I wouldn’t if he was that.

http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=50700&id=2006091914260001386643

Group Says Iraq Needs to Prove ItselfWASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. experts studying what to do next in Iraqsaid Tuesday that the next three months are critical and Baghdad’sgovernment must make more progress toward controlling the violenceand rebuilding the nation.“The Iraqi government must act,” said Lee H. Hamilton,co-chair of the independent, bipartisan Iraq Study Group. “Thegovernment of Iraq needs to show its own citizens soon – and thecitizens of the United States – that it is deserving of continuedsupport.”Hamilton and his co-chair, former Secretary of State James A.Baker III, said Baghdad’s government needs to secure a capitalreeling in sectarian violence, make progress on nationalreconciliation, and provide electricity, water, and other servicesthat Iraqis need.—–
A bounce in the number of troops in Iraq?

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/breaking_news/15555771.htm

Gen. says U.S. may boost forces in IraqLOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTON – The U.S. military will likely maintain or possibly even increase the current force levels of more than 140,000 troops in Iraq through next spring, the top US. commander in the Middle East said Tuesday in one of the gloomiest assessments yet of how quickly American forces can be brought home.

Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. Central Command, said military leaders would consider adding troops or extending the Iraq deployments of other units if needed.

“If it’s necessary to do that because the military situation on the ground requires that, we’ll do it,” he said. “If we have to call in more forces because it’s our military judgment that we need more forces, we’ll do it.”

Abizaid said that right now the current number of troops “are prudent force levels” that are achieving the needed military effect.

His comments came as U.S. political leaders continue to face declining public support for the war in Iraq, as they head into the coming congressional elections. Abizaid, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace are expected to meet with members of Congress later this week.

Late last year, military leaders had said they hoped to reduce troop levels to about 100,000 by the end of this year. But Abizaid said Tuesday that the rising sectarian violence and slow progress of the Iraqi government made that impossible.

“I think that this level probably will have to be sustained through the spring,” he told military reporters. “I think that we’ll do whatever we have to do to stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan and use the military power of the U.S. to do that.”

Abizaid cautioned that the solution to much of Iraq’s violence – both sectarian and insurgents – is not necessarily “throwing more American units at the problem.”

Instead, he said it is vital that the Iraqi government improve the political and economic conditions in the embattled country, as part of an effort to get the “angry young men” off the streets. And he said there will be more emphasis on the U.S. military teams that are training the Iraqi army and police forces.

There are currently 147,000 U.S. forces in Iraq – up more than 20,000 from the troop levels in late June. Rumsfeld extended the one-year deployment of an Alaska-based brigade in July, as part of the effort to stem the escalating violence in Baghdad.

Abizaid said Tuesday that there are no plans to further extend the deployment of the Alaska Stryker brigade.

W takes credit for “stopping another terror attack” yet if another attack were to happen, you know damn well everybody would rally round the White House once again.

Thus, they “win” either way . . .

(To answer my own question: there is NOTHING the Republican Party could do that would cause their ‘base’ (a fitting word) to abandon them. Bush could say that he was a gay abortionist who regularly defiles crosses and these people would STILL vote for him and the GOP. Basically, its really sad, and a tragedy for our democracy, that many people are more loyal to the Republican Party, their ‘team,’ than they are to their nation, and even reality. 86% Republican approval of Bush should serve as confirmation that conservatism is truly a mental illness.)

the way to fight “fascism” is with “fact-ism.”

Nice post, nice pics. As you probably know, I’ve been beating the fascism drum for some time with regard to Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld.

In response, dimwits like Joe Williams! counter by calling me a left-wing ‘facist’–as if such a thing were possible to anyone in possession of more than two brain cells.

http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/09/18/12-warning-signs-of-fascism-from-the-majority-visibility-project/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmvp-seattle.com%2Fpages%2FpageFascism.htm&frame=true

Pretty amazing, isn’t? Motherfucker’s asleep at the wheel, his Adminstration ignores all the actionable intelligence, BAM! we get hit, and next thing, motherfucker’s standing on top of a pile of rubble and we’re invading Iraq. Motherfucker belongs in Spandau Prison for the rest of his life for the shit he’s allowed to happen and the disasters he’s perpetrated.

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George Bush: the AWOL President. The Deserter-In-Chief.

Now that’s some sorry assed shit to be proud of.

Maybe him and his administration should be asleep during their watch again, another mass murder by terrorists and Bush could, well….he could really gain in the poles!Does any of this make sense?No.Bush asleep on the job-we get attacked—shazam!! The hero war president emerges from the ashes.

Sept 18: Approve 41% Disapprove 58%Sept 17: Approve 41% Disapprove 57%Sept 16: Approve 44% Disapprove 54%Sept 15: Approve 45% Disapprove 53%Sept 14: Approve 47% Disapprove 50%Sept 13: Approve 45% Disapprove 52%Sept 12: Approve 44% Disapprove 54%Sept 11: Approve 41% Disapprove 57%Sept 10: Approve 42% Disapprove 56%Sept 9: Approve 42% Disapprove 56%

The moral? The Miscreant-In-Chief actually ends worse than he starts off.

NOW can we impeach the lying-ass, torturing, incompetent, barbaric motherfucker?

I wonder how long America is going to buy that steaming pile of horsesh*t.

It’s refreshing to read your perspective.

Our farmworkers out here make minimum wage which is $6.75 and going to $8.00 by 2008.

I agree on what you are saying JR on the border. It needs to be addressed on both ends (north and south). I’m sure Mexico is easier (or at least I’d guess) to get into than Canada. The south just has a lot more people coming over serving a purpose in my opinion that we need to address how we get the labor they do done without them.

My wife is a Kansan so thats how I found ya’ll. And believe me, even though I am in California this particular area is far more right wing than anything you have in Kansas.

Bet he would pull one of those I don’t remember saying that routines.

The real terrorist threat is Bin Laden and now Bush doesn’t even think about him anymore.

So the argument that we are fighting the evil Islamofascists is not really believable.

All the way from California? How did you come to find us here? Sheesh we are getting readers!

Kia?

John McCain (likely NOT one of your favorite people) said that he will guarantee a job at $40 an hour to anyone willing to pick lettuce in Arizona. He says Americans won’t do it.

Kia? If there are jobs paying $40 an hour in your area please advise! In this “roaring” bush economy, I find myself available for work that approaches the pay of my former job in aviation manufacture. California is lots nicer than Kansas. I will gladly relocate!

Of course, all of that is hyperbole. Just as Mc Cains remark was hyperbole.

I don’t wish to re direct this thread. I’ll save more for an immigration thread.

Point here is that an open southern border is open to ANYONE who can make it to Mexico. A terrorist can wade the Rio Grande a lot easier than he can swim from the mideast.

I don’t know how much of a solution that is, but from where I sit I can tell you the labor currrently provided by those crossing our boards illegally is imperative to my states economic survival.

“My side believes this to be a battle of good versus evil in the world.”

So does the other side. Which one of you is right? Your side believes they are evil and attacked us on 9/11. Their side believes the US attacked without provocation in order to take the oil. They believe we have destabilized the region and this is just another Christian attack on Islam.

“Am I ignorant for believing that Militant Islam is evil? Fine.”

No, but keep in mind that not all Muslims are militant. There are many more militants now BECAUSE of bush’s failed policies. To judge all Muslims as being militant is like saying all Christians are like Phelps.

“Am I ignorant for believing Militant Islam will not stop until it anilates the Israel and the US? Fine.”

We had broken Al Qaeda in Afghanistan but bush and company wanted to invade Iraq. Al Qaeda was able to resurrect itself and strong enough so it was able to hold out against the US military for over 3 years.

“Am I ignorant for believing for the first time in a war with the US that has been over 20 years we are finally taking the war to them? Fine.”

Didn’t we take the war to Iraq in ‘90? I’m not quit sure what you are trying to say here.

“My opnion of you (and you in a general term) is that if you believe the war with Iraq is just that, a war in Iraq, you are the ignorant, weak minded, brainwashed and whatever else I have been called on this blog.”

Could you explain your reasoning, or is this just a retaliatory comment? I’m weak minded, ignorant, and brainwashed because poking holes in your arguments is so easy?