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No "political surge" in Iraq, Tauscher says
Contra Costa Times ^ | 8/26/07 | Josh Richman

Posted on 08/26/2007 1:51:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 08/26/2007 1:51:42 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Another Democrat who thinks she is a part of this administration.


2 posted on 08/26/2007 1:55:02 PM PDT by golfisnr1 (Democrats are like roaches - hard to get rid of.)
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She missed this report, I reckun .. :-)

Iraq leaders reach consensus on some benchmarks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886847/posts


3 posted on 08/26/2007 1:56:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE)
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To: NormsRevenge
This is the theme, the surge is working but it's a failure because the Iraq political situation hasn't moved.

First, that isn't true because we are securing some local Sunni allies even though the national government is stuck.

The national political situation will probably follow suit, but not on a "snap your fingers in Washington" timetable.

4 posted on 08/26/2007 1:59:34 PM PDT by Williams
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To: NormsRevenge
Note how disgusting was her conference with the Kurdish Deputy Prime Minister. He discussed progress and pleaded for us not to abandon the Iraqis, and she basically told him to go to hell.

The leftism and partisanship of the democrat party has really hung us out to dry. What a disgrace.

5 posted on 08/26/2007 2:04:14 PM PDT by Williams
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To: NormsRevenge
General Tauscher??

What a delusional idiot!

6 posted on 08/26/2007 2:05:01 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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I agree, It’s amazing what can get elected to Congre$$.


7 posted on 08/26/2007 2:05:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE)
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Now here’s a woman with her ear to the ground. Too bad she chose a place with a camel turd between her and the dirt.

The news is all good even in our press. Evidently Tuasher’s watch is still set for the Democrat lefturn time zone.


8 posted on 08/26/2007 2:09:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: NormsRevenge
The two and a third deaths per day since we invade in March 2003 is infinitesimal losses in war across all of human history. It's sad but it isn't meaningless unless we leave without accomplishing our goal of a free and self-governing Iraq.

This line of 'even good Iraq news is bad news' that the Democrats insist on taking just to try to score political points is sickening beyond reason.

9 posted on 08/26/2007 2:12:39 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Clinton-Obama '08. Start building your fallout shelters today!)
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To: golfisnr1

And another Rat who thinks that she’s an overnight military expert.


10 posted on 08/26/2007 2:46:10 PM PDT by mrsmel (Free Ramos and Compean! Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: newzjunkey

I was surprised to learn last week that illegal immigrants kill more people every week than that. It doesn’t minimise the soldiers sacrifice AT ALL, because they’ve made a brave and voluntary sacrifice in our place.


11 posted on 08/26/2007 2:48:10 PM PDT by mrsmel (Free Ramos and Compean! Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Tauscher, D-Alamo

Car rental companies get their own representatives in California? In that case, what about the person from Hertz and National?

It must be very easy to write a verdict before hearing any facts, and it leads to less confusion that way.

12 posted on 08/26/2007 2:53:53 PM PDT by Bernard (The Fairness Doctrine should be applied to people who follow the rules to come to America legally)
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“I agree, It’s amazing what can get elected to Congre$$.”

It’s always looked to me as if being elected to Congress from a liberal district required that you be a talkative, delusional moron. No one of greater qualities need apply.

13 posted on 08/26/2007 3:00:02 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: NormsRevenge
The Iraqis know the difference between American Republicans and Democrats.

They seem to have a lot of disdain for the Democrats (well, I think the terrorists like them...)

This woman just reinforced what the Iraqis already knew. ;-)

14 posted on 08/26/2007 3:02:47 PM PDT by Allegra (0....I am on R&R -in the FREE western world! Yeeeeehaaaaaa!!)
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To: golfisnr1

White flag alert!


15 posted on 08/26/2007 3:07:36 PM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: Allegra; NormsRevenge; SandRat; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; blam; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; onyx; ...

A weenie from the left....Sen Warner is a weenie from the right!


16 posted on 08/26/2007 3:09:13 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Granddaughters!!!)
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To: Williams

You are correct.

The campaign is already underway by the Dems/media. The US military surge is working, but the political situation is un-winnable. They are allowing the public to already have that ingrained in their heads that the surge has worked before General Petraeus has a chance to speak in September. By then his report will be old news, but the media will go into overdrive to reinforce that they have been telling us...that the politicians in Iraq have failed and it is un-winnable. Then, they will refer back to Bush’s ‘mistakes’, including going in in the first place. Then, they will play Cheney’s video from the early mid-nineties that show that it is an un-winnable political situation. It’s clear that the change in US strategy has been effective, but that will not stop the Dems/media on second to continue to damage the mission.


17 posted on 08/26/2007 3:16:22 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: NormsRevenge

Elaine, honey, stick to the day care centers. Anything above ‘burpees’ is evidently well above your ability to comprehend.


18 posted on 08/26/2007 3:44:52 PM PDT by tanuki (u)
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The surge of U.S. troops has produced pockets of relative security in a still-dangerous Iraq, Rep. Ellen Tauscher said Saturday in Baghdad, but has not led to a "political surge" of self-government and reconciliation.

What a pile of male bovine excrement!
1 The "surge is producing pockets of INsecurity.
2 the political situation is a lagging indicator.

19 posted on 08/26/2007 6:32:51 PM PDT by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; neverdem; Seadog Bytes; ...
...a complicated, complex geometric problem..." Tauscher, D-Alamo, chairwoman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee [said]...
It's a geometric problem. And it's complex. And complicated. Looks like she forgot to mention that it will require a nuanced solution involving many outside parties, including those causing the bloodshed, like Iran and Syria. Thanks Ernest.
20 posted on 08/26/2007 7:10:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Saturday, August 25, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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