saying "The same people that attacked us on September the 11th is a crowd that is now bombing people" in Iraq, Bush said. "The killers who came to America have said, with clarity, we want you out of Iraq so we can have a safe haven from which to attack again."
Winston is an ex-Social Worker, burnt out by too much indifference regading our weak and weary who had too little interest in politics until the illegal Iraq War started.
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When you're right you're right. We should change their name from Republicans to al Quedaians. Can there be ANY doubt that the Bush Royal Family is intimate with precisely who they call terrorists? How else could we be so ineffectual? The Bush/Republicans DON'T WNAT to defeat the very people who are keeping them in power (just as they did NOTHING to prevent 9/11). "Prevent" 9/11? Hell, they we're living for 9/11! It was the salvation of George Bush, just as he was saved again prior to the 2004 election by a little photo op form our "enemy" (yes, our eneny indeed, but NOT the enemy of George Bush with whom he is joined at the hip). All this adds up to infinite treason.
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W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (291 articles, 59 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 767 comments [44 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Jul 14, 2007 at 1:53:08 PM
Either you are ignorant of whom or what you speak or you're one of that fascist enablers.
May I suggest you view Baker's Bio. Maybe read Greg Palast's latest "ARMED MADHOUSE". Baker isn't one of the "good guys". Baker is one of the people who first framed the Iraq invasion. Baker is one of the most highly placed behind the scenes players in modern politics. His tentacles reach into every realm of government and industry. Counting on Baker's plans is giving the Hen-House to the Chicken-hawk.
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Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Saturday, Jul 14, 2007 at 3:01:12 PM
I know baker was the guy who stole the 2000 election away from Al Gore and gave it to his crony, 41's son, bubble-boy 43, but the Iraq Study Group Report didn't support W's surge and admitted that "Mission Accomplished" was anything but.
Consensus in Congress is going to take compromise and 2 articles "Senators Dust Off Iraq Study Group Report" at click hereand "A Consensus Waiting to Happen" at click here show that the GOP and Democrats can use the Iraq Study Group Report as a starting point. I see it as a method for the Democrats to announce that they have a plan and solidify their political base. Essentially, it is a political tool for the Democrats, but anything that the US pontificates upon doesn’t matter. The Iraqis know we will be long before the sectarian violence ends. W opened up a Pandora’s Box when he took Hussein out and everyone, including his daddy 41 and Powell, “you broke it you bought it” predicted that what has happened would happen. That’s why they didn’t topple Hussein in 1991 when they had chance.
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winston (140 articles, 17 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 42 comments) on Sunday, Jul 15, 2007 at 11:20:55 AM
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