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Biden faults Petraeus on Iraq assessment
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/9/07 | Hope Yen - ap

Posted on 09/09/2007 10:06:00 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: noah

I hear ya.

We are in the middle of a birthing process for Iraq as a nation, that could fail or it may succeed to. At this stage, it may well appear that decentralization is the way to go.. hopefully we will now be able to proceed with support from all relevant Iraqi factions onboard.

Keep in mind , those same state’s have had their own governments already in place before liberation, getting tribal support from the higher up muckty mucks has been a challenge but finally is coming in line with where this country needs to head..

I don’t expect 100% stability for as long as nuts with bombs and EFPs are denied the tools and support to use them... and even then, this is a long long process.


41 posted on 09/09/2007 11:24:56 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE)
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Two 'Stinkys'


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42 posted on 09/09/2007 11:30:13 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE)
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To: CheyennePress
RE: # 36

"...where I was dealing with the most serious problem, sectarian violence.”

Well, then why is it that

Obviously the rockheaded scumbag didn't deal with it very well -- like everything else he and his fellow bottomfeeders do.

43 posted on 09/09/2007 11:32:26 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20 (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: NormsRevenge
President Bush's war strategy is failing and the top military commander in Iraq is "dead flat wrong" for warning against major changes, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.

Seriously, I'd be shocked if the jerk said anything other than that kind of crap.

He's so predictable.

44 posted on 09/09/2007 11:39:11 AM PDT by Allegra (Turning Vanity Threads Into New Socks Threads at Every Opportunity)
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To: NormsRevenge
there is in fact no security in Baghdad or Anbar province where I was dealing with the most serious problem, sectarian violence," said Biden, a 2008 presidential candidate who recently returned from spending two days in Iraq.

What a big, fat, idiotic, agenda-driven, slimy, cowardly, cut-and-run-scumfaced, ugly LIE.

45 posted on 09/09/2007 11:42:19 AM PDT by Allegra (Turning Vanity Threads Into New Socks Threads at Every Opportunity)
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To: NormsRevenge

Biden you jackal - you don’t even give Petraeus and Crocker a chance to report, you just launch your pre-emptive propaganda campaign of defeatism. I DO question you patriotism you scumbag!! All of the leading ‘Rats are just trying to lose the war because they think it’s to their political benefit to do so. They are SCUM!!


46 posted on 09/09/2007 11:58:46 AM PDT by Enchante (Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
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To: Tribune7
“It’s neck and neck between Joe Biden and Joe Kennedy as to the dumbest person ever elected to our federal legislature.”

Being wise or smart is clearly not a prerequisite. I think it’s important that we institute a change in the structure of our government such that people off the street (let’s say an average of 10 a week) can just walk into the chamber and call out Senators or Congressman. Basically just walk in and say, “You, shut up and listen. You work for me and the rest of the citizenry. You are our servants. I’m here to try to educate you, if that’s even possible.” And so on. It would be entirely justifiable, and for once you’d have people who knew something being part of the process.

47 posted on 09/09/2007 11:59:41 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: NormsRevenge

These traitorous mega-fools are aligning themselves against a General’s major report on the war?

I say if they are that stupid, GOOD!

The American people will see them for what they are like never before, champions of defeat and anti-American.


48 posted on 09/09/2007 12:14:12 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: NormsRevenge
Let me see, who am I going to believe on military issues; a decorated general or some senate slime who has never worn a uniform and whose hair, teeth, words, and opinions are fake?
49 posted on 09/09/2007 12:20:05 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: NormsRevenge
"This president has no plan — how to win and how to leave," Biden said.

Would any interviewer ask Biden to identify and describe the 'warring factions' in Iraq? We are not at war with the national gov't or the standing army of Iraq. We are not at war with the people of Iraq.

So what if the Sunnis and Shiites (and the Kurds) distrust each other, that's been the way in the region for ages but even those groups are not in open civil war against each other. When the government coalesces, differences can be addressed and mitigated.

Who, in Biden's mind, in the enemy?

In a word, it's Bush.
50 posted on 09/09/2007 12:30:35 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

I second that!


51 posted on 09/09/2007 12:37:42 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Biden’s military/foreign policy knowledge is equivalent to his inability to find his rear end using both his hands with Barney Frank’s assistance.


52 posted on 09/09/2007 12:40:15 PM PDT by Godzilla (Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?)
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To: WVNan
Biden is saying this to ENCOURGE THE ENEMY IN IRAQ TO KEEP KILLING SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS.
53 posted on 09/09/2007 12:43:28 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: goldstategop
Biden’s overextended tour in Washington has had its effect..

He’s gone native....

He actually BELIEVES he is “Honorable”.....
He actually believes he DESERVES the prestige and financial rewards a Nation grants its Senators...
He truly thinks of himself as more than the sum of his attributes.....

He is one deluded sonuvabitch, and the Republic has suffered in direct proportion to his length of “service”...

TERM LIMITS....

54 posted on 09/09/2007 1:02:42 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: NormsRevenge; ChessExpert; SandRat

What a media whore!


55 posted on 09/09/2007 1:21:42 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
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To: Clintonfatigued

As Jack Benny used to say:”Now Cut That Out!”

You’re giving whores a bad name.


56 posted on 09/09/2007 1:24:31 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I hope that the people of Delaware will come to their senses and implement an exit strategy for Joe Biden. He is such a numskull.


57 posted on 09/09/2007 2:01:06 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Reagan dismantled the Russian empire of 21 conquered nations)
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To: NormsRevenge
"Ahead of two days of crucial testimony by Bush's leading military and political advisers on Iraq, Sen. Joseph Biden indicated that he and other Democrats would persist in efforts to set target dates for bringing troops home."

Good 'ol 'Running Mouth' Joe.....
Typical Demonrat position - 'I don't know what the report is about, but I'm agin-it'.
Sounds like the Hildabeast - 'Well, I didn't read that bill I voted for, so don't hold it against me.'

All I can say is Go Fred Go!
Fred08 - Contribute Now
58 posted on 09/09/2007 2:02:21 PM PDT by DelaWhere (I'm with Fred!)
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To: willk
“No one is dumber than Barbara Boxer!”

That may be. But she was “hot” when she was younger. When was that? 25 years ago?

59 posted on 09/09/2007 2:03:56 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Reagan dismantled the Russian empire of 21 conquered nations)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hey Joe!!

History, the facts, and your track record strongly suggest that it is YOU who are “Dead, flat wrong”!


60 posted on 09/09/2007 2:04:26 PM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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