Comments on: Bush/Cheney in Iraq: Winning By Failing http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:57:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bob h http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-942115 bob h Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:41:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-942115 <p>Detracting from the “success story” in Anbar is the fact that it has only 1.4/22 = 7% of Iraq’s population, and those are uniformly Sunni.</p> Detracting from the “success story” in Anbar is the fact that it has only 1.4/22 = 7% of Iraq’s population, and those are uniformly Sunni.

]]> By: mls http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941926 mls Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:38:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941926 <p><a href="#comment-941160"><em>Jim @ 133</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>allan_in_upstate writes:</p> <p>>BushCo….</p> <p>I gotta tell ya, I have seen rightwing sites that claim lefties use this term, but I did not believe it. It is so mindbogglingly stupid. I assumed it was just a rightwing slur to claim that lefties used this term.</p> <p>I sit corrected.</p></blockquote> <p>Yeah and just wait until you figure out how many deaths BuschCo is responsible for; not to mention how much BushCo has stolen from the US treasury. Mindboggling indeed.</p> Jim @ 133

allan_in_upstate writes:

>BushCo….

I gotta tell ya, I have seen rightwing sites that claim lefties use this term, but I did not believe it. It is so mindbogglingly stupid. I assumed it was just a rightwing slur to claim that lefties used this term.

I sit corrected.

Yeah and just wait until you figure out how many deaths BuschCo is responsible for; not to mention how much BushCo has stolen from the US treasury. Mindboggling indeed.

]]> By: bhatten http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941251 bhatten Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:23:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941251 <p>Re: >BushCo…. S’cuse me. Is something wrong with the reference/figure of speech? What are the rightwings sites objecting to in the phrase? They don’t mind calling Hillary “fatally flawed” or Obama “Osama” or hinting that Edwards is gay? Wonder what their/or your sensitivity is here. Thanks</p> Re: >BushCo…. S’cuse me. Is something wrong with the reference/figure of speech? What are the rightwings sites objecting to in the phrase? They don’t mind calling Hillary “fatally flawed” or Obama “Osama” or hinting that Edwards is gay? Wonder what their/or your sensitivity is here. Thanks

]]> By: Jim http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941160 Jim Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:53:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941160 <p>allan_in_upstate writes:</p> <p>>BushCo….</p> <p>I gotta tell ya, I have seen rightwing sites that claim lefties use this term, but I did not believe it. It is so mindbogglingly stupid. I assumed it was just a rightwing slur to claim that lefties used this term.</p> <p>I sit corrected.</p> allan_in_upstate writes:

>BushCo….

I gotta tell ya, I have seen rightwing sites that claim lefties use this term, but I did not believe it. It is so mindbogglingly stupid. I assumed it was just a rightwing slur to claim that lefties used this term.

I sit corrected.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941115 MarkH Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:36:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941115 <p><a href="#comment-940737"><em>James Marsden @ 124</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Wow - you wold think everyone here is just rooting for us to lose in Iraq.<br /> Come on, folks…tell me you are not rooting for us to lose, right?<br /> Tell me you are not. Please tell me that.</p></blockquote> <p>I don’t want us to lose in Iraq. And, to that end, I want us to leave before that sad day could arrive.</p> James Marsden @ 124

Wow – you wold think everyone here is just rooting for us to lose in Iraq.
Come on, folks…tell me you are not rooting for us to lose, right?
Tell me you are not. Please tell me that.

I don’t want us to lose in Iraq. And, to that end, I want us to leave before that sad day could arrive.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941084 MarkH Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:21:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941084 <p><a href="#comment-940219"><em>PeteCO @ 17</em></a></p> <blockquote><p> For God’s sake, don’t let him deciderate anything!</p></blockquote> <p>Hey, maybe they’ve come to realize he’s a disaster and since Congress won’t stop it’s up to them. They might be convincing him to deciderate to lead the charge into Iran like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove, riding on the first nuke heading into Iran.</p> <p>Well, I can dream, can’t I?</p> <p>It is *still* a free country, isn’t it?</p> PeteCO @ 17

For God’s sake, don’t let him deciderate anything!

Hey, maybe they’ve come to realize he’s a disaster and since Congress won’t stop it’s up to them. They might be convincing him to deciderate to lead the charge into Iran like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove, riding on the first nuke heading into Iran.

Well, I can dream, can’t I?

It is *still* a free country, isn’t it?

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941080 MarkH Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:18:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-941080 <p><a href="#comment-940212"><em>Scarecrow @ 10</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-940197"><em>peanutbutter @ 3</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>*headdesk*</p></blockquote> <p>Yep. And if you can find me an animated version of that, I’ll steal it. … </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/bubblensqueak_logos/?action=view&current=banghead.gif">http://s74.photobucket.com/alb.....nghead.gif</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=64475">http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=64475</a></p> Scarecrow @ 10

peanutbutter @ 3

*headdesk*

Yep. And if you can find me an animated version of that, I’ll steal it. …

http://s74.photobucket.com/alb…..nghead.gif

http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=64475

]]> By: CaptKidd http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-940863 CaptKidd Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:44:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-940863 <p><a href="#comment-940220"><em>Phoenix Woman @ 18</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-940207"><em>peanutbutter @ 6</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>I love the part where we’re aiding pro-Iranian factions on the one hand and threatening Iran itself on the other. I mean, that is just mindbogglingly stoopit.</p></blockquote> <p>Oh, yeah. But stoopit is a natural condition of Bush World. </p> <p>Quiz:</p> <p>1) Which groups are killing the most US and UK troops? Answer: Sunni insurgents.</p> <p>2) Which groups are we all but ignoring in order to attack the (majority) Shia? Answer: Sunni insurgents.</p> <p>3) Which groups are funded by our good friends in Saudi Arabia? Answer: Sunni insurgents.</p></blockquote> <p>That is why we should be taking them all out over there…INCLUDING THE SAUDIS!!</p> Phoenix Woman @ 18

peanutbutter @ 6

I love the part where we’re aiding pro-Iranian factions on the one hand and threatening Iran itself on the other. I mean, that is just mindbogglingly stoopit.

Oh, yeah. But stoopit is a natural condition of Bush World.

Quiz:

1) Which groups are killing the most US and UK troops? Answer: Sunni insurgents.

2) Which groups are we all but ignoring in order to attack the (majority) Shia? Answer: Sunni insurgents.

3) Which groups are funded by our good friends in Saudi Arabia? Answer: Sunni insurgents.

That is why we should be taking them all out over there…INCLUDING THE SAUDIS!!

]]> By: bhatten http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-940838 bhatten Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-940838 <p>What’s alittle scary…he is beginning to sound more like LBJ. Does he do that on purpose?</p> What’s alittle scary…he is beginning to sound more like LBJ. Does he do that on purpose?

]]> By: mls http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-940778 mls Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:53:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/03/bushcheney-in-iraq-winning-by-failing/#comment-940778 <p><a href="#comment-940737"><em>James Marsden @ 124</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Wow - you wold think everyone here is just rooting for us to lose in Iraq.</p> <p>Come on, folks…tell me you are not rooting for us to lose, right?</p> <p>Tell me you are not. Please tell me that.</p></blockquote> <p>Tell me what we are supposed to win first.</p> James Marsden @ 124

Wow – you wold think everyone here is just rooting for us to lose in Iraq.

Come on, folks…tell me you are not rooting for us to lose, right?

Tell me you are not. Please tell me that.

Tell me what we are supposed to win first.

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