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  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/22/2008 7:30:47 PM


    Progress in Iraq was not a (Sole U.S. Military Surge Success)

    Did John McCain Concieve, Create and have Joint Military Cheifs implement his Military Strategy ?

    Ans: No, McCain did Not, McCain only Agreed and Voted Yes to Adding more Troops, His Often Touted (Surge) and its so called Success, In Iraq, but Not Afghanistan

    Majority of the Success goes to the Collective Iraq Citizens and the Sunni's Collective in Iraq.

    That could CHANGE at any MOMENT !!

    look at the Length that it has taken to get to this Touch & Go Moment.

    McCain said "The US Troops should Stay there Indefinitely"

    "For 100 Years, a 1000 years, for as long as it takes" !!!


    He then Clarifies and Follows up his statements with....

    "Were still in Germany, Japan & France"

    He does not Clarify by saying those Countries have Enemies All around them and CHOOSE to have our Presence there....

    Key Word: CHOOSE, Meaning their CHOICE

    Iraq Leaders, President & Prime Minister and the iraqi People want Us Out !!!

    The Bush Government is already Downsizing Troops (5-Brigades) ahead of Schedule.

    Were Withdrawing Anyway.

    Bush has his Infamous "Time Horizons" and

    Obama has his Timetable, Timeline and Time of Exit Strategy.


    Obama has said in the past that we Needed More Troops in Afghanistan and John McCain Shot that fact DOWN !!!

    Last Week Obama says send (2 Brigades) to Afghanistan and later John McCain says Send (3 Brigades)

    Obama says we should have Direct Meetings with opposition Countries (Direct Diplomacy) and Now the Bush Administration, is Iniating Direct Diplomacy-talks with Iran & N. Korea.

    Let John McCain have his One Moment of Solace...Thats all He'll be getting and he's Wearing that One plus he has into the GROUND !!!

    McCain has Not been in Afghanistan in (2) Years and he Talks about Obama...Ha !!

    McCain sure as Hell did Not back the Jim Webb Sponsored and Extensive, VA-GI Bill, that was Supported by Obama and Others, Crossing Both Political Parties and Rightly so.

    McCain what a Great Veteran

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    • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/22/2008 8:09:27 PM

      Your B.S. cut and paste rhetoric has gotten stale. As another poster put it, "even us libs don't take him seriously".

      Give it up, why don't you?

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 8:39:35 PM

        Skypoint, who the heck are you to tell Omar to give it up? You are not in charge here. In fact I believe you are new. Omar has a right to his opinion and a right to cut and paste as much as he likes.

        • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/22/2008 11:05:36 PM

          Like you, pia, I have my opinion also. Or are you and the people you appoint the only ones here entitled to an opinion. You sure sound like it.

          • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/23/2008 8:26:49 AM

            And by the way Pia, Here's one of your own quotes: "News and Notes, be quiet. "

            More of "do as I say, not as I do."

            • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 8:55:50 AM

              That's right, I posted be quiet and I will again if he bothers me. I didn't call him names nor post anything offensive as he did to me. If there is a next time, I will post to him to PLEASE be quiet. Is that better? Is that more respectable to you? You anti-Obamas are jealous of a good man who will more than likely become president. Smear all you want, it changes nothing. Enjoy!

              • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/23/2008 9:23:06 AM

                Easy Pia.... the fact is were going to come in here and sometimes push each other around, it's inevitable. But I agree... no hitting.

                • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 9:30:26 AM

                  Skypoint, I very rarely lose it. I'm a very calm person, however, all these insane lies about Obama being posted by Hillary and McCain supporters do get to me. Hillary and McCain supporters. Two against one. Fair? So, sky, are you Smitty?

                  • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/23/2008 9:33:17 AM

                    See above... Take care...

                    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 9:47:44 AM

                      Sky, I did thanks. You take care too.

          • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 8:33:27 AM

            You're correct Skypoint you do have a right to post your opinion just as I do and as I did yesterday. Do you remember News and Note's comments to me yesterday? If not, let me refresh your memory. He posted to me, these three words-hubris, arrogance and incompetance, only because I posted my opinion that Obama wins. I have never posted anything offensive to him to deserve that. In fact, I have no interest in his posts and I ignore him. When I defended myself, you sided with him.

            • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/23/2008 9:02:05 AM

              Pia, I did not side with him. I did agree with him that Obama has not yet been elected into office. My point here is merely that people say what's on their minds, and it's unrealistic tell someone to back off when you've told others to do so yourself. At any rate, though we disagree on issues, I admire your passion and your ability to keep it civil.

              • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 9:22:05 AM

                Okay skypoint, fair enough, thank you. I admire your passion and I also respect you. Btw, you remind me of another poster. Smithback. Are you him?

                • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/23/2008 9:28:03 AM

                  No, I only travel as Skypoint...

                  I've enjoyed "sparring" with you! Gotta scram for now.

                  Have a good day!

                  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 9:35:43 AM

                    Thanks skypoint. I have enjoyed sparring with you too. Looking forward to more. Have a good day too. 'See ya!'

  • Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 07/21/2008 9:09:09 PM

    Homosexuals should not be aloud to spend time with children and corrupt there minds. Homosexuality is just as wrong as Murder they are both depraved sick crimes against what is natural.
    Both these crimes fly in the face of what is normal decient human behavior.
    Anyone that supports homosexual activity is a contributor to it.
    Homosexuality is wrong.
    Its is not diversity it is perverisity
    They should be given the mental help they need.
    It is not about left or right wing politics its about right and wrong.
    Homosexuality is wrong and always will be just because you say its not does not mean its true.

    • Posted By: josemarti @ 07/21/2008 9:21:55 PM

      Go away.

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/21/2008 10:11:54 PM

        You go away, Madame Defarge. You come here only to bleed Obama.

        • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 10:13:07 AM

          Obama does a pretty good job of that himself...hahaha.

          • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 12:22:53 PM

            Caspar the unfriendly ghost, make like one and dissapear.

            • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 11:57:48 PM

              Sweet little Pia...you have been EXTRA NASTY lately!

              • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 9:14:59 AM

                Oh, thank you, I will take that as a compliment. You're not too bad yourself.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 07/21/2008 9:20:40 PM

      Homosexuality is not a choice, Homosexuals are not indoctinated into it, they are born that way.

      • Posted By: nopartyaffiliation123 @ 07/21/2008 9:48:09 PM

        I have nothing against homosexuals but sorry my friend, they aren't born that way, otherwise that wouldn't be one of the biggest sins you can commit.

        • Posted By: raddave @ 07/21/2008 10:08:58 PM

          No sin is bigger than another. And no, since they are born that way it cannot be a sin

          • Posted By: Davole @ 07/21/2008 11:21:24 PM

            raddave -

            There are mortal sins, and there are venial sins.
            Mortal sins are more severe than venial sins.

            • Posted By: raddave @ 07/22/2008 12:27:13 PM

              Ok, let me clarify, no mortal sin is bigger than another one. Thank you for pointing out the error of my post.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 10:56:16 AM

      The only sin is listening to your crap....

    • Posted By: Jack999 @ 07/21/2008 9:46:11 PM

      dé gracias -usted, isnt casi igual dijo bien, acerca de principio

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/23/2008 8:13:41 AM

    During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made a STONE COLD ERROR on a subject about which he claims Expert Knowledge: the "surge" strategy in Iraq. In an interview with anchor Katie Couric, the Arizona Republican said, INACCURATELY, that the SURGE STRATEGY was RESPONSIBLE for the MUCH TOUTED "Anbar Awakening," in which Sunni Sheiks turned AGAINST Al Qaeda, helping in turn to REDUCE VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY.

    From the transcript:

    Katie Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge. What's your response to that ?

    McCain: I don't know how you respond to something that is as-- such a FALSE DEPICTION of what actually happened. Colonel MacFarland was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it BEGAN THE ANBAR AWAKENING. I mean, that's just a matter of history.


    In fact, as Spencer Ackerman and Ilan Goldenberg have reported, the record firmly establishes the opposite: instead of being caused by the SURGE, the key signs of the Anbar Awakening occurred not only BEFORE that STRATEGY was IMPLEMENTED, but before it was ever conceived.

    Note: Yet McCain's ERROR was not SEEN by any CBS Evening News viewers. As MSNBC's Keith Olbermann noted (video below), "CBS curiously, to say the least, left it on the edit room floor. It aired Katie Couric's question, but in response, it aired part of McCain's answer to the other question instead." (Ironically, this edit came on the same day that McCain's campaign released a video mocking the media's "love affair" with Obama.)

    The fact remains, however, that the military official cited by McCain, then-Colonel Sean MacFarland, described the (Anbar Awakening in September 2006) -- 4 Months before the "SURGE" was even announced -- noting that tribal leaders were "stepping forward and cooperating with the Iraqi security forces against Al Qaeda."

    Moreover, a military review written by MacFarland notes that his unit actually left Anbar before most of the (Surge Troops Arrived) ...His success in the region came between (June 2006 and February 2007).

    John McCain: "Too often the light at the tunnel has turned out to be a train, but I really believe -- I really believe that there's a strong possibility that you may see a very substantial change in Anbar province due to this new changes in our relationships with the sheiks in the region. ... But it's important, as I said in my opening remarks, that this troop surge be significant and sustained. Otherwise, don't do it."

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/23/2008 9:11:30 AM

      Obama: Katie, as " you've asked me three different times, and I have said repeatedly that there is no doubt that our troops helped to reduce violence. There's no doubt.

      Couric: And I really don't mean to belabor this, Senator, because I'm really, I'm trying to figure out your position. Do you think the level of security in Iraq ???

      Obama: Yes.

      Couric ??? would exist today without the surge?

      Obama: Katie, I have no idea what would have happened had we applied my approach, which was to put more pressure on the Iraqis to arrive at a political reconciliation. So this is all hypotheticals. What I can say is that there's no doubt that our U.S. troops have contributed to a reduction of violence in Iraq. I said that-- not just today, not just yesterday, but I've said that-- previously.

      You really need to watch it...looks at Obama squirm....without a teleprompter he sounds as bad as Bush.

  • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 07/23/2008 9:11:04 AM

    Iran is in Utah. Whatever happened to the Axis of Evil Bush was spewing out. The Olympics is supposed to be a time of coming together, but McCain will be trying to pry things apart. He has no concept of peaceful negotiations, he has no concept of opening dialogue with other nations and countries. Listen, we have so much money going out for all the wrong reasons. That money we use on the "war on Iraq" could be used to feed the starving masses. Good thing we do have Clinton though since he and the Gates Foundation use their businesses for the better of mankind. The government should be more involved and maybe people wouldn't be out trying to blow us up. McCain isn't even flinching toward helping anyone with his victory this, victory that... He just wants the rest of his days on God's Earth as a political head... nothing more, nothing less.

  • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 8:25:36 AM

    Okay...enough is enough...this is getting ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! Obama is NOT POTUS!!!!!!!!!! He is a pompous, elitist, egotistical, self-inflated human being! Now he has said that he would not support the surge if he had it to do over again...he simply cannot admit that he was wrong about the surge. I think I shall surely regurgitate soon. WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE??? I think most have lost their minds completely and can no longer clearly formulate thoughts on facts. Oh my, we are in huge trouble in the USA if Obama is elected. God bless us all!

    • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 07/22/2008 8:34:20 AM

      You are deluded. And by the way, Obama has been on top of things in regards to Iraq which was a personal Bush battle, so if surge is your only argument then you need to take that up with GW. The way you are talking, you sound like all the items and personalities you described in your statement. Get a grip sounds like you are about to have a nervous breakdown.

      • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 8:38:56 AM

        YOU are the one who is ignoring facts. I am not a McCain supporter either. This year, we have virtually a "lesser of two evils" choice...and Obama is not it for me. I am just amazed at how gullible to this man you all are. It is distressing to say the least. You have a right to your opinion as I do to mine. Wait and see...more people feel like me than you can imagine, some of them blogging here and many others who have not even come out of the cracks. When they go to the voting booth, I think you will see just who is deluded.

        • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 07/22/2008 8:48:10 AM

          "He is a pompous, elitist, egotistical, self-inflated human being!" That is what I was referring to you being delusional. Wasn't even referring to November. That will speak for itself. I'm assuming you are a Hillary supporter. If I'm wrong, then let me know. Because if it's about Obama being a black man, which I am, and know a superioity complex when I read one which you seemingly have, then your arguments have no merit. You are grasping at straw just like McCain supporters trying to paint a picture. The only out of touch people I see are those that are willing to suffer more years of poor economy, high gas prices, less wages, less jobs, jobs being sent overseas, big corporations continuing to reap gains from our pockets, wasting natural resources when there are alternative ways of producing them. That's what you want then vote for McCain, but I vote for change. Stop crying and get a grip. Hillary lost and it's time to move on. If she had won, I would have voted for her but she didn't.

          • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 9:47:57 AM

            No, I am not a Hillary supporter either. And trust me, it is not a racist issue with me. I have my reasons for being against Obama, reasons that to me are so obvious that it is difficult to fathom how they can be written off by such masses. And no...I do not have a superiority complex of any kind. No one in my sphere would EVER accuse me of such after knowing me all or a lot of my life. My personality simply does not indicate such. Had Colin Powell run for POTUS, he would have been my candidate.

            • Posted By: News and Notes @ 07/22/2008 10:04:24 AM

              I don't know why Obama supporters continue to classify those who disagree with them as racists. They did it during the primary, and continue to do so. It is exhausting.

              • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 07/22/2008 10:48:35 AM

                Because the simple fact is if the candidate were white, then you would vote for him simply based on political affiliation. There would not be this much coverage, voter apathy would still be at the levels they were for the past 16 years and a Republican would be voted back into office because they do not believe in diplomacy. The only thing the GOP are interested in is themselves. The democratic agenda involves solving problems that plague mankind, not their own kind. But like I stated, vote for who you want.

                • Posted By: News and Notes @ 07/22/2008 11:30:00 AM

                  Are you kidding me ??? If Obama were a white 47 year old first term US Senator who was never a governor, he never would have been the nominee. He is a brilliant orator and politician. Aside from that, we are still getting to know him

                  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 9:07:59 AM

                    News, Obama won the primary. He got the most votes. Most delegates and the popular vote. People voted for him because they believe he is the better candidate.This is why he won. Accept it.

                  • Posted By: elizabethpaige @ 07/22/2008 2:56:44 PM

                    The more we get to know him, the better he'll be.

                    • Posted By: News and Notes @ 07/22/2008 3:25:04 PM

                      remains to be seen

              • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 1:24:36 PM

                News and Notes, you are mistaken. Obama supp. have not and do not classify ALL non-Obama supp. as racists. The ones they do classify as such, deserve it because of their comments. It's not difficult to tell them apart from the others.

                • Posted By: News and Notes @ 07/22/2008 3:26:26 PM

                  There are plenty of instances where obama supporters generalize others as racists, and it is nauseating. It was especially prevalent during the primary season, when it was Democrat on Democrat.

                  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 10:33:28 PM

                    Again, those of us who are regulars here, me included, (I have been blogging for almost six months), know who the racists are. If you refuse to see and or deny that, it is your choice.

            • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 10:17:46 AM

              I must say, however, that I would sure have voted for Hillary had she been nominated. Among our three choices at the time, she was the best choice in my opinion.

              • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 10:28:17 AM

                That's what really gets to the Obama people. They know Obama hasn't united the party and they know that all those Clinton votes for McCain are a net loss of 2 for Barry. They know that they will need to bring in new voters but that Obama's rush to the right has already pissed off a lot of support and are not so sure that the new voters will come on board anymore, now that everyone knows Barry is a typical politician.
                You don't see many blogger posting about change and hope that much anymore, I wonder why? Is it because they realize it was all BS to begin with?

                • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 1:21:27 PM

                  Z, the Democratic party was united until Hillary and camp damaged that. But I'm not going to rant on Hillary. Its not all her fault, I believe she had poor advice from her camp advisors. It's over and done with and her and Bill are supporting Obama and that's what matters now. Hillary and Bill want Obama to win. They are loyal to the Democratic party. Can some Dems here who support McCain out of revenge for Hillary call themselves loyal?

                  • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 1:55:35 PM

                    Yeah right...the whole "Its a Democratic year" was when Hills was the presumptive nominee...now that it's Barry....it statistically even. Yeah its over and done with...and I'm not voting Dem this year....the DNC picked the wrong person...
                    Loyal? I don't want to start that again but aren't you the one that voted for Bush twice now change to vote for Barry? I don't want to have that big blow out...so don't bring up loyalty if you don't want to be called out on it too.

                    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 7:50:06 PM

                      Zombie, I have been an Obama supporter from the very beggining. I have stated time and time again that I was not going to vote Rep this election. Are you implyimg that because I voted for Pres. Bush years ago, I should not vote for a Dem now? Ridiculous. I'm no hypocrite, I made my choice clear and stayed with it.

          • Posted By: metzlerd @ 07/22/2008 9:26:24 AM

            You won't get alternative energy from McCain or any other Republican. It's a corporate party. The goal is to increase profits, and building a new energy infrastructure gets in the way of that. McCain is for more drilling by private corporations, which he won't force them to do because that would be regulation, and for republicans, all regulation is bad.

            McCain is for lowering taxes on gas companies. That will help increase profits for them, since they won't have to pay the taxes. (Sure the gas company could lower the price they charge for gas, but why. That would be counter productive for them.)

            He talks a good game on Nuclear, but has no intention of cleaning it up. He won't deal with the waste problem, so radioacative waste will be an issue.

            For over 30 years we've been dealing with the same issue. There are people that can solve these problems, but the Republicans have been calling them "Liberals" instead of bringing them in and dealing with the problems.

            • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 10:30:02 AM

              Same old regurgitated talking points, I know I used to use them.

              • Posted By: metzlerd @ 07/22/2008 4:47:04 PM

                Uh... why'd you quit using them. They aren't exactly made up... Nothing has changed yet.
                Did you just quit caring?

                • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 5:26:43 PM

                  Because they are too partisan. Nothing is going to get accomplished unless you give and take....The Democratic party likes to take any and all ideas and squash them not coming up with any in return.
                  Hey I'm all for Alternative Energy but you have to be realistic how long is it going to take....10-20 years? And what do we do in the mean time?
                  You complain about Oil and oil companies yet you probably have a car and go driving around wasting gas.
                  You complain about the global warming farse, but strike down any notion of Nuclear Power, one of the cleanest sources of power out there. You know not every can get hydro or geothermal. So its wither Nuclear or Coal, sorry I'll choose nuclear. You complain about the waste...well there is a nice article about a bug that can digest the waste. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread98728/pg1

            • Posted By: Davole @ 07/22/2008 10:43:15 AM

              metzlerd -

              Let's see whether obama will manage to return from the mid east on a plane or boat fuelled by alternate energy!

              • Posted By: metzlerd @ 07/22/2008 4:44:00 PM

                If he could return on alternative energy, then I guess we wouldn't have a problem would we. That's in part my point.

              • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 11:10:45 AM

                I wonder how much gas Obama is wasting right now? What's his carbon footprint?

          • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 10:24:57 AM

            It's Obama and the Dems that want to raise gas prices with a new gas tax.....please tell me how that will help the poor and economically disadvantaged?
            Further more Obama has a huge Ego problem. remember that line about the Oceans and the Tides and the world healing itself because he was the Dem Nominee?

        • Posted By: NO OOOOOOOOO @ 07/22/2008 8:42:17 AM

          ....and by the way, you know nothing about me whatsoever.

    • Posted By: metzlerd @ 07/22/2008 9:11:40 AM

      All of your ignorant judgements about Obama aside, your contention about whether the surge was a success or not is missing one important detail, and that is the definition of success.
      If you mean, Americans are not getting killed as much, then yes it worked as opposed to doing nothing. But that is lowering the standards that it was supposed to accomplish. Arguably a well coordinated withdrawal much earlier in the process may have saved lives also.

      If you mean, that it enabled us to declare victory, and leave, then apparently it didn't work, Bush does not seem to be wanting to do that yet; although he's hinting that he might be warming up to the idea.. (Some would argue that we could have begun the process for leaving a while ago.)

      If you mean, it eliminated the threat of terrorism, and things like that, then it didn't do squat.

      If you want to call it a success, great! That doesn't mean everyone else has to agree with you. It all depends on what the objective is, and if you go by what was stated at the beginning of the surge, then it came up a bit short. That doesn't mean it didn't achieve anything.

      Ultimately, if your goal is to never get out of Iraq, then there was significant benefit in terms of increasing security on the ground. Can it be reversed? Yes, if you back off of the number of forces on the ground.

      If your goal is to get out of Iraq as soon as possible and focus on other issues, then it didn't do much other than delay.

      If you are somewhere in between, then it's a big grey area.

      • Posted By: Davole @ 07/22/2008 10:21:35 AM

        metzlerd -

        Regarding whether the surge is a success, let's apply this definition of success - 15 of the original 18 benchmarks for Iraq have been accomplished and even surpassed.

        Does that meet with your approval?

        • Posted By: metzlerd @ 07/22/2008 4:37:07 PM

          Sure, I'm OK with that, if that's your opinion.

          I'd argue that many of those 18 points have nothing to do with the surge, but in the interest of playing along, lets go there.

          So since a recent report from the Whitehouse is reporting 15 of 18 original points have already been met, you'd agree then that we won? Or is your point that the surge was really just a military tactic that achieved its objective of temporarily increasing security to buy time, but not everything we need to accomplish?

          If the former, excellent! That means we can begin our withdrawal plans way ahead of schedule. 2008 anyone?

          If the latter, then I guess we have to define exactly what it means to succeed in THE WAR. And apparently the surge is just short term change in personnel levels to buy more time. No matter how you paint it, and increase in soldiers will not achieve political objectives for Iraqis. Only they can do that. You might argue that we just need to buy them some time, but I would argue that we have issues of our own that are being neglected at the expense of buying them time. Our issues are no less important than those that Iraqis have. To their credit Iraqis are making progress, but they are also suggesting that it's time for us to go.

          So are we done or not?

        • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 11:09:04 AM

          It won't. Obama's people try to change the definition of success to what ever suits Obama...

      • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 07/22/2008 10:05:31 AM

        Really like your the person to ask if the Surge has worked. If the Surge didn't work then why did Barry take his "The Surge In Not Working" slogan off his website?

  • Posted By: bcrawf2033 @ 07/23/2008 9:06:52 AM

    It seems that when America has HOPE, so does the rest of the world. People in many countries look to us for leadership. They are watching as we come up with solutions to difficult problems and ethical dilemmas both at home and abroad. We are like the superhero Spiderman whose uncle told him, "with great power, comes great responsibility." This great power is what "we the people" shoulder in the world. I applaud Senator Obama's trip and positive reception he has received overseas. No! He's not Spiderman and he's not a superhero, but he does embody a spirit of HOPE and CHANGE for a better America and a world were at least communication between nation's and people here home is flowing. Diplomacy will help us manage the difficult days ahead. For one moment, put yourself in the position of being President of the United States of America, with all the issues facing you after you've taken the oath of office. Your desk piled high with work of the previous Commander-in-Chief. Every item marked a priority. People screaming for your attention. It's no bed of roses. But Senator Obama will have powerful and intelligent people surrounding him and I really believe as a Nation, if we all work together, WE CAN DO THIS! I think Senator Obama sees America's great potential, building on what we've learned from past and using that to move into the future America. An America that draws closer to living out its ideals as reality. Obama 08.

  • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 07/23/2008 8:46:16 AM

    And another thing, it was Bush who helped usher Al Quaeda into Iraq. It was the tribal chiefs that said "no more" and initiated the Sunni/Anbar Awakening. They got tired of Bush's foul up and created the surge that McCain is falsely jabbering about. McCain doesn't know history, doesn't know the regions, doesn't know what the command is on the ground referring to General McFarland which at the time was Colonel McFarland, doesn't know the cultures/religion. If you don't know you're own position much less anyone else's position, then you don't even know how to be a mayor of a city much less the POTUS.

  • Posted By: Territc @ 07/22/2008 10:36:55 AM

    A bunch of fools. Why must Obama be the one to unite a party? Where is Clinton? She's to blame for any disunity. Her and her so called 18 million supporters - inciting them with disunity for no reason.

    • Posted By: News and Notes @ 07/22/2008 11:35:35 AM

      It looks like the Hillary bashing didn't stop when the primary ended. Obama is the nominee. Of course it is Obama's responsibility to unite the party. Hillary has done her part. It is this type of arrogance that keeps Hillary supporters skeptical of Obama.

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/23/2008 8:43:32 AM

        News and Notes. please go ahead keep blaming Obama for everything so that you can show everyone here what an intelligent poster you are. It is so like you and your buddies here to blame Hillarys loss to Obama. Oh, I see you love to freely use the word arrogance. You call Obama arrogant and you posted to me, hubris and arrogance twice yesterday because I posted that I believe Obama will win the presidency. What does that make you? A bully.

    • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 07/22/2008 5:09:30 PM

      Sorry, it wasn't Hillary Clinton that divided the Democrats. Obama invited the republicans to select the democrats' candidate, asking them to become republicans for a day to defeat Clinton long before Rush Limbaugh began his operation chaos, which actually asked republicans to stop voting for Obama.

      Obama also adopted a "blame the boomers" campaign strategy to woo the new young voters, dividing the party on the basis of age into opposing groups. And he divided the party on educational and economic level, disparaging those who "cling to" guns and religion because the don't know that voting for him would be in their best interests. And he clearly divided the party on the basis of race, garnering 90% of the black vote and labeling the Clintons racists, when his spiritual father Rev. Wright was the one preaching an "us against them" Afrocentric message.

      Quit bashing Clinton. Obama's failure to unite the democrats is simply the fruit of the seeds he sowed in the primaries. In a year when the race shouldn't be close at all, he has given the republicans a real chance to take the white house again for another four years.

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 07/21/2008 8:50:18 AM

    How come reporters didn't want to travel with McCain when he went overseas but was ready to go with Obama. Has nothing to do with the media leaning towards the left. Even FOX didn't ask to go with McCain, but begged to go with Obama. Hmmmmmmm, FOX is all the way to the right and still wanted to go with Obama.

    • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/21/2008 9:21:49 AM

      "Has nothing to do with the media leaning towards the left."

      What a laugh!!! The mainstream media not leaning left? You're correct, they're not leaning left, they've slammed into it! Don't fret... as a socialist, the empty suit will do well in Europe,

      Anchors don't even travel with the President. In the end, if we ever needed a prime example of the main stream media being in the tank for B.H.O., this is it!

      • Posted By: elizabethpaige @ 07/22/2008 3:15:21 PM

        Relax. The world is unfolding as it should.

        • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/23/2008 8:13:01 AM

          I wonder if you relaxed and understood that the "world is unfolding as it should" when Bush invaded Iraq.

          Probably not.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 07/21/2008 9:44:15 AM

      The Anchors did not travel with McCain, because he did not invite them. Obama, on the other hand did.

  • Posted By: MartinCarmel @ 07/23/2008 4:43:23 AM

    Jesse Jackson will no doubt make up with Obama....and then state on national TV: "If ya don't vote for my man Obama....you are a racist!!!!". (Just watch - this is all so predictable)

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/23/2008 2:24:30 AM

    after 8 years of the most disastrous presidency in the U.S. history and the threat of 4 more years with McCain - if it's nothing less than a landslide...it's been fixed.

  • Posted By: Jack999 @ 07/23/2008 1:38:42 AM

    Dont be naive, carry things you dont KNOW MUCH,about security,Obama Trips to Middle-east is Under as Senators State Official Visit.....with State Department instructions.Nobody have the RIGHT to release any NEWs excepted US Official. Now No Journalist with him,they go there by themselves.Wait till he goes to EUROPE under his own Campaign expenses .Then you see all World NEWS papers flashing all over.

    OBAMA AND OTHER SENATORS INTERVIEWS ALL SENSORED, SOME NO SOUND AT ALL,SOME ONLY PICTURE THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO BE RELEASED BY STATE DEPT .AS THIS MIDDLE-EASTERN TRIP ARE UNDER US OFFICIAL VISITS AND BE CONTROL WITH THE SECURITY CLASSIFIED UNDER THE US STATE DEPT.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/23/2008 1:24:34 AM

    And here is the NY Times talking about the Anbar Awakening back in March 2007.

    The formation of the group in September shocked many Sunni Arabs. It was the most public stand anyone in Anbar had taken against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, which was founded by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

    And here is Colin Kahl in Foreign Affairs:


    The Awakening began in Anbar Province more than a year BEFORE THE SURGE and took off in the summer and fall of 2006 in Ramadi and elsewhere, long before extra U.S. forces started flowing into Iraq in February and March of 2007. Throughout the war, enemy-of-my-enemy logic has driven Sunni decision-making.

    The Sunnis have seen three "occupiers" as threats: the United States, the Shiites (and their presumed Iranian patrons), and the foreigners and extremists in AQI. Crucial to the Awakening was the reordering of these threats.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/23/2008 1:23:59 AM

    On Katie Couric tonight McCain says:

    Kate Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge.

    What's your response to that?

    McCain: I don't know how you respond to something that is as -- such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel McFarlane [phonetic] was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks.

    Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history. Thanks to General Petraeus, our leadership, and the sacrifice of brave young Americans.

    I mean, to deny that their sacrifice didn't make possible the success of the surge in Iraq, I think, does a great disservice to young men and women who are serving and have sacrificed.

    One problem.

    The surge wasn't even announced until a FEW MONTHS AFTER the Anbar Awakening.

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/22/2008 11:23:39 PM

    Huffington Post
    Obama Shuns Foreign Press
    Posted July 17, 2008 | 04:59 PM (EST)
    By Jacob Heilbrunn


    SEN. BARACK OBAMA HAS MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT OUTREACH TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. He is right. Americas reputation abroad is not in trouble; it is in tatters. But, as I am hearing from foreign correspondents, HE IS NOT PRACTICING WHAT HE PREACHES. Rather, Obama has apparently given NO INTERVIEWS TO FOREIGN REPORTERS. Furthermore, he is not taking anyone from the European press along his journey, which begins tomorrow. Not the BBC, not the Financial Times, not the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. YOU GET THE PICTURE.

    Many foreign news outlets havent even gotten a response to their request to accompany Obama. Instead, it appears Obamas plane will be filled solely with American reporters (cuz they dont ask the hard questions like the Foreign Press would ask, LOL).

    As Steve Clemons of the indispensable WASHINGTON NOTE observes today in OBAMAs BLIND SPOT, Obama is not even visiting the real capitol of Europe - Brussels - and his advisors do not seem to have a good handle on the continent. In addition, Obamas attention to European affairs in the Senate, where he belonged to the European subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, was at best skimpy. Obama's shunning of the foreign press is cause for alarm.

    SOURCE for Above: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-heilbrunn/obama-shuns-foreign-press_b_113415.html



    RELATED ARTICLE:

    Huffington Post
    Obamas European problem
    The senator may have traveled widely, but the CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SUBCOMMITEE ON EUROPE has languished.
    Salon.com
    By Joe Conason

    Full article: http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/29/obama_europe/index.html

    • Posted By: Jack999 @ 07/23/2008 1:20:53 AM

      Dont be naive, carry things you dont KNOW MUCH,about security,Obama Trips to Middle-east is Under as Senators State Official Visit.....with State Department instructions.Nobody have the RIGHT to release any NEWs excepted US Official. Now No Journalist with him,they go there by themselves.Wait till he goes to EUROPE under his own Campaign expenses .Then you see all World NEWS papers flashing all over.

  • Posted By: Jack999 @ 07/23/2008 1:08:47 AM

    New York Times editor REJECTED John MCain Bullshit arguments this week,Most importantly ,We Americans are smart enough to REJECTED John MCCain Months ago..........

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/22/2008 9:08:15 PM

    Now, Sen. John McCain - a Longtime Chalabi Advocate with many TIES to the man - finds himself on the receiving end of this bamboozlement.

    On Tuesday, Eli Lake reported for the New York Sun that the recent decision of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to endorse Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan was likely driven by Chalabi's hand.

    "Maliki," Lake writes, "had been advised by the Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi to express public support for the Obama withdrawal plan. Asked for a comment yesterday, Mr. Chalabi, an old hand at working the American political process to the advantage of Iraq, conveyed a statement via his Washington representative, Francis Brooke: 'This is an honor I will not claim and a rumor I will not deny.'"

    If the report, which is seen as a huge blow to John McCain's candidacy, is true -- and with Chalabi, skepticism is required -- it would symbolize a Shakespearean act of political betrayal. Few American figures have done more to advance Chalabi's cause and career than the presumptive Republican nominee and his closest advisers.

    As detailed in Aram Roston's book, "The Man Who Pushed America To War," the Arizona Republican was on Chalabi's International Committee for a Free Iraq way back in 1991. During the Clinton administration, McCain tried to pressure the president to set up an Iraqi government in exile and co-sponsored the Iraq Liberation Act, which called on the U.S. to overthrow Saddam Hussein and fund opposition groups. Around that time, as John Judis of The New Republic reported, McCain welcomed Chalabi to Washington and "pressured the administration to GIVE HIM MONEY.

    When General Anthony Zinni cast doubt upon the effectiveness of the Iraqi opposition, McCain rebuked him at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee."

    When McCain made his first run for the White House, Chalabi called him his preferred candidate. 3 years later McCain returned the favor, calling the Iraqi exile "A Patriot who has the Best interests of His Country at Heart."

    "His ties to McCain go back (18 Years)," Roston told the Huffington Post. "McCain has been supportive of his cause for so long, and signed on to it early, in 1991... I don't know if they are still in communication, but it is hard to imagine after this especially."

    But it's not just McCain. The Senator's chief adviser, Charlie Black, has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying on behalf of Chalabi's former group, the Iraqi National Congress.

    Another Chalabi advocate was McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann, who promoted the exiled figure as "the new Iraqi Atatur," and championed the now-debunked claims that Saddam possessed caches of WMD. As president of the neoconservative Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, Scheunemann accused the State Department and CIA of distrusting Chalabi for "ideological reasons" (not personality concerns) during a 2003 NewsHo

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/22/2008 8:57:28 PM

    Find one Congresmen, Congres Woman, Senator, Male Or Female that does not have Arabic Ties....

    You Can't and you Won't find One !!!


    The Clintons, Bush Families & John McCain all have Arabian Ties, what kind of Fools do we have here, saying or thinking otherwise.

    John Mccain has Big Oil Lobbyist Ties and is a Career Politician and has Traveled to Arabic Countries Strengthening those Arabic Ties, so does Madaleine Albright, John Kerry, Bush's Cousin and a Slew of US Senators & Congressmen...

    Duh !!!

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/21/2008 11:16:42 PM

    ATTN......... ALL OBAMAMOHAMMEDS....BREAKING NEWS...HUSSEIN BIRTH CERTIFICATE FAKE...............

    Laugh it off. Ignore it. Whatever you like. THIS WILL get MSM coverage. For the entire story go to.......

    ....................... http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/21/forensics-expert-obama-birth-certificate-is-a-forgery

    Larry Johnson and others are going to FORCE an inquiry. Here is a snippet........

    The following report was written for TD/NQ by Techdude, who hurried to complete it after his tires were slashed and a mutilated rabbit was found hanging by his front door. He is currently working on another exclusive follow-on report.

    Who threatened Techdude, and why? And if his findings are correct, why did Barack Obama publish a fake Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) on his own website, FightTheSmears, and on DailyKos?

    Well, well, well....what's up with this??? We will all find out soon. Check out the entire investigation.

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: josemarti @ 07/21/2008 11:23:34 PM

      what are the implications? where was he born?

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/21/2008 11:32:48 PM

        most common story is Kenya. Granny Hussein (or one of them) says he was born in Kenya and went to Hawaii, when he was 3 weeks old. Powerful people WILL get the truth. Forgery can not be pushed aside. IF he is not natural born...well...he is not eligible to be POTUS. Gonna get nasty. Check out the story. AND check out Larry Johnson. He is not someone to take lightly.

        NOBAMA!!!

        • Posted By: josemarti @ 07/21/2008 11:58:55 PM

          Keep us up to date. The liberal press is unlikely to pick up on anything unfavorable to Obama. Has anybody supported Larry Johnson's story?

          • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/22/2008 12:18:01 AM

            It is catching steam. I've known there were questions for several weeks. It is a wait and see. The only KNOWN, at this point is this...The FightTheSmears website and Daily Kos copies, are FAKES. The bigger question is WHY, and where is the real one??? This will come out. We will all know soon.

            NOBAMA!!!

            • Posted By: raddave @ 07/22/2008 12:25:22 PM

              It's catching steam just like the Larry Sinclari adds that you have been saying are coming out for a couple of months now.

              • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/22/2008 1:40:05 PM

                Sinclair IS FAR from over. His website is over 2,100,000. He is giving interviews, and sticking to his story. He has received mention in several Newspapers, talk shows, and foreign journals. More evidence is said to be ready to be revealed. IT IS NOT GOING AWAY. Hussein will be confronted with the allegations, directly. He will have to end his silence. WHY CAN'T HE SHUT SINCLAIR UP???

                NOBAMA!!!

                • Posted By: raddave @ 07/22/2008 7:14:33 PM

                  Here is what Greta Van Susteren said as to why she will not interview Larry Sinclair. She works for Fox News, so you know she is not part of the "Liberal media"

                  Many of you email me asking why I don???t interview Larry Sinclair

                  I assume you now know why I have not interviewed him and no one has???his 27 year criminal record and all sorts of other matters mentioned in the above link tell you why..in short, no credibility.

                  I urge all of you to look to the issues???and not to the smears. While the internet is a great communication and educational tool, it is also viral when it comes to smearing people. There are good reasons to be skeptical of what politicians promise you.. challenge them about those promises???question their policies???but let???s skip unsubstantiated smears.

                  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/22/2008 8:33:43 PM

                    Excellent post, raddave, thanks for the info.

                • Posted By: raddave @ 07/22/2008 6:50:32 PM

                  You do know that the Weekly World News is not a newspaper, right?

        • Posted By: josemarti @ 07/21/2008 11:46:04 PM

          dear Holly. I checked out Larry Johnson. I don't think he looks that credible. However, what he says Obama had him do is consistent with Obama's character as it emerges in his autobiography: Dreams From My Father. He is a secretly enraged and is motivated to humiliate others. Look at how he treated Hillary.

          • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/21/2008 11:57:38 PM

            jose...Larry Johnson not credible??? Here is a partial bio.........

            Mr. Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence
            Agency and U.S. State Department???s Office of Counter Terrorism, is a
            recognized expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security,
            crisis and risk management.

            Mr. Johnson has analyzed terrorist incidents for a variety of media
            including the Jim Lehrer News Hour, National Public Radio, ABC???s
            Nightline, NBC???s Today Show, the New York Times, CNN, Fox News, and
            the BBC. Mr. Johnson has authored several articles for publications,
            including Security Management Magazine, the New York Times, and The
            Los Angeles Times. He has lectured on terrorism and aviation security
            around the world, including the Center for Research and Strategic
            Studies at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. He represented
            the U.S. Government at the July 1996 OSCE Terrorism Conference in
            Vienna, Austria.

            From 1989 until October 1993, Larry Johnson served as a Deputy
            Director in the U.S. State Department???s Office of Counter Terrorism.
            He managed crisis response operations for terrorist incidents
            throughout the world and he helped organize and direct the US
            Government???s debriefing of US citizens held in Kuwait and Iraq, which
            provided vital intelligence on Iraqi operations following the 1990
            invasion of Kuwait. Mr. Johnson also participated in the investigation
            of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103. Under Mr. Johnson???s leadership
            the U.S. airlines and pilots agreed to match the US Government???s two
            million-dollar reward.

            From 1985 through September 1989 Mr. Johnson worked for the Central
            Intelligence Agency. During his distinguished career, he received
            training in paramilitary operations, worked in the Directorate of
            Operations, served in the CIA???s Operation???s Center, and established
            himself as a prolific analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence. In
            his final year with the CIA he received two Exceptional Performance
            Awards.

            NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: Jack999 @ 07/21/2008 11:32:32 PM

      Http:\\www.fightthesmears.com...........................anyway..did John McCain born out US soil...he dont qualified to be President.....Panama Canal?another breach of US constitution

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/21/2008 11:39:50 PM

        oh silly jack...you and I both know, Sen. McCain is the son, of a military officer. Military children, automatically receive an exemption. Kenyan nationals, born in a hut don't.

        NOBAMA!!!

        • Posted By: raddave @ 07/22/2008 8:49:39 AM

          Children of military born overseas do not automatically get an exemption. No more than any baby born to any U.S. citizen overseas.

          • Posted By: News and Notes @ 07/22/2008 9:54:43 AM

            They usually get exemptions. I have a relative in that situation who was a born US citizen although born overseas

            • Posted By: raddave @ 07/22/2008 12:24:09 PM

              They do not get an exemption, it is a simple process to get done, but it is not an exemption. It is the same process for any American citizen who has a child overseas.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/22/2008 8:33:34 PM

    1. We had No Legal Right to be there, in the 1st Damn Place...

    2. The Nationalities of the People who Piloted those (911 Plane Attacks) were Mainly form Saudia Arabia & The United Arab Emirates and we Still do Big Business with Both those Countries.

    3. Bush Jr. Had The Saudia Arabians & Bin Laden Families FBI Cleared and Flown Home, during a Time Air Flight was prohibted.

    4. The Bush Family & Bin Laden Families have an Over 25 year Relationship, that still Exist to this day !!!

    5. The Saudia Arabian & United Arab Emirates Countries have NEVER BEEN TOUCHED and to this DAY, have NOT been Bombarded with Militart Air Strikes or Military Brigades from the USA or Britain, they are Considered Our....

    "Allies Of the Middle East"

    6. Look at Television for the Big Dubai Classics of Professional Tennis & Golf, in the United Arab Emirates..."Our Allies"

    7. Bush Helped Facilitate the Dubai Ports Deal, where the United Arab Emirates Control Our Major Ports and that includes NY, NJ and Miami and Bill Clinton helped Brokere this Dubai Ports Deal.....

    You Closed minded Suckers !!!

    Note: The Political Party Rivalry is a Sham, The Bush & Clinton Families are Not Enemies, they are Family Vacationing Friends....

    They are All (CFR Members)

    Thats the Council on Foreign Relations.

    McCain & Obama are also (CFR Members)

    Barack Obama is Blood related to George Bush (11th Cousin) and D!ck Cheney (8th Cousin)

    John McCain is Blood Related to Laura Bush (Blood Cousins)

    Davis Rockefeller: Controls the CFR and David rockefeller Controls the USA and that is a Natural Born American Fact, he Controls Chase Manhattan, Bear & Sterns & Most of All, the Federal Reserve Bank !!!

    And David Rockefeller is a Well Known and Unashmed and Unapologetic Capitalist & Socialist.


    Learn People.....


    He who Makes the Gold, in this case the (US Dollar)...

    Makes and Sets the Rules, Sets the Agenda and Makes Wars, if they CHOOSE !!!

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