Rush Limbaugh Live Thread Thursday Nov 2, 2006

New Iraq is working hard to get rid of the old ways GulfNews.com ^ | 10/25/2006 | Amir Taheri

snip...Since liberation, an estimated 45,000 Iraqis have been killed, largely because of insurgent and terrorist activities. Yet, there are few signs that a majority of Iraqis are prepared to raise the white flag of surrender.

Several events in the past two weeks have highlighted the growing isolation of the jihadists and their Saddamite allies. One event is the creation of a tribal alliance, bringing together all Arab Sunni clans of western Iraq together in a united front to "chase Al Qaida out of Iraq".

A second noteworthy event is the almost unanimous approval by the Iraqi National Assembly (parliament) of a new plan for peace and reconciliation. Backed by all ethnic and religious communities through their political parties, the new plan further underlines the marginalisation of the jihadists and Saddamite groups.

More importantly, the plan envisages the creation of a unified information office to harmonise the sermons delivered at mosques, regardless of their sectarian affiliations. The idea is to use the mosque as a forum for a unified and democratic Iraq rather than a hub of sectarian agitation.

A third event was the Makkah meeting held on Saturday. It brought together prominent Muslim Sunni and Shiite clerics from Iraq and eight other Muslim countries to discuss and approve a declaration demanding an end to sectarian feuds in Iraq. An initiative of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the gathering reflects growing impatience with the jihadists throughout the Muslim world.

The Makkah gathering represents the first major effort by Sunnis and Shiites towards the mutual recognition of one another as acceptable versions of the same faith, since 1947.

Despite the dramatic increase in terrorist attacks in recent weeks, new Iraq is holding its own because Iraqi morale is holding. That morale, however, is under constant attack from… snip

WOW ... The Media REALLY doesn't want to talk about this Kerry issue

I don't give them any credence anymore. They are NOT an objective media source. They are the campaign headquarters for the Democrats. If they throw us a bone now and then, it is just to keep a few of us around so that they can continue to survive a little while longer. Face it. The DNC had to borrow money to exist for the rest of this election season. Liberal newspapers are losing money hand over fist. CBS hires Saggy Katie as their idea of a GOOD move and she won't even hide her bias anymore. It must have killed her to play a soundbite from Rush on her show.

They will not be objective because they CANNOT be objective. Still here we are crying when THE MEDIA GIANTS don't run with a story. WHO CARES! The story is out whether they like it or not. They didn't make it a story. We did. And it will be a story for as long as we keep talking about it. Take their power away! Little by little, we are chopping down the Media tree. Soon it will fall and we will ALL be there to hear it.

You can add Harold Ford, JR of Tennessee to the list of demorats to the list of those bad mouthing our Troops. He thinks those serving in the ME are OIL COPS. All the while voting a green agenda, or for growing our way out of our dependence on ME oil. That they are not in the ME to fight the WOT, but because of our need for oil.

http://iraq.billhobbs.com/2006/01/ford_says_troop_morale_high_in.html

Ford says troop morale high in Iraq According to this, we oil cops are too stupid to know how terrible Iraq is:

After making his fourth trip to observe conditions in Iraq, U.S. Senate hopeful Harold Ford Jr. reported Thursday that U.S. troop morale is "high" and soldiers are not in favor of a quick pullout.

"Troops are excited about the progress being made," the Memphis Democrat told reporters during a teleconference. "They are more concerned about America and U.S. policymakers getting the policy right on the ground and are more concerned about doing their jobs. They don't believe we should leave prematurely because there are fears that if we do, their kids will have to come back and fight this war."

Well this bit of Ford hypocrisy does not quite square with what he has said in the past:

"There's no need to overstate the progress we're making on the ground," Ford told The Associated Press yesterday. "You [Presient Bush] risk losing America's confidence."

...Ford said yesterday that the United States needed a better international image to earn the support of allies while fighting terrorism.

The progress we have made in Iraq is undeniable.

Posted by Lance Frizzell at January 24, 2006 10:36 PM

http://bloggingforbryant.blogspot.com/2005/04/ford-american-troops-shouldnt-be-oil.html

Monday, April 25, 2005

Ford: American Troops Shouldn't Be "Oil Cops"

Chattanooga Times Free Press 4/24 reports U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. and State Sen. Rosalind Kurita visited the Chattanooga Choo-Choo 4/23 to speak to the TN Fed. of Dem Women.

Kurita: "We need people in the Senate who care about people. I could be described as a populist. As a nurse, mother and small business owner I have real life experiences. We need senators who care about jobs, social security and health care. I'd be the only registered nurse in the Senate. Someone interested in taking care of patients and not special interests."

Ford: "I love what I do, but we are facing daunting new challenges. Washington isn't a bad place; we just send too many bad people there." He said this campaign will center on "coming up with answers to the big questions" concerning foreign policy, energy, education and health care.

Ford also "said the nation needs to free itself from dependence on imported oil and ensure a different, more prosperous world." Ford: "(A world where) no American soldier will ever have to be sent overseas as an oil cop." (Is Ford saying the war in Iraq was all about oil?)

http://bloggingforbryant.blogspot.com/2005/07/ford-jr-refers-to-us-troops-as-oil.html

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Ford Jr. Refers to U.S. Troops as "Oil Cops"... Again! From the Carroll County News-Leader 7/13: "It [reducing dependence on imported oil] will reduce the likelihood of U.S. soldiers having to serve as oil cops in the Middle East," said U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr.

This isn't the first time Ford has referred to U.S. troops serving in Iraq as "oil cops." For someone who supported the war in Iraq, Ford has become quite the critic lately. I know of someone who might disagree with his assessment.

http://nashvillefiles.com/blog/archives/001040.html

Topics discussed ranged from the troops in Iraq to ethics reform. On the former, Kurita is a strong supporter of the troops (calling them "her troops") and condemned Ford, Jr. for calling the troops "oil cops." I don't think she supports the war, but she will not back away from supporting the soldiers and their families. Too bad there aren't more Democrats like that.

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