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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 08:15 am: | 
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White House Postponing Loss of Iraq, Biden Says
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 5, 2007; Page A06
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said yesterday that he believes top officials in the Bush administration have privately concluded they have lost Iraq and are simply trying to postpone disaster so the next president will "be the guy landing helicopters inside the Green Zone, taking people off the roof," in a chaotic withdrawal reminiscent of Vietnam.
"I have reached the tentative conclusion that a significant portion of this administration, maybe even including the vice president, believes Iraq is lost," Biden said. "They have no answer to deal with how badly they have screwed it up. I am not being facetious now. Therefore, the best thing to do is keep it from totally collapsing on your watch and hand it off to the next guy -- literally, not figuratively."
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Hey, we've all had issues with our dads. But do we need this many people to die so that one dude can look like a leader?
by Garrison Keillor
American boys in armored jackets and night scopes patrolling the streets of Baghdad are not going to pacify this country, any more than they will convert it to Methodism. They are there to die so that a man in the White House doesn't have to admit that he, George W. Bush, the decider, the one in the cowboy boots, made grievous mistakes. He approved a series of steps that he himself had not the experience or acumen or simple curiosity to question and that had been dumbed down for his benefit, and then he doggedly stuck by them until his approval ratings sank into the swamp.
He was the Great Denier of 2006, waving the flag, questioning the patriotism of anyone who dared oppose him, until he took a thumpin' and now, we are told, he is re-examining the whole matter. Except he's not. To admit that he did wrong is to admit that he is not the man his daddy is, the one who fought in a war.
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The earnest folk in Congress are prepared to discuss policy issues, to plant their butts in hard chairs and sit through jargon-encrusted reports and long, dry perorations thereupon. They're trained for that. That's one good reason they're there and not you or me. But to address the war and the White House, you're talking pathology.
It's time for 41 and 43 to work something out, and they can't do it by way of James A. Baker III or Brent Scowcroft. Pick up the phone, old man, and tell 43 you love him dearly and it's time to think about sparing the lives of American soldiers, many of whom have sons too.
(Message edited by jennifer03801 on January 05, 2007)
As I watched the seagulls, I thought, "That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust." - Nikos Kazantzakis
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Bubby
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Username: Bubby
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 09:56 am: |
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Do you actually think Bush is responsible for all this hub bub?He has the richest people in the world pulling his strings.This war is not controlled by Bush,or Rice or any politician.This war is controlled by the mega rich.Wars have always been controlled by them and will continue on their whims.Why do you think a politician runs on one platform,only to be elected and then completely ignore his promises?Because the mega rich have their own agendas that must be implemented.Thats not to say that the Presidents don't receive a hefty bonus for initiating their plans.To not follow their instructions would be most fatal.
Clinton and Bush have been well compensated for their actions.We have to suffer with the end results. |
Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 02:05 pm: |
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Hey, how ya doing, Bubby?
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Mohandas Gandhi
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Bubby
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Username: Bubby
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 08:15 pm: |
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I'm doing everyone I can and the easy ones twice.I always wanted to say that,when asked;"how ya doing"?
I am bent mentally beyond repair and suffice is to say,I am waiting for the men in those funny white coats to come and take YOU away.... |
Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 08:27 pm: |
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I don't give a hoot what they're wearing, Bubby, just tell them to hurry. It's been such a long, cold, lonely winter. 
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Mohandas Gandhi
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