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		<title>By: newtonusr</title>
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		<dc:creator>newtonusr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-888349&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;larue @ 127&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;How many decades of evil?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg&quot;&gt;http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Man, that third “pic” at leveymg’s Journal is, well, chilling.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-888349"><em>larue @ 127</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>How many decades of evil?</p>
<p><a href="http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg">http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg</a></p>
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<p>Man, that third “pic” at leveymg’s Journal is, well, chilling.</p>
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		<title>By: larue</title>
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		<dc:creator>larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887173&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Laura Doty @ 43&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;One million Iraqi dead since the invasion began&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/index.html&quot;&gt; based on the Lancet study.&lt;/a&gt;  Most of the dead, by the way, women and children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The U.S. dominates the global weapons market, big time.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Time for change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How many decades of evil?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg&quot;&gt;http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-887173"><em>Laura Doty @ 43</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>One million Iraqi dead since the invasion began<a href="http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/index.html"> based on the Lancet study.</a>  Most of the dead, by the way, women and children.</p>
<p>The U.S. dominates the global weapons market, big time.  </p>
<p>Time for change.</p>
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<p>How many decades of evil?</p>
<p><a href="http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg">http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg</a></p>
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		<title>By: larue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-888338</link>
		<dc:creator>larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887171&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;N=1 @ 41&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alfred’s back and just &lt;a href=&quot;http://spookinthemachine.blogspot.com/2007/08/lets-run-it-up-false-flagpole-and-see.html&quot;&gt;posted&lt;/a&gt; on his blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spook Abides, Doncha Know . . *G*&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-887171"><em>N=1 @ 41</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Alfred’s back and just <a href="http://spookinthemachine.blogspot.com/2007/08/lets-run-it-up-false-flagpole-and-see.html">posted</a> on his blog.</p>
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<p>Spook Abides, Doncha Know . . *G*</p>
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		<title>By: larue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-888335</link>
		<dc:creator>larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887164&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;LS @ 34&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt; . . . . .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note:  Riggs Bank is a Bush family bank.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please, someone. Pay Attention.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg&quot;&gt;http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sigh . . .&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-887164"><em>LS @ 34</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p> . . . . .</p>
<p>Note:  Riggs Bank is a Bush family bank.</p>
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<p>Please, someone. Pay Attention.</p>
<p><a href="http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg">http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg</a></p>
<p>Sigh . . .</p>
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		<title>By: JEP</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-887651</link>
		<dc:creator>JEP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Republican Party&lt;br /&gt;
(to the tune of “Eleanor Rigby”) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah, look at all the lonely people.&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, look at all the lonely people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Republican Party, picks up the trash&lt;br /&gt;
in the hall where their meeting has been&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lives in a dream.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stares out the the window, wearing a smile&lt;br /&gt;
that could bring out the blush on a whore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who is it for?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All the corporate big-wigs, where do they all come from?&lt;br /&gt;
All the corporate big-wigs, where do they all belong?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Deadeye Dick Cheney, writing the words of a speech that nobody believes,&lt;br /&gt;
The web that he weaves: look at him working,&lt;br /&gt;
hand up the sockpuppet Bush when there’s nobody there,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who do they care for?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All their corporate buddies, where do they all come from?&lt;br /&gt;
All their corporate buddies, where do they all belong?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah, look at all the lonely people.&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, look at all the lonely people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Republican Party, lied to the church&lt;br /&gt;
about Foley and other big sins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How can they win?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Turdblossom’s done now,&lt;br /&gt;
wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No R was saved.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Except the corporate big wigs, where do they all come from?&lt;br /&gt;
All the corporate big wigs, where DO they all belong?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republican Party<br />
(to the tune of “Eleanor Rigby”) </p>
<p>Ah, look at all the lonely people.<br />
Ah, look at all the lonely people.</p>
<p>Republican Party, picks up the trash<br />
in the hall where their meeting has been</p>
<p>Lives in a dream.</p>
<p>Stares out the the window, wearing a smile<br />
that could bring out the blush on a whore.</p>
<p>Who is it for?</p>
<p>All the corporate big-wigs, where do they all come from?<br />
All the corporate big-wigs, where do they all belong?</p>
<p>Deadeye Dick Cheney, writing the words of a speech that nobody believes,<br />
The web that he weaves: look at him working,<br />
hand up the sockpuppet Bush when there’s nobody there,</p>
<p>Who do they care for?</p>
<p>All their corporate buddies, where do they all come from?<br />
All their corporate buddies, where do they all belong?</p>
<p>Ah, look at all the lonely people.<br />
Ah, look at all the lonely people.</p>
<p>Republican Party, lied to the church<br />
about Foley and other big sins.</p>
<p>How can they win?</p>
<p>Turdblossom’s done now,<br />
wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave.</p>
<p>No R was saved.</p>
<p>Except the corporate big wigs, where do they all come from?<br />
All the corporate big wigs, where DO they all belong?</p>
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		<title>By: OldCoastie</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-887351</link>
		<dc:creator>OldCoastie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;OT - is tweety drunk today?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OT &#8211; is tweety drunk today?</p>
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		<title>By: Mabel&#8217;s Wig Shack</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-887337</link>
		<dc:creator>Mabel&#8217;s Wig Shack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wonder what it will take this time around?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you do not want the proof of a smoking city over your mushroom to be…………&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Wonder what it will take this time around?</em></p>
<p>you do not want the proof of a smoking city over your mushroom to be…………</p>
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		<title>By: JEP</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-887312</link>
		<dc:creator>JEP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887272&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;selise @ 116&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887242&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Siun @ 106&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The major plans for Iran attack involve carpet bombing of up to 200 locations. In the world of illusion our “leaders” live in, they may assume that US forces can then walk into Iran … then again they assume US forces can stay for 10 years in Iraq - the Iranian and Iraqi people will, I suspect, have something to say about both ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is cheney OBL’S puppet? i think AQ would like nothing better than to provoke us to start a war with iran.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that is something we need to talk about much more at THIS moment, after-the-fact, it will be a lot like Iraq, the lie was so big, no one could NOT believe it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But it took them a 9-11 to get thier political adversaries into full-on stupid mode,  to enable the attack in Iraq.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wonder what it will take this time around?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-887272"><em>selise @ 116</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-887242"><em>Siun @ 106</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>The major plans for Iran attack involve carpet bombing of up to 200 locations. In the world of illusion our “leaders” live in, they may assume that US forces can then walk into Iran … then again they assume US forces can stay for 10 years in Iraq &#8211; the Iranian and Iraqi people will, I suspect, have something to say about both ideas.</p>
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<p>is cheney OBL’S puppet? i think AQ would like nothing better than to provoke us to start a war with iran.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>that is something we need to talk about much more at THIS moment, after-the-fact, it will be a lot like Iraq, the lie was so big, no one could NOT believe it.</p>
<p>But it took them a 9-11 to get thier political adversaries into full-on stupid mode,  to enable the attack in Iraq.</p>
<p>Wonder what it will take this time around?</p>
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		<title>By: JEP</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2007/08/10/things-are-looking-up-in-iraq/#comment-887304</link>
		<dc:creator>JEP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I tried at the time of the sanctions to make a suggestion about it, I actually wrote to Clinton about it, (hey, we all have our own delusions, I didn’t say he read it, for all I know) way back then, and I always suggested that during that entire period of sanctions, if we had been air-dropping food to the local Iraqis who were being starved by Saddam, on red-white-and-blue plates stamped with a message to them that we cared, then they would eventually realize we weren’t the enemy Saddam told them we were, and would rise up and defy his rule.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Simplistic solution, I realize, but certainly better than the one we came up with at the time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Had we been more generous through the sanctions era, with FOOD, NOT MONEY, made from Kansas Wheat, Iowa Corn, California almonds, Idaho Potatoes, Texas beef, and Georgia Peaches, they might have actually welcomed us with open arms when we did come to “liberate” them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So I do hold every administration accountable for their mistakes, but my observation was quite accurate, to say it happened “under” Clinton means Clinton controlled Iraq, and he didn’t, ever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bush is the only American President who has ever been “King of Babylon.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SO to say it happened UNDER Bush IS an accurate appraisal.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I tried at the time of the sanctions to make a suggestion about it, I actually wrote to Clinton about it, (hey, we all have our own delusions, I didn’t say he read it, for all I know) way back then, and I always suggested that during that entire period of sanctions, if we had been air-dropping food to the local Iraqis who were being starved by Saddam, on red-white-and-blue plates stamped with a message to them that we cared, then they would eventually realize we weren’t the enemy Saddam told them we were, and would rise up and defy his rule.</p>
<p>Simplistic solution, I realize, but certainly better than the one we came up with at the time.</p>
<p>Had we been more generous through the sanctions era, with FOOD, NOT MONEY, made from Kansas Wheat, Iowa Corn, California almonds, Idaho Potatoes, Texas beef, and Georgia Peaches, they might have actually welcomed us with open arms when we did come to “liberate” them.</p>
<p>So I do hold every administration accountable for their mistakes, but my observation was quite accurate, to say it happened “under” Clinton means Clinton controlled Iraq, and he didn’t, ever.</p>
<p>Bush is the only American President who has ever been “King of Babylon.”</p>
<p>SO to say it happened UNDER Bush IS an accurate appraisal.</p>
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		<title>By: realworld</title>
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		<dc:creator>realworld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887272&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;selise @ 116&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-887242&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Siun @ 106&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The major plans for Iran attack involve carpet bombing of up to 200 locations. In the world of illusion our “leaders” live in, they may assume that US forces can then walk into Iran … then again they assume US forces can stay for 10 years in Iraq - the Iranian and Iraqi people will, I suspect, have something to say about both ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is cheney OBL’S puppet? i think AQ would like nothing better than to provoke us to start a war with iran.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Selise, I think it’s actually the otherway around. I don’t think it is any accident that AQ has grown in strength. the neo-con’s need the terrorists in order to move their larger agenda.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-887272"><em>selise @ 116</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="#comment-887242"><em>Siun @ 106</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>The major plans for Iran attack involve carpet bombing of up to 200 locations. In the world of illusion our “leaders” live in, they may assume that US forces can then walk into Iran … then again they assume US forces can stay for 10 years in Iraq &#8211; the Iranian and Iraqi people will, I suspect, have something to say about both ideas.</p>
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<p>is cheney OBL’S puppet? i think AQ would like nothing better than to provoke us to start a war with iran.</p>
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<p>Selise, I think it’s actually the otherway around. I don’t think it is any accident that AQ has grown in strength. the neo-con’s need the terrorists in order to move their larger agenda.</p>
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