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. . . the NAZI that stole Christmas?

LOL, R! Though, that book might also very appropriately feature the ACLU.


A great find, VH... Thanks to Nickie as well.

Iraqi PM Ibrahim Al Jaafari:

"There are bases in other countries outside our borders that are feeding these terrorist networks. They are training them. They are giving them money. What's happening in Iraq is not isolated. In fact, those terrorist networks are not simply Iraqis. It is in the context of the whole region. We cannot look at it in isolation. In fact, we should look at the impact of what's happening in Iraq on the whole world.

"...The timing cannot be simply put on a time scale. Withdrawal can be linked to conditions, not to a timeline... If we focus more at the condition of the country, then I think that is a responsible way of dealing with it. Otherwise it will be perceived as yielding to terrorism"

General Abizaid:

"There's only one way for the insurgents to win: That's to drive us out before the Iraqis are ready to assume the battle space... [Michael Moore's 'Minutemen'] can't beat the Iraqi security forces. They can cause casualties. They don't really go after the Iraqi security forces. They go after Iraqi civilians. I mean, this is the most cynical strategy I've ever seen... And more Iraqis are dying on the battlefield fighting for their country against the insurgency than Americans. It's a point we've got to understand. We have to respect them for fighting the way that they're fighting.

"Just look at how things were in the American Army in 1775, 1776, as we think about the 4th of July holiday ahead of us. We had a terrible time getting our act together to win against the British, but ultimately we did, and that's what's going to happen with the Iraqi armed forces as well. They need time. They need help. That's what we're giving them.

"I want to also stress that it's not about one man. It's about his network. His network exists inside Iraq. It's connected to Al Qaida. It's got facilitation nodes in Syria. It brings foreign fighters in from Saudi Arabia and from North Africa. It is connected to what is happening in Afghanistan and what is happening in Pakistan. It is a global battle that we face... we should understand, it's a long war ahead of us. It's a difficult enemy that we'll have to fight over time throughout the region.

"We don't need to fight this war looking over our shoulder worrying about the support back home. We need to know we've got the support back home. American soldiers fight best when they know the people back home are behind them.

We are fighting for all the right reasons, against one of the most despicable and dangerous enemies this nation has ever faced. We need to know that the people are with us."

Hindrocket:

One wonders how past wars could have been fought if news reporting had consisted almost entirely of a recitation of casualties. The D-Day invasion was one of the greatest organizational feats ever achieved by human beings, and one of the most successful. But what if the only news Americans had gotten about the invasion was that 2,500 allied soldiers died that day, with no discussion of whether the invasion was a success or a failure, and no acknowledgement of the huge strategic stakes that were involved?

Here's some context: between 1983 and 1996, 18,006 American military personnel died accidentally in the service of their country. That death rate of 1,286 per year exceeds the rate of combat deaths in Iraq by a ratio of nearly two to one.... all through the years when hardly anyone was paying attention, soldiers, sailors and Marines were dying in accidents, training and otherwise, at nearly twice the rate of combat deaths in Iraq from the start of the war in 2003 to the present. Somehow, though, when there was no political hay to be made, I don't recall any great outcry, or gleeful reporting, or erecting of crosses in the President's home town. In fact, I'll offer a free six-pack to the first person who can find evidence that any liberal expressed concern--any concern--about the 18,006 American service members who died accidentally in service of their country from 1983 to 1996.

Their comments are much more relevant than anything I could say. Just thought this was a good place to pass them on. This is WWIV with some of the leftist sore-losers of WWIII forming an unholy alliance with Islamofascism.

Yeah that would be a good book for the ACLU .... so they could give it to that drug addled Rush Limpballs and he could try and cover his shit with dust once again....

Full Of Fear
Full OF Hate

Republicans not just full of shit anymore

"Bruiser" you are nothing but a limpwristed pussy. A lib.

You guys are very obnoxious, and useless, except to America's enemies.

drug addled Rush Limpballs

followed by

Full OF Hate

Anyone else see the usual irony of these two mutually exclusive statements?

Like I said, VH created a website devoted to the proposition that the left was populated by dumb, deranged, hatred-spewing, nutjobs. And rather than refute the proposition, the leftist commenters seem bent on proving it.

Bruiser, now really get your facts straight, Rush had a mild addiction to presciption pain medications not any dust. BTW was this a referance to a personal encounter with PCP, you know that projection kind of thing.

When you have valid points of rebuttal please come back, until then we shall endeavour to spank thy gluteous maximus to encourage cognitive processes to hopefully start.

A mild addiction? That must be why he needed to enter a treatment center. Denial is a bitch.

Denial isn't a bitch, snookums...I am!