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Vindication
Front Page Magazine ^ | 16 December 2005 | Ben Johnson

Posted on 12/16/2005 4:12:13 AM PST by unionblue83

PERHAPS THE MOST STUNNING REVELATION OF THURSDAY’S IRAQI ELECTION IS THIS: SUNNI “INSURGENTS” ARE MORE COMMITTED TO A PEACEFUL, STABLE, DEMOCRATIC IRAQ THAN THE AMERICAN LEFT. As an unprecedented 11 million Iraqis risked their lives yesterday to vote in that nation’s third free election since January, leftists in this country continued to undermine the military operation that permitted those elections to be held and renewed their call for the only measure that could assure their newfound freedom dissolves into an abyss of hopeless violence: immediate U.S. withdrawal.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benjohnson; iraq; iraqielection; iraqivictory; vindication; waronterror

1 posted on 12/16/2005 4:12:14 AM PST by unionblue83
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To: unionblue83

We are still in the Balkans, after Clinton said we'd be out in a year.

Germany and Japan were a mess for many years.


2 posted on 12/16/2005 4:44:47 AM PST by tkathy (Ban the headscarf. (All religious headdress). The effect will creat a huge domino effect..)
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To: unionblue83

Great article.


3 posted on 12/16/2005 4:46:18 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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4 posted on 12/16/2005 4:47:19 AM PST by fml
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Sen. Ted Kennedy chimed in, “If America wants a new Iraqi government to succeed, we need to let Iraqis take responsibility for their own future.”

I love it when Ted talks about taking responsibility:

(DISCLAIMER: This photo is FAKE BUT ACCURATE.)

5 posted on 12/16/2005 4:53:59 AM PST by Maceman (Fake but accurate -- and now double-sourced)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion; unionblue83
Great article

It sure is.

6 posted on 12/16/2005 4:54:37 AM PST by syriacus (People who seem "nutty" can STILL be dangerous bombers -- Edw. Leary firebombed NYC subway 1994)
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To: unionblue83

bttt good read


7 posted on 12/16/2005 4:56:22 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: unionblue83

The anti-war crowd is dedicated to two things: turning Iraq into another Vietnam, and kicking George Bush out of the White House.


8 posted on 12/16/2005 5:49:07 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Maceman

(DISCLAIMER: This photo is FAKE BUT ACCURATE.)

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!1


9 posted on 12/16/2005 5:50:06 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: Maceman

"Sen. Ted Kennedy chimed in, “If America wants a new Iraqi government to succeed, we need to let Iraqis take responsibility for their own future."

If America wants the new Iraqi government to succeed, it should tell Ted Kennedy to shut up. No one who votes for Ted Kennedy cares whether the Iraqi government succeeds.


10 posted on 12/16/2005 5:53:47 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: unionblue83
SUNNI “INSURGENTS” ARE MORE COMMITTED TO A PEACEFUL, STABLE, DEMOCRATIC IRAQ THAN THE AMERICAN LEFT.

ZING!

11 posted on 12/16/2005 6:06:27 AM PST by Constitutionalist Conservative (Have you visited http://c-pol.blogspot.com?)
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To: Maceman

Sen. Ted Kennedy chimed in, “If America wants a new Iraqi government to succeed, we need to let Iraqis take responsibility for their own future.”

In other words, "it's er time for them to er sink or swim on thier er own".


12 posted on 12/16/2005 6:10:34 AM PST by dblshot
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To: unionblue83

Liberal Democrats are SO shameful! I have a hundred times more respect for the Iraqi voters.


13 posted on 12/16/2005 6:26:04 AM PST by RoadTest (Religion never saved a soul - that's Jesus' job.)
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To: unionblue83

bttt


14 posted on 12/16/2005 4:13:52 PM PST by Christian4Bush ("We've lost 2000+ of our best in three years. We lost 3000+ in 3 HOURS on 9-11." Matalin to Couric)
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