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Q: How do you get to 100 years in Iraq?

A: One Friendman Unit Six months at a time.

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Frybread's picture

This is not the Bush-McCain strategy. Remember, Bush gets his marching orders from his war god Yahweh. God told him what he was doing was right when he called for the invasion of Iraq to smite the heathens.

Lollimom's picture

Off Topic, but:

Air America just this minute shut down Randi Rhodes website, her blog, everything, and posted a message that she quit Air American.

Anybody at C&L following this??

[I forwarded a another commenter's post about this to the team. I don't know-Sitemonitor]

Dr. Acula's picture

MSNBC should change their name to MSNBS. Pure propaganda.

Bush cuts length
of Iraq duty tours
President Bush also orders a halt in U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq after July, embracing the recommendation of Gen. David Petraeus.

marko's picture

we have lost....

lost millions of lives..our human brothers and sisters

lost billions of dollars..it doesn't go into a hole..it goes into the pockets of war profiteers

lost what little credibility our empire had left...after years of terrorism against the non whites of this planet

lost the economic impetus of the late 90s

lost a chance to start this century on a solid note

how can we win now?
by getting the fuck out and leave the governments of the world ALONE

Ruth's picture

Sacrifice lots of commas, Oh, U.S. troops' lives, that is.

YourMom's picture

Censure them, Congress! (just like you did 6 months ago)

RayC's picture

It is our understanding that today (April 9th) she is no longer an employee of Air America. So we are bringing her back."

http://www.green960.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=213008&articl...

P.D.'s picture

McCain said this weeks ago, and now the media is focused on it? Give me a break. MSM HAD to report it. It's been on youtube for days. This reminds me of Allen's Mucaca moment. If they could, MSM and their corporate masters would gladly let the story die.

Left&Left's picture

They just keep kicking the ball down the street. This occupation will never end because it will never be able to.

Max-Hussein-1's picture

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Johnny McCan Kicker (h/t me)

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Chico Hussein's picture

This wasn't supposed to happen this way.

The neocons figured in 2003 that by NOW there'd be a Disney World in Baghdad, Iran would be Exxon's overseas headquarters and North Korea would be begging for mercy.

not quite.

Instead, our trillion-dollar Military Machine is stuck in thick mud in Iraq just spinning it's wheels, refueling, then spinning some more and going nowhere. And John McSame thinks this is a winning srategery for victory in November.

I dont wanna say CAKEWALK just yet, but ummmmm ..........

P.D.'s picture

Now McCain is talking about the economy on CNN. Something he knows nothing about. The Repugs truly screwed this country.

L.A. Confidential's picture

Well, the Feds, in concert with their shills in the media, are working overtime trying to make American's believe that the peaches-and-cream trucks have arrived.

Sorry, but they haven’t.

Chico Hussein's picture

Dr. Acula @ 3:

MSNBC should change their name to MSNBS. Pure propaganda.

Bush cuts length
of Iraq duty tours
President Bush also orders a halt in U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq after July, embracing the recommendation of Gen. David Petraeus.

Sen Webb proposed this a year ago and the GOP said...... "NO FU#$ING WAY !!!!!!!!!!"

Bush must be paying attention to the voters in America who will punish McSame for this, and not his commanders on the ground.

P.D.'s picture

Your right Chico, I honestly think Bush and the neo-cons thought it would be easy. That tells you just how stupid they really are. I bet they didn't even read the history books about the conflicts in the Middle East. What a bunch of Dumb-asses!

P.D.'s picture

Now we have world-wide food shortages. Damn, it's all coming down isn't it.

goodgirlroxie's picture

"How do you get to 100 years in Iraq?"

One year at a time, baby. Year by year.

Dr. Acula's picture

Chico @ 14 -- this "cutting tour length" DOES NOT apply to troops already in-theater. Busholini had no problem extending tours of troops already in Iraq & Afghanistan, but now that it's time to shorten their tours, it applies only to those who will be shipped over in August.

It's more BUSHIT.

L.A. Confidential's picture

P.D. @ 17:

Now we have world-wide food shortages. Damn, it's all coming down isn't it.

Maintaining ones cool while everyone else around you is losing theirs is going to be a key asset for some of us P.D.

scarlet p.'s picture

$20,000 for every man, woman and child in Iraq so far:

http://freewayblogger.blogspot.com/2008/04/bushs-big-give.html

wonder what that figure will be in a hundred years...

Chico Hussein's picture

goodgirlroxie @ 18:

"How do you get to 100 years in Iraq?"

One year at a time, baby. Year by year.

btw...

John McSame has said he wants to be in Iraq for TEN THOUSAND YEARS, not 100.

http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-mccains-one-hundre...

RayC @ 7:

It is our understanding that today (April 9th) she is no longer an employee of Air America. So we are bringing her back."

http://www.green960.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=213008&article=3493425

Randi Rhodes is dead. Long live Randi Rhodes!

P.D.'s picture

LA, Damn right! I'm growing my own food.A head of lettuce is $2, $2 for a head of friggin lettuce? $1.50 for a cucumber? No thanks! I'd rather be prepared for Armageddon.

L.A. Confidential's picture

P.D. @ 24:

LA, Damn right! I'm growing my own food.A head of lettuce is $2, $2 for a head of friggin lettuce? $1.50 for a cucumber? No thanks! I'd rather be prepared for Armageddon.

Someones going to have to take charge. May as well be us.

seele's picture

The Old Man is confused.

Samson-'s picture

*waiting for the imperialists' refrain*

b-b-but japan!

b-b-but korea!

b-b-but germany!!!

seele's picture

Air America has chosen sides for rightwing democrats over leftwing democrats often before. I remember Lieberman getting chushy airtime over Ned Lamont. Randi Rhodes went against this policy, and she was canned. This happens all the time, even Olbermann bit his tongue when reporting Imus while the racist was still employed by MSNBC.

EarthAbides's picture

The longer this war goes on the richer the elite become. They want to break our economy and us. Everything is going as planned. The next phase will involve riots, martial law and concentration camps.

EliteLemming's picture

This just in... Troop withdrawls suspended...

L.A. Confidential's picture

EarthAbides @ 29:

The longer this war goes on the richer the elite become. They want to break our economy and us. Everything is going as planned. The next phase will involve riots, martial law and concentration camps.

Right. The thing though is the "elites" with all their sham titles, sham possessions, sham accomplishments, and sham power trips are more scared of the people then the people are of them.

After all it's six billion people against a couple thousand Billionaires.

L.A. Confidential's picture

EliteLemming @ 30:

This just in... Troop withdrawls suspended...

The troops eventually got tired of the Vietnam fiasco also. They played a big role in ending that sham.

XuYu's picture

Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It's simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

L.A. Confidential's picture

XuYu @ 33:

Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It's simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

Typical of a young ignorant soul. Referring to warfare as if it's a "sporting event". But however as long as he doesn't have to participate in it.

Canuck's picture

Your county is soooo screwed, you know why?
Because most of you think watching John Stewart
and writing to blogs is enough.

EliteLemming's picture

The options are not win or lose, XuYU, those are outcomes determined by the choices we make. The choices made by this administration and it minions have not only lost this particular conflict, but brought about the ruin of our country and quite possibly the world.

Richard's picture

XuYu @ 33:

Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It's simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

That is not a choice..its a nonsensical platitude. Win what? Classically there are three options in a war..Win it, Lose it or fight it forever. Winning or losing are not an option in this conflict as it IS NOT A WAR..but a bloody babysitting operation. And that operation has GOP all over it. It is YOUR baby..you wanted it..stated it and do not want it to end as at that point, the end, is when you take the heat. So..you call for a goal that cannot be obtained and thusly set up "fighting it forever".
It's you fiasco my GOP'er friend. The blood is on YOUR hands. But it ain't you blood or your bratty little kids blood. Over 4000 'other' dead kids and only to save the smirking face of an idiot in the white house (an idiot like most GOP'ers that ran from combat when they had the chance to take it on Bush..Cheney..Rove..Kristol..Limbaugh..the ENTIRE FOX News crowd..etc). But, my friend,..you ain't fooling anyone. Look around and you will see the writing on the wall. It says "Fuck the GOP"

Stephen Johnson's picture

Randi Rhodes made a statement that was by every standard unacceptable. The fact she does not see that IS THE PROBLEM. What if she had made some similar remark about Barak Obama? How would you feel then?

Leslie's picture

We'll never withdraw as long as the "goals" are so high as to be unachievable. And it's killing our military forces.

Ron's picture

33 XuYu Says: Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It’s simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

Any relation to the pile of defacation, John Yoo?

SassySandy's picture

Viet Nam Revisited.

emphasa's picture

Canuck @ 35:

Your county is soooo screwed, you know why?
Because most of you think watching John Stewart
and writing to blogs is enough.

Um... so what do Canucks do when they want something done in their gov't? Write an angry letter?

reyvn's picture

Dear XuYu,

Only overbearing simpletons who've never been in war think war is simple. You just earned yourself a chickenhawk jacket. Congratulations.

Leslie's picture

XuYu @ 33:

Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It's simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

Win what?

Samson-'s picture

33 XuYu Says:
Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!
It’s simple really.
Take your pick:
1. CHOOSE to lose?
or
2. Choose to WIN!

so, einstein, that is all it takes? a simple choice?

then, pray tell, why in god's name has bush not chosen to win?

you have furthered the argument that bush, in fact, does not want to win. for, if he did, he would have chosen to do so already. or do you think he is just waiting to choose until more troops are killed and another trillion dollars is spent?

choice is great. and i choose to mock you.

Left&Left's picture

XuYU@33 I can't believe dumb asses like you are still around repeating stupid Republican BS talking points. Something Bill Maher once said about this matter is so true..."One should never advocate something they would not do themselves."

yakfitguy's picture

XuYu@33:

Do us all a favor and do something you and your Repug friends have never done: Define winning. Define "victory".

Ok just to placate your simple mind, let me define it for you using your own camp's rationale.

1) Find weapons of mass destruction and destroy them: They weren't there so we lost that one.
2) Remove a grave threat to the U.S. from Saddam's regime: Got rid of Saddam, but now Iraq is more threatening than ever...so we lost that too.
3) Spread democracy: Hasn't happened. Lost again.
4) Make America safer: Hey Osama, you getting this? No really, stop laughing..with our focus on Iraq you can decorate your caves and turn out new fighters for decades but try not to rub it in huh? Yeah, we've lost that too.
5) Now for the post invasion definitions: Stabilize Iraq. Looking great huh? Sorry, we lose again.
6) Contain Iran: Now I'm laughing because we just handed Iraq to them and made them the powerbroker. Isn't it great to see Maliki and Ahmeenijad smooch? Damn, we lost again.

I could go on, but really, take your black and white simple mind somewhere else, come up with what "winning" is and come back and see us. Can't wait to hear from ya'.

Charles's picture

Can't stand your grandchildren?

Want them dead?

Vote McCain.

Bud's picture

Canuck @ 35:

Your county is soooo screwed, you know why?
Because most of you think watching John Stewart
and writing to blogs is enough.

Give us a break, eh? We tried stuffing a mouse in a bottle of beer but it didn't take.

ysbaddaden's picture

Q: How do you get to 100 years in Iraq?

By not volunteering?

ysbaddaden's picture

49 Bud Says: Canuck @ 35:

Your county is soooo screwed, you know why?
Because most of you think watching John Stewart
and writing to blogs is enough.

Give us a break, eh? We tried stuffing a mouse in a bottle of beer but it didn’t take.

Was it a Bud?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcbasIb8lQ

another six months at a time!

ysbaddaden's picture

33 XuYu

That's called a False Dilemma argument. No one chooses to lose. However, come what may the reichwing will credit boosh if a successor, especially a Democrat, ends it favorably, and blame the successor, especially if it's a Democrat, if the situation become unwinnable.

ysbaddaden's picture

Also how do you win or lose battles where the objective is so unclear?

We just take booshco's word for it whether we won or lost?

Lonny's picture

There isn't a 100 years worth of oil in Iraq.

Liberal AND Proud's picture

XuYu Says: Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It’s simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

OH...it's so simply...why don't you choose to enlist.

Hulk's picture

Go MoveOn.org!! Play this sucker every hour from on all the major networks (screw pravda...they wouldn't understand it anyway). This is a clear message that needs to be absorbed and understood clearly by the voters in 2008.

You want more war?...vote for mcbush. He'll give it to you.

If you're tired of being misled and watching our military suffer and our country's future being squandered...better think Democrat.

LibertyLover's picture

Lonny @ 55:

There isn't a 100 years worth of oil in Iraq.

That's what Iran is for.

leo's picture

Simple. Effective. Smart.

Frank1963's picture

I seriously doubt this country will even exist in 100 years. McInsane is delusional.

Frank1963's picture

Canuck @ 35:

Your county is soooo screwed, you know why?
Because most of you think watching John Stewart
and writing to blogs is enough.

No the country is screwed because most Americans are amoral bastards who don't care people died in Vietnam/Iraq/any small country. Americans are not leaders, they are unwanted selfish evil bastards. Screwed up enough for you hoser?

Jerry's picture

Frank1963 @ 60:

I seriously doubt this country will even exist in 100 years. McInsane is delusional.

I hope not, the sooner it implodes and stops raping the world, the better. Just have to stop its inhabitants spreading around the world and polluting the good bits that are left. Rounding up lots outside of the borders and sending them back would be good too, Americons abroad are so unpleasant with the constant "We're #1, everything is so much better at home, where is McDonalds I want to check your local food out".

XuYu @ 33:

Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It's simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

More typically brain dead americon thinking ...... or attempted thinking, there is no "win", the whole purpose was to destabilise the area and occupy it.

It's because of people like that your country is the most hated in the world and is doing what it's doing, ra ra ra we're #1 USA dream eh ........ well done, we're all soooo impressed.

At least one of you has is figured out : http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/09/beck.twelvesteps/index.html

(Apart from the WW II lies, as the US and your current president's grandfather was too busy funding the Nazis while the real allies were doing the work).

Good luck with this one, though I think the country is in a political, economic free fall .......... the social conscience left a long time ago because it was replaced with capitalist greed and ignorance.

Tim Ed Anshabby's picture

Bravo on that video! The BS of the "Six Months War" has got to be called out!

Chico Hussein's picture

XuYu @ 33:

Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It's simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

Choose LIFE, not war.

Chico Hussein's picture

Liberal AND Proud @ 56:

XuYu Says: Typical Deafeat-o-crat thinking!

It’s simple really.

Take your pick:

1. CHOOSE to lose?

or

2. Choose to WIN!

OH...it's so simply...why don't you choose to enlist.

Republicans dont FIGHT, they have no balls.

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