Countdown's Bushed!: "Oops, you thought I was serious when I said that?" edition
By Nicole Belle Monday Jul 07, 2008 4:00pm
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The hits keep on coming in the never ending list of scandals for the Bush Administration. In today's line up, we have the news that the UN mandate for the US presence in Iraq is expiring at the end of this year. To no one's surprise, the White House wants to continue an indefinite country-to-country commitment with Iraq. However, Prime Minister Maliki has other plans.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday he is negotiating a deal with Washington that will for the first time set a timetable for a withdrawal of foreign forces as part of a framework for a US troop presence into next year.[..]
Iraqi politicians have not only bristled at the duration of any continuing defence pact with the United States, they have also expressed reservations about how many bases Washington should retain, what powers the US military should continue to hold to detain Iraqi civilians, and what immunity US troops should have from US law.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said that Washington has agreed to one key demand from Baghdad, the scrapping of immunity from prosecution in Iraq of the tens of thousands of foreign security contractors operating in the country.
Timetables for withdrawal? What, does Maliki and the Iraqi government want the terrorists to win? Next up is the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, which according to a recent investigation by the LA Times has refused to release any information on professional misconduct. However, with all we've learned about the leaking of Valerie Plame's name, the US Attorneys purge, Monica Goodling's hiring practices, not to mention the counsel sought by Mukasey and Gonzales on warrantless wiretapping, torture and terror detainees, does anyone have any doubt that the OPR is up to their gills in complaints?
And finally, there is the ultimate Slow Learner in Chief, who was told by Pres. Clinton and Richard Clarke in no uncertain terms that his biggest concern entering the Oval Office would be al Qaeda. Now it's Bush's turn to get his successor up-to-date on the biggest threats. Guess what his report says?
Now Mr. Bush has weighed in on his successor's big problem: Not Iraq, but Pakistan. Pakistan, home of al Qaeda. Al Qaeda now back to its pre- 9/11 strength, plotting its next attacks, in a Pakistani safe haven that was created in a stunning act of appeasement, approved and defended by President Bush.
Heckuva job, Bushie.
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This administration and congress doesn't give a shit what their serfs wants.
Preznit Bush be so stupid...but not matter. He not run country.
The Bush legacy is a joke but I don't feel like laughing.
It's all unravelling...
Just flashing back to choppers lifting off embassy roof in 1975. Then getting dumped over the side of USS MIDWAY.
Course before then - as well - there were reports of fraggin the ignorant officers telling the grunts who had ENOUGH!
(Still haven't heard about this - but Pentagon better at clamping down the media ) .....History does repeat itself
this should be big news.....they don't want permanent bases in iraq either.......something that has under the iraqi peoples skin is immunity that americans have for crimes. this wanting the u.s. out should fit real nice with the obama message vs. the mcBush cut and run propraganda. my guess is were trying to take too much greedy
The gutless Bush is trying to leave a trail of breadcrumbs to Pakistan? Brother.
In the immortal words of Admiral Ackbar:
"It's a trap!!!"
Our brains can't repel bullshit of this magnitude!
Pakistan is NotIndia, it didn't make it into prosperity see?
Said it before and I'll say it again, the real problem is the Saudis, not the Pakistanis.
www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com
They're the ones who carried out the 9/11 hijackings. They're the ones who comprised a majority of the foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq. And they're the ones who have been propping up the Taliban from day one.
As long as they continue to get away with all of this (and much more) scot-free, why would they even consider stopping?
They want the US out so let's start packing our troops up and get ready to move out. I don't blame them one damned bit. We have wrecked the place, killed god knows how many and overstayed our so called welcome. What's bush waiting for, an Iraqi to thank him for changing their country into hell?
How close is Pakistan to becoming a failed state? Mushy is less popular than Bush, the SIS (Pakistan's Secret service) is bombing the Indian embassy in Kabul, and lest we forget the tribal areas of the west that are lawless. The Taliban and Al Qeda operate freely in the tribal areas, and other areas of Pakistan as well I'm sure, and the vaunted army of Pakistan can do nothing to stop it. The thought that this country, with all of its nukes, is this close to collapse scares me. The ugly truth about the whole Pakistan problem is that Bush made it so by backing a general that overthrew a elected govt and ruled by military power. So no big surprise that the people of Pakistan were none too happy with the guy, but he was Bush's guy in the area, even though Mushariff supported the Taliban in its takeover of Afghanastan. So in the end Bush is warning us about the screwup that he will be leaving behind to go along with Iraq, the economy, FISA, blah blah blah. It reminds me of a neighbor from the hometown who told my dad to watch out for the dog shit on his lawn, it was from his dog, but a least he told dad to watch out.
Bill in Chicago @ 9:
This is like moving into a house and the previous owner telling you he lit some oily rags in the basement so you might want to watch out for a fire.
Sorry Bill in Chicago screwedup there.
What I wanted to reply to is that the Saudis gave the money to the SIS to start up the madrasses and train Al Qeda and the Taliban.
Shouldn't we pull about 900 Billion of Oil from under the sand that we just bought BEFORE we leave the country.
This pisses me off, friends die there, we spend all USA's money there, then walk away with nothing more than a hanging video of Sadaam?
BS. I want the Oil before we leave. WE BOUGHT IT!
BS. I want the Oil before we leave. WE BOUGHT IT!
No, they bought it. You get to pay for it.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/04/pakistan.khan.ap/index.html
scientist khan says that musharraf knew about selling uranium enrichment equipment to n. korea
the u.s. backed musharraf gov. i think pakistan is going to be a problem........musharraf's approval rating is very low
Why, oh why doesn't Rachel Maddow have her own show yet? She'd be fabulous either leading into or following Keith Olbermann.
So it's official. The Iraqis are appeasing the terr'ists, according to Bushy and the neocons.
SmartBennie @ 15:
The Iraqis didn't invite us to come in and blow their country and people all to hell. They owe us nothing. Sadly we will leave the blood of thousands of our soldiers in the Iraqi sand as well. Did our soldiers die in vain? No! They died because one man ordered they be sent there without a credible reason. If you are mad at anyone, be mad at that man.
wow "timetable" sounds familiar.....this undercuts mcBush.......watch now bush will put pressure on
maliki to shut up/it was mistaken....the iraqi's are finding out the u.s. wants too much.....
Youffraita @ 18:
You mean a corporate owned/directed network show. I'd like that, to get more of her. But, with her charisma and intellect, maybe she could deliver her values over an internet-delivered show, and be free from the suspicious taint of the MSM.
Without question the worst President ever, and a world-class nitwit to boot.
Frybread @ 19:
Frybread @ 19:
Don't the Iraqis know when Merica leaves Iraq....the terr'rists will have won!
Who are they to tell Fearless Leader when to leave?
And since when are the Iraqis so, so, so,
French?
Apparently the Iraqi government didn't get the memo. Since our troops have failed to protect our freedoms here, they must protect the rights and freedoms of Exxon employees to steal the Iraqi's oil. They also didn't get the second memo which states unequivocally that the Iraqi government is simply to be a puppet government, and must bow down to and comply with the Banana Republic known as W's Amurika.
Off topic, but somewhat interesting (mostly outrageous). The msn home page is cycling though their top stories, one of them is a poll as to whether or not pickles (aka mrs shrub) should be off limits for criticism as apparently there's a new book detailing her more colorful moments. Another top story is how recessions are great as families get to eat together at home more often.
I wouldn't say a nitwit! They got what they wanted and back by the oil corporation that sent them in the whitehouse to accomplish high gas prices. Causing Chaos in the middle east has got them record breaking profit for the oil companies. I laugh at the notion that Bush went to the middle east to talk them into increasing production to lower demand for the oil! Bush is on that committee of OPEC. It's like sending him to talk to himself to raise production to lower gas prices.
If there was "justice" for 9/11, it would have been invading Saudi arabia, and draining every last drop of oil, to pay for the change to other energy.Saddam would have kept iran in check, as usual.
Musharaf, is an amazing poker player, he has worked every side of the game, to his advantage.
If you saw "American Gangster" then you know the prelude, to what I am sure is an amazing drug trade with Afghanistan. When we "won" the war, junkies were dying like flies, because the streets were flooded with pure heroin. History repeats itself, once again...
SmartBennie @ 15:
Probably one of the sickest things I've read in a while. You're delusional level of self entitlement is astonishing. What you've said is akin to a gang who break into a house, rape the daughter and shoot the son who saw it to stop him talking, kidnap and torture the father then terrorise the rest of the family while looting the place. All under the american flag, while the blood mob keep shouting at the rest of the world about how great they are and how safe the house now is .......
And just because a few of your troops got killed by people defending their country you want to rip of the rest of the house.
You are beyond sick and an unfortunate representation of the attitude in the US.
It would of been cheaper to just buy the oil in the first place opposed to trying to control a dwindling supply away from China & Russia.
uk visa @ 4:
To no end though, nothing will become of any evidence that comes out and joins the rest of the stacks of war crimes that are know about.
Teleken @ 3:
That's how the rest of the world feels.
Marcinema @ 28:
History from hollywood again ....... sad.
Who you think set up a lot of the modern drug trade in Afghanistan in the first place and why ?
9/11 was paying you back for everything the US had and is doing, you're just exacerbating the retaliation as you obviously don't know much about your own foreign policy over the last 50 years.
Go read a book.
bush legacy - to be known as the great appeaser.
Jerry @ 29, your reply to thievingbennie is spot on! Pretty damn'd sad when anyone has the audacity to call armed robbery "buying"!
Terrible @ 32:
And to think that Kurdistan/Northern-Iraq was given to Halliburton and the US troops are defending that and letting the brutalities of black water and their own troops ravage the country.
The origional post is why average people around the world hate america so much, because of that attitude, I just speak up.
Wouldn't it be interesting to see the Democrats adopt a new, unified narrative on Iraq: "We Won"?
All the stated mission objectives were accomplished -- the WMDs are gone (weren't actually there), Hussein's dead, a new government is in place (and claims to have crushed Al Qaeda In Iraq) -- ergo we won and it's time to go.
It disarms both of the main GOP talking points, namely "the Democrats want us to lose" (response: too late, we already won!) and "the Democrats would never admit we succeeded" (response: we just did, so let's get out!).
"Senator McCain, you have a pre-Purple-Finger-Day mindset."
I encourage all Americans, and our foreign friends, to read John Dean's, "Broken Government". Do not assume you know everything, until you read this brilliant piece of work. You will come away, ready to 'storm the bastille'. If you do not like reading, order the recorded version from you public library. The wait time should only be a week, or two. It definitely makes the commute go faster!
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When the president does it that means it's NOT appeasement... YES?
When the president does it that means it's NOT ignoring the warnings... YES?
Just like...
When the president does it that means it's NOT warrantless... YES?
When the president does it that means it's NOT criminal... YES?
Q U E S T I O N:
What's the definition of TYRANNY?
Just because some people are comfortable living under the rule of TYRANNY,
and other people seek to rule by TYRANNY...
... Does America deserve to be ruled through a despotic TYRANNY?
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Worst President in U.S. history for sure..... probably not even close.
Can you think of just one thing that this adminstration has done right and can be proud off??? Just one....
The only thing they can claim is the U.S. has not again been attacked by "terrorists"! However, that may not be because of anything the U.S. has done, it just might be because the "terrorists" have not yet decided to attack the U.S.... or may not want to at this time....
Other than that there is plenty of ill President Bush has done... you name it.... putting aside all the easy ones... the biggest barametor is simply the U.S. dollar, which continues to go down, down, down...
Phillip @ 37:
Even though there hasn't been an attack here. It doesn't Matter. Look how many Americans died in Iraq!
He provided them with Americans to kill there so they don't kill the ones here
Its almost as if Bush said, "Don't kill these Americans--Kill THESE Americans"
Boy..that's pretty unamerican of Mailiki....
Who'd get with her?
I think I would. She'd be a fun date.
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