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Obama's troop-cut policy gets support from the Iraqi government

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  • Posted By: prtzllogic @ 07/29/2008 2:21:38 AM

    A brilliant move by the Iraqi Prime Minister. He knows if Obama wins, the weak US leader will cut tail and run without so much as establishing a long-term base in the world-critical Middle East. He knows if McCain wins, there will be an American presence there for years to come. Obama would render all the effort, money, and lives we have spent on this war meaningless to America's future.

  • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 07/26/2008 8:03:24 PM

    O's JOB was to support THE USA....he's so delusional and self serving, he may want to be the NEW RULER OF THE UNIVERSE....Mr. Universe.....sounds a lot like the anti-Christ....Looks scary too...talks too much and smiles way, way too much....HE's digging his own grave

  • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 07/26/2008 8:01:10 PM

    O is kinda getting the cart before the horse....doesn't he have to actually win the Presidential race before he starts sitting down with world leaders and making bogus deals???? O is NOT TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH....what he's neglected saying is that the troop pull out....would simply divert troops from Iraq to Afghistan...HE has NO plan to bring OUR BOYS home!!! He's evil, and slippery as a SNAKE....Evil at it best...OBAMA SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/26/2008 6:08:38 PM

    Below is a link to a video released from the UK that is VERY entertaining for those who have not seen it yet.

    HE VENTURED FORTH TO BRING LIGHT TO THE WORLD
    The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers. . . .

    VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFvlybQYso










    The Times Online article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece



  • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/26/2008 4:50:25 PM

    Obama is going to be our next President. Get used to it.

    Holy Roller is off his meds again.

  • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 07/26/2008 12:30:58 AM

    IF, AND THAT'S A BIG, BIG IF BROTHER "O" HAD AN OUNCE OF INTEGRITY, HONOR AND KNEW THE CODE OF PROPER CONDUCT FOR A NOMINEE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS VOCAL ABOUT WHAT HIS FUTURISTIC VIEWS ARE. HIS JOB IS TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...HE IS NOT SUPPOSE TO GO OVER THERE AN BASH THE HELL OUT OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE OR TO INFORM THEM OF OUR FUTURE PLANS....HELL, HE'S A TOKYO ROSE, OR JANE FONDA...HE'S NOT LOOKING OUT FOR OUR TROOPS, HE'S TRYING TO WIN A POPULARITY CONTEST....TALK IS CHEAP AND HE'S GONNA FEEL SO, SO STUPID WHEN HE'S LEFT IN THE DUST COME NOV. THIS GUY IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE THE ANTI-CHRIST WE'VE ALL BEEN WARNED OF...YET, YOUR EMBRACE SOMETHING WITH NOTHING SUBSTATIAL TO OFFER THE COMMON AMERICAN FAMILY..
    GOD HELP US ALL

    • Posted By: no bigots here @ 07/26/2008 11:14:46 AM

      Do you like to scream in caps with your posting. It is very difficult to read. You sound like a little boy crying for attention. If you want people to read what you say, write like most other bloggers in small letters. Thank you

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/26/2008 12:31:26 AM

    Got ya'll some more Hussein jokes. I can't stop laughing. Maybe I'll make this a daily post..............

    Q. Why will Bill Ayers vote for Barack Obama?
    A. Bill thinks Obama???s the bomb.

    Q. Why will sharks vote for Barack Obama?
    A. Professional courtesy.

    Q. How will Osama Bin Laden vote for Barack Obama?
    A. Absentee ballot.

    Q. Why will Britney Spears vote for Barack Obama?
    A. Because she???s running out of other crazy things to do.

    Q. What do Obama and Osama have in common?
    A. They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.

    Q. Why doesn???t Barack drink Pepsi?
    A. He thinks that things go better with coke.

    Q. Why wouldn???t Barack salute the American flag?
    A. It was ours.

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: no bigots here @ 07/26/2008 11:12:57 AM

      I see you are off your meds again. Yawn, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • Posted By: Fernadez @ 07/26/2008 10:55:24 AM

    John McCain doesn???t know Shiites and Sunnis are Bitter enemy since Saddam days, Also this spring, McCain twice appeared to mistake again twice between Sunnis and Shiites, two branches of Islam that split violently

    John McCain doesn???t know where is Pakistan? , McCain responded I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border. The ABC posting added: Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border.

    Somalia for Sudan: As recounted in a reporters pool report from McCain Straight Talk Express bus on June 30, the senator said while discussing Darfur, a region of Sudan: How can we bring pressure on the government of Somalia?
    Senior adviser Mark Salter corrected him Sudan

    Germany for Russia memorializes McCain referring to President Vladimir Putin of Russia following a trip to Germany as President Putin of Germany by the way Germany Never have a President only Chancellor.

    This spring, McCain said troops in Iraq were down to pre-surge levels when in fact there were 20,000 more troops than when the surge policy began.

    In perhaps the most curious incident, McCain said earlier this month that as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he had tried to confuse his captors by giving the names of Pittsburgh Steelers starting players when asked to identify his squadron mates. McCain has told the story many times over the years but always correctly referred to the names he gave as members of the Green Bay Packers

    In Phoenix earlier this month, McCain referred to Czechoslovakia, which has been divided since Jan. 1, 1993, into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He also referred again to Czechoslovakia during a debate in November and a radio show in April.

    ""WAKAKAKAKA "" This Guy deserves to Be the President of United Fools ..........I laugh my Ass off.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/26/2008 9:21:34 AM

    Here is a great article from Germany....it show's not every German drinks Kool-Aide.............

    Once again it's Der Spiegel that manages to put Obama's Berlin speech in perspective..............

    The [estimated] 200,000 onlookers who thronged to listen to Obama's speech should not deceive us. Listening is not the same as agreeing. Obama divides people, and not along traditional party lines.
    It is, anyway, a great mistake to divide the voters in Western nations into left and right, aggressive and peace-loving, market orientated and critical of capitalism. In reality there are just two types of voters: the romantic democrats and the common-sense democrats.

    So far, Obama has been the candidate for the romantics. His skill lies in enchanting his supporters with words. Whatever is held against him, his supporters turn into his favor. The man is an unknown quantity, no mud sticks to him! The man is measured, no, he is visionary! He wants to save the entire world, but it does desperately need to be saved, doesn't it?

    It would have been interesting to find out how the reconciliation between Muslims and Christians will come about, when shortly before his departure he threatened the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with a military strike against its border region with Afghanistan. Pakistanis value their sovereignty as much as Americans.
    Is it not foolhardy to set a timeframe for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq at 16 months, when American generals fear another civil war? In Vietnam, they point out, the killing did not end after the US withdrew its troops.

    And then there is the breathtaking list of domestic policy promises: affordable health insurance for the 47 million currently unregistered Americans, tax exemptions for all retirees on pensions under $50,000, higher minimum wages, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects and finally tax credits for most Americans to boost the economy. How can that be paid for, if, as Obama has categorically ruled out, he isn't going to raise taxes on the middle class? Or is he planning for the US to go even more into debt (something he has equally vehemently ruled out)?

    Of course, Obama may have no option now than to continue to offer the sky. At first many election strategists thought voters wouldn't believe politicians, promises anymore after their experience with Bush. Surprisingly, the opposite seems to be the case: Right now they'll believe everything.

    NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/26/2008 7:43:55 AM

    HiddyHoHarleyHo...what up BikerChick.....girl, you are soooo silly.

    NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/26/2008 7:42:35 AM

    Hussein's trip summary............."Ich bin ein Hypocrite".

    NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/26/2008 2:35:55 AM



    The real deal is, Obama and co. should have evaluated upfront the ramifications of visiting these 2 bases of wounded troups and then leave it off the agenda or put in on the agenda. It is called up front planning. But to have made a conscious decision to visit the wounded troops by putting it on the schedule, they should not have skipped it as there was a solution which was to visit the troops expecting him, only just as a Senator without campaign people and publicity. That was something he could have done. Why didnt he do that? The pentagon said they would host it for him at the bases, but he must have felt he wouldnt get anything out of it and opted to work out in the hotel gym instead,

    OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE STATEMENT:

    Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon Press Secretary, issued a statement emphasizing that the Pentagon did not cancel Mr. Obamas visit.

    Senator Obama, in his official capacity, is always welcome to visit Landstuhl or any other military hospital. But it is not permitted to bring with him campaign staff. His team was notified of that, and they made a decision not to visit the hospital. But we were ready and willing to host him there. In fact, we had made arrangements for his campaign plane to land at Ramstein, and to take care of the campaign staff and press in a passenger terminal there, while the senator and senate staff, if he liked, went on to visit wounded warriors. They made a decision based on their own calculations not to visit. Senator Obama, like any other member of the senate, is always welcome to visit our wounded warriors or our military hospitals around the world. But they do so in their official capacity, and not as a candidate. He can come in and bring senate staffers as well, if he likes, but campaign staffers and press are not permitted to accompany him.

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 07/26/2008 1:57:14 AM

    The biggest racist in this room is Holy Roller. He never makes any sense. Like I said, anybody who supports Holy Roller's comment, they too are a racist.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/25/2008 10:46:18 PM

    McCain is a Hypocrite...He DID NOT Visit Troops in Military Based Hospitals as well, Yet Demands Obama, to visit, when the Government Advised Obama otherwise.

    Barack Obama canceled a pre-planned visit to the troops in Germany yesterday after being told by the Pentagon that the trip would violate a Pentagon policy prohibiting campaign stops on military installations. No problem there.

    However, the McCain campaign is now blasting Obama:

    The McCain camp has nonetheless been using Obama's canceled trip to insinuate that he's anti-troops. "Barack Obama is wrong," McCain spokesperson Brian Rogers said in a statement yesterday. "It is never 'inappropriate' to visit our men and women in the military."
    The problem here is that the McCain campaign was denied a visit to a military base under the same policy back in April. Of course, there was no outcry or false outrage from Brian Rogers at that time.

    From CNN:

    With Department of Defense rules prohibiting political campaigning on military bases, it was determined that in some cases McCain could visit the installations as a senator but could not engage in any political activity or have news media present.

    McCain campaign officials said Thursday they intentionally did not campaign on military property.

    "We follow the rules," said senior McCain adviser Steve Schmidt.

    Because all three presidential candidates are sitting senators, DoD officials have privately noted for some weeks that the whole matter of drawing the line between Senate business and campaigning is sensitive.

    A U.S. Army official told CNN there are no pending requests from any of the campaigns to visit Army bases at this time. He noted that Sen. Barack Obama recently visited Fayetteville, North Carolina, but did not go to Fort Bragg; and Sen. Hillary Clinton visited Killeen, Texas, but did not go to Fort Hood.

    For his Wednesday visit to the U.S. Naval Academy -- of which he is a graduate -- McCain was allowed to make a political appearance at the academy's football stadium because it is privately owned property and is not owned or run by the U.S. military.

    Earlier in the day, when McCain had breakfast with midshipmen on academy grounds, it was closed to the press and considered a private event.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/25/2008 1:56:15 PM

    All of you obamamohammed groupies, make me sick, to my stomach. I'm fairly certain, many, if not most, are very patriotic American's. Your just naive and easily influenced. Many of you are kids, and don't know any better. Others are older, and just trendy. A few are just dumb. And some are caught up in a racial pride deal. While I don't care for any of these reasons, I think ya'll are pitiful, I at least ,can smile and shake my head, in amazment. It's the other substantial group that makes me sick.... that are just a bunch, of punks and sissies. Like Hussein, Pelosi, Reid, Dean, and Big Daddy Soros. Your Emporer and High Priest.

    You know who you are. You think America is evil. You support our country's avowed enemies. You want to see the military diminished, if not completely eliminated. You think, America needs to be punished, That she's evil. You think a socialist, euro-trash, govt. nanny state, would save the nation. You want America, as we know her, destroyed..

    Well it's not gonna happen. America was founded by GOD, and there is no power on earth, that can bring your fantasy to reality. I know. I know. Hussein is a Messiah. He can manifest his will. Yeah right. He is a two-bit charlatan. He is a Crook and a Fraud. His handlers, with help from the so-called MSM, have performed admirably well. BUT, the play time's about over. It's time to get serious.

    Hussein is about to be revealed as the cheap copy of Jimmy Carter, that he is. A lot fewer morals, but a cheap copy, just the same. And the original JC, almost did destroy America. We learned our lesson, with Mr. Peanut. And he wasn't even a mohammed.

    I hope ya'll ain't bet the farm, on this election. Cause if you did, you are about to be homeless.

    The punk refused to visit the wounded. Hussein is a puke and a sissy. Probably afraid some of the wounded G.I.s, would kick his ass. He DID VOTE NOT TO FUND THEM. They know what he is.

    He is a piece of crap.

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: chindognyc @ 07/25/2008 2:31:57 PM

      Try it on your homies? You are a pure racist and anybody who supports your stupid comments are a racist also. You need help.

      • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/25/2008 2:50:13 PM

        Hi chin. How are you? I can see you are holding up the fort all by your lonesome and doing very well. Carry on!

        • Posted By: chindognyc @ 07/25/2008 9:59:52 PM

          Pia, you are the best. Did you see Obama in France? Very Presidential.

    • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/25/2008 7:46:56 PM

      No, we love America, Holy - we just think it could be better. It's not yet "perfected".... and we could start by relegating all the racists to a good Military Camp, like Gitmo. That would be justice. Oh, and don't forget we might throw in some water-boarding and torture - it's okay now, by your Guy, Bush and his Boobies in the White House..

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/24/2008 8:14:01 AM

    Nins, where ever you are, I miss you. Come back soon. Thanks.

    • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 07/25/2008 9:56:34 PM

      After being exposed as a moveon.org paid blogger, she evidently...moved on.

      LOL, first we ran off Alvy (aka The Raven) and now Nins.

  • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/25/2008 7:50:45 PM

    As Der Spiegel puts it, Obama could be running for World President. Not a bad idea....! ;-)

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/25/2008 1:52:28 PM

    This joke is so funny, it deserves repeating..........

    Q. What do Osama and Obama have in common???
    A. They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon. hahahahahaha now that's fuuuny.

    That's a good one, don't ya think? Try it on your homeys. It's sure to get a laugh.

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/25/2008 7:49:04 PM

      So do the Bushes. They're called the Bin Laden family. They're related to Osama Bin Laden. Bush is good friends with them. Isnt' that FUNNY!?

  • Posted By: Chloe123 @ 07/24/2008 7:38:58 AM

    No SANE person would ever remotely consider Barack Obama until the media suggested it in such a manner where those who don''t think for themselves have something to cling to- a contrived and despicable media that could have been gleaned directly from a promotion for a movie- that will die quietly when the fizzle ends- ZOMBIE zealots like the media that have polarized this nation with irrational lies and distortions of the political philosophies with certain news personalities and their insane programs. MCCAIN 2008. The ONLY CHOICE.

    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 07/25/2008 5:46:56 PM

      So every other country is just stupid, wow it must be amazing to be one of the enlightened few! Shame on the rest of the world for being so blind that they are not able to see just want an amazing intellectual McBooboo is. Again Wow!

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/24/2008 8:15:06 AM

      Blah! McCain loses big. Obama o8!

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/25/2008 11:26:05 AM

    CBS NEWS

    Obama is simply allowing Citizen McCain, to Hang himself via His Own Tongue, while he enjoys his International Tour of the MiddleEast & Europe. Please Continue Citizen McCain...Please, by Alll Means, Continue. McCain, You are doing Yourself In and its a Your Words that make this Self Implosion all possible...

    Carry On, Senator.

    CBS: It seemed like a great way to counter Obamamania. Sen. John McCain would board a helicopter in New Orleans today, skim quickly over the Gulf of Mexico and land on an oil rig -- a made-for-TV moment to highlight his call for offshore drilling, an issue that Republicans believe will be a big winner in November.

    Then came Hurricane Dolly, a Category 2 storm that made a helicopter ride impossible. And then, improbably, a 600-foot oil tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and causing diesel fumes to waft over the city's French Quarter. The trip was off.

    In this campaign, it seems, McCain just can't catch a break.

    Through a series of missteps, gaffes and bad luck, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has endured a difficult week in what has been a choppy campaign. He now has no major event to offset Sen. Barack Obama's speech at Berlin's famed Victory Column, where a huge turnout is expected. Instead, he will be in Columbus, Ohio, speaking at a nighttime cancer event.

    "An extra day spent in Ohio is not really a problem," senior aide Mark Salter said, insisting that a bit of bad luck does not make a trend, even as the campaign was scrambling to fill the time.

    "There's a hurricane; we had to cancel an event," he said with a shrug after McCain spent a rainy day in northeast Pennsylvania attending a town hall meeting in Wilkes-Barre and a fundraiser, and commiserating with a couple at a grocery store in Bethlehem about the high price of food. "That's not something that's going to happen every day. I'm not going to worry about it."

    Before his overseas trip, Obama faced questions about the wisdom of his pledge to remove U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office, should he be elected. But as the week began, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared to endorse that timeline, and the Bush administration said that it supports a "time horizon" for withdrawing troops. Suddenly, it was McCain who was forced to explain his opposition to the withdrawal plan.

    Meanwhile, Obama's trip to the war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq, followed by stops in Jordan, Israel and Europe, created a media frenzy,

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/25/2008 1:55:30 PM

      Hey Goober....had your morning Kool-Aide ration??? You never answered me about your home. ARE YOU a teenage Gaza Strip blogger??? Hussein is very proud of them. Or, are you maybe on Hussein's Personal Senate Banking Committee? Come On...Enquiring Minds Want To Know.

      NOBAMA!!!

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