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Palin Links Iraq to 9/11, A View Discarded by Bush (WA Post Hit Piece)
The Washington Post ^ | September 12, 2008 | Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on 09/11/2008 8:29:07 PM PDT by Pinkbell

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."

The idea that Iraq shared responsibility with al-Qaeda for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, once promoted by Bush administration officials, has since been rejected even by the president himself. On any other day, Palin's statement would almost certainly have drawn a sharp rebuke from Democrats, but both parties had declared a halt to partisan activities to mark Thursday's anniversary.

"America can never go back to that false sense of security that came before September 11, 2001," she said at the deployment ceremony, which drew hundreds of military families who walked from their homes on the sprawling post to the airstrip where the service was held.

Palin's return to Alaska coincided with her first extensive interview since she became the Republican vice presidential nominee. In the interview, with ABC News correspondent Charlie Gibson, Palin struggled when asked to define the "Bush doctrine" on foreign policy, leading to repeated follow-up questions from Gibson about whether she believed in the right to "anticipatory self-defense" and crossing other nations' borders to take action against threats.

"I believe that America has to exercise all options in order to stop the terrorists who are hellbent on destroying America and our allies," she said after several questions on the topic. "We have got to have all options out there on the table."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 7thanniversary; foreignpolicy; islam; kornblut; mccainpalin; mohammedanism; palin; palinattacks; palinping; wot
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The author leaves out the fact that Al Qaeda is in Iraq now. Al Qaeda was responsible for 9/11. That is likely what she was referring to.
1 posted on 09/11/2008 8:29:07 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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The WarshPost writer also claims a familiarity with facts on the ground that the suggestion is necessarily that he was part of the AlQaida logistics division.

It's not too late for "W" to round those pukes up. They sit in an office building not too far from downtown ~ could be done in 15 minutes.

2 posted on 09/11/2008 8:32:09 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Pinkbell

Hey Anne, kiss my a....


3 posted on 09/11/2008 8:32:21 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Pinkbell
Exactly. Most of the violence in Iraq is now being caused by Al Qaeda operatives and not by Iraqi citizens.

The WaPo is obviously hoping Americans are too stupid to realize this and will instead by the spin from their hit piece.

4 posted on 09/11/2008 8:32:28 PM PDT by comebacknewt
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To: Pinkbell

Lying Scum pretend that al Queda never declared that its main fight was in Iraq. The Treason media is lower than whale poop.


5 posted on 09/11/2008 8:32:34 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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To: Pinkbell

More than 1000 is thousands and we have lost soldiers in Iraq who were trying to protect innocents there and the terrorists obviously plan, execute and rejoice at killing our soldiers.


6 posted on 09/11/2008 8:33:09 PM PDT by nclaurel (I think therefore I vote Republican.)
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To: Pinkbell

they have all gone freaking nuts.


7 posted on 09/11/2008 8:34:39 PM PDT by libbylu
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To: Pinkbell

Your point is well taken, but I believe that the WAPO also knows this well, and chose to obfuscate intentionally for its own purpose.

And, that purpose is one that is inappropriate outside the opinion pages. News is news, and ought to be truthful reporting. Keep the lies and distortions on the opinion pages.


8 posted on 09/11/2008 8:35:24 PM PDT by John Valentine
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To: Pinkbell

Kornblut’s been in Alaska for over a week now, checking per diem reciepts and Wasilla City Council minutes.

The strain is showing.


9 posted on 09/11/2008 8:35:30 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Pinkbell

I remember awhile back someone posted numerous media links many before 9-11 occurred. articles about Saddam and osama meeting and communicating with each other. any posters know of this


10 posted on 09/11/2008 8:35:35 PM PDT by Luigi Vasellini (What do you call 2 toddlers and some duct tape??........muslim body armor!!!!!!!)
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To: Pinkbell

Wapo isn’t fit to wipe the floor with at times. Ignore the small minded individuals.


11 posted on 09/11/2008 8:36:22 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Socialism makes you feel better about oppressing people.....)
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The author and all liberal loons also never mention the fact that Musab al Zarqawi was in Iraq recruiting terrorists and setting up Al Queda training camps one year before the U.S. led invasion in 2003. Liberals also fail to mention that Abu Nidal was being given safe haven in Iraq for years after he led a terrorist group in the hijacking of the Achille Laural - where he murdered and threw overboard a wheel chair bound American Citizen. And little is every mentioned about all the money that Saddam paid to the families of Islamic terrorists who had committed homicide bombings against Israeli women, children, and the elderly. Iraq may not have had any direct connection with the planning of 9/11/01, but Saddam and Iraq was neck deep in supporting terrorists years before 9/11/01 happened.


12 posted on 09/11/2008 8:36:45 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier, and enthusiastic supporter of McCain/Palin)
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Knock knock Anne...add your name to the ever growing list of pseudo-intellectuals who make stupid statements to try to show how much smarter than Sarah Palin they are but afterwards are shown to...as another poster put it...not smarter than a fifth grader.
Actually that would make another good long running post...
A list of names that Sarah has demoted to kindergarten.


13 posted on 09/11/2008 8:39:32 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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This is a result of Bush's failure to defend the evidence of Al Qaeda training and living in Iraq earlier and fighting there now.

Bush stayed off the Bully Pulpit and gave many supporters the Scooter Libby treatment, and now Sarah has to defend the truth alone.

Thanks Jorge.

14 posted on 09/11/2008 8:39:33 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (The beauty of conservatism, Sarah Palin.)
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Hey Washington Post:

"Under the Obama plan, a residual force will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda in Iraq"

FROM OBAMA'S OWN WEBSITE

15 posted on 09/11/2008 8:39:38 PM PDT by icwhatudo (If my brother-n-law threatened to kill my father-I'd tell his boss too (Just like Palin did))
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To: Pinkbell

I would love for someone to please show me where President Bush ever blamed Iraq for Sept 11th.

I have looked high and low and all I can ever find is the statement, similar to that of Gov Palin, that the LESSONS of 9-11 are that we can not afford to sit idly by as threats gather.

(Side note - amazing that in his diatribe against the President today Keith Olbermann made a highly compelling argument for the Bush doctrine. Quite telling that he assigns no blame to Clinton for his 8 years of ineptitude in foreign affairs and his systematic dismantling of our military.)


16 posted on 09/11/2008 8:40:13 PM PDT by BlueNgold (... Feed the tree!)
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To: Pinkbell
When it comes to war, it's always best to let THE ENEMY have the home field advantage. It cuts down on the collateral damage in your own country. I know the Democrats would have preferred that we had fought Al Qaeda on our home turf, but I've got kids and grandkids...
17 posted on 09/11/2008 8:40:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain/Palin '08! Real change you won't have to "believe in." You'll be able to see it!!!)
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To: SoldierDad
Liberals also fail to mention that Abu Nidal was being given safe haven in Iraq for years after he led a terrorist group in the hijacking of the Achille Laural - where he murdered and threw overboard a wheel chair bound American Citizen.

You have that right. My daughter did a research project on Abu Nidal and his ties to Sadaam. I will always believe that Sadaam and Bin Laden if not joined at the hip shared a similar agenda on terrorism and that Saddam may not have been in the planning for 9/11 but I would bet money he and his sons knew about what was going to happen. I wouldn't even bet money that his sons were not involved in some of the planning no matter what the Bush Administration says. Al Qaeda trained in the Iraqi desert and they would not have done that with Sadaam's approval. This Administration became too limp wristed in the last four years and didn't stand up enough. When I heard Pres Bush say he should not have said Axis of Evil, it pretty much did me in. I want a President with a spine that won't back down.

18 posted on 09/11/2008 8:47:33 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( VOTE FOR McCAIN/PALIN2008! McCainNow.com; LetsGetThisRight.com)
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This is a result of Bush's failure to defend the evidence of Al Qaeda training and living in Iraq earlier and fighting there now. Bush stayed off the Bully Pulpit and gave many supporters the Scooter Libby treatment, and now Sarah has to defend the truth alone.

Exactly and why I have lost a lot of respect for this Administration. They had the proof Al Qaeda was training in the Iraqi desert but Pres Bush chose to not defend the evidence. Even when he held press conferences, he spent more time being sarcastic then standing up.

19 posted on 09/11/2008 8:50:41 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( VOTE FOR McCAIN/PALIN2008! McCainNow.com; LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: Pinkbell

Does anyone remember Salam Pak (sp?)


20 posted on 09/11/2008 8:50:59 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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