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(MUSLIM)Congressman Wants U.S. Forces Out of Iraq ...
CBS News ^ | Jan. 10, 2007 | FREDERIC J. FROMMER

Posted on 01/10/2007 5:13:29 PM PST by IrishMike

(AP) The first Muslim member of Congress says the solution to Iraq lies in an immediate withdrawal of military forces and focusing instead on political and diplomatic efforts.

"We could describe it as a redeployment or withdrawal, but I think we have run the course in terms of our ability to resolve this conflict militarily," said Rep. Keith Ellison, a freshman Minnesota Democrat.

"I think we need to have a political and economic and diplomatic engagement, and we need to encourage the forces that are in Iraq to begin to resolve the violence in Iraq," Ellison said Tuesday during an interview with The Associated Press.

Ellison argued that President Bush's expected plan to send 20,000 more troops to Iraq is "way too late, way too little" to make a difference.

"So rather than do something small and ineffective, why not get about the business of what we're going to have to do eventually, which is to begin to end the occupation?" he said.

Bush is expected to ask Congress for $100 billion in additional funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"I want to see (the request) first, I want to actually look at it, but I'm not inclined to continue to support a war or an occupation that he has no plans to get us out of, and which is so costly in terms of dollars and lives of American soldiers _ but also Iraqis," Ellison said.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2008; bush; congress; democrat; democrats; dncvalues; electionpresident; elections; ellison; iran; iraq; islam; israel; keithellison; military; minnesota; muslim; somalia; terrorism; war; waronterror; wot
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1 posted on 01/10/2007 5:13:34 PM PST by IrishMike
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To: IrishMike
"but I'm not inclined to continue to support a war or an occupation that he (the President) has no plans to get us out of."

What a S*** head.....idiot.....any more and I'll get banned.

2 posted on 01/10/2007 5:15:24 PM PST by goodnesswins (We need to cure Academentia)
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To: IrishMike
"So rather than do something small and ineffective, why not get about the business of what we're going to have to do eventually, which is to begin to end the occupation?" he said.

Cause you're not the President, jackass!

(Correction...must show respect...Congressman Jackass)

3 posted on 01/10/2007 5:15:55 PM PST by Christian4Bush ('For the children", Nancy? You mean the ones that your party hasn't advocated aborting yet? - C4B)
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To: IrishMike

So I guess this guy has never heard of a couple of little countries called Bosnia and Serbia and South Korean then?


4 posted on 01/10/2007 5:16:06 PM PST by TheKidster (you can only trust government to grow, consolidate power and infringe upon your liberties.)
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To: IrishMike

When's this clown gonna offer up legislation to codify Islamic Law. He's off to a flying start. Wonder what the braniacs in Minnesota that elected him think of him now? Wait! I can already imagine.


5 posted on 01/10/2007 5:16:13 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: IrishMike

Why anyone would listen to this pukehead is a mystery to me. I can just see us in WWII, taking military advice from a Nazi. Times sure have changed.


6 posted on 01/10/2007 5:17:42 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: IrishMike
"I want to see (the request) first, I want to actually look at it, but I'm not inclined to continue to support a war or an occupation that he has no plans to get us out of, and which is so costly in terms of dollars and lives of American soldiers _ but also Iraqis," Ellison said.

Translation. I don't care how many moderate Muslims get killed for helping us defeat Saddam.

I have power and will do anything to keep it!

7 posted on 01/10/2007 5:19:34 PM PST by rocksblues (Do unto others as they do unto you!)
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To: IrishMike

Hardly breaking news.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765189/posts


8 posted on 01/10/2007 5:20:07 PM PST by TomServo ("Uh, Donner, party of three please.")
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To: IrishMike

And so it starts from the first Islamo congressman.


9 posted on 01/10/2007 5:20:10 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: IrishMike

It will get worse.


10 posted on 01/10/2007 5:20:13 PM PST by mosquewatch.com (The trouble starts with an "I" and ends with a "slam".)
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To: IrishMike
"So rather than do something small and ineffective, why not get about the business of what we're going to have to do eventually, which is to begin to end the occupation?" he said.

By this logic we should never get involved in any war, since we're going to have to end it, anyway.

Or, for that matter, any social program.

11 posted on 01/10/2007 5:20:44 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Republican, Bostonian, atheist, pro-lifer)
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To: IrishMike
I am amazed, he goes from a Louie Freakon supporter Muslim lawyer to an expert in what needs to be done in Iraq.....thanks Minnesota
12 posted on 01/10/2007 5:20:51 PM PST by Kimmers (It's not what you take when you leave this world behind, it's what you leave behind when you go)
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To: OrioleFan

Believe me, the braniacs in District 5 will never admit they made a mistake. They'd elect a serial rapist as long as they have DFL after their name.


13 posted on 01/10/2007 5:21:15 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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To: IrishMike

"We were only freshmen". There ought to be a song...


14 posted on 01/10/2007 5:21:18 PM PST by westmichman (The will of God always trumps the will of the people.)
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To: IrishMike
from the link you posted...ARTICLE SNIPPET:

"Asked for a response to Ellison's comments, the White House referred to Bush press secretary Tony Snow's remarks to reporters on Tuesday. Snow said that Democrats will have to decide where they stand on two issues: "No. 1, do you want Iraq to succeed, and, if so, what does that mean? And, No. 2, do you believe in supporting the troops as you say, and how do you express that support?""

15 posted on 01/10/2007 5:22:10 PM PST by Cindy
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To: OrioleFan

Odds are the brainiacs in Minnesota are Islamites, too.


16 posted on 01/10/2007 5:22:15 PM PST by x_plus_one (Allah has no son.)
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To: IrishMike

Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback opposes the Troop Surge too.


17 posted on 01/10/2007 5:22:38 PM PST by trumandogz (Rudy G 2008: The "G" Stands For Gun Grabbing & Gay Lovin.)
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To: IrishMike

Why don't all the Democrats just say what they do want i.e.,

We would like Iraq to become a Terrorist haven. Split between Terror training camps in the Center, Shiite Iranian control of the South and East and Syrian Control of the West. We would like Terror groups to organize and attack us so that 50,000 American Citizens are dead here at home while are Military is handed over to the UN to use as they see fit.


18 posted on 01/10/2007 5:22:39 PM PST by tomnbeverly (Democrats have vowed to dance a political fandango with the diabolical.)
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To: Darkwolf377
By this logic we should never get involved in any war, since we're going to have to end it, anyway.

Isn't that what they want?

19 posted on 01/10/2007 5:23:02 PM PST by Howlin (Don't blame me, I voted Republican!)
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To: IrishMike
Rep. Keith Ellison was once with Farrakhan's, Nation of Islam. He should not get a pass on that, anymore than a KKK member does.

Keith Ellison (politician)

"..Farrakhan and Nation of Islam ties

While a law student in 1989 and 1990, Ellison wrote several columns as Keith E. Hakim in the student newspaper, the Minnesota Daily. "The first article defended Louis Farrakhan against accusations of antisemitism "[61], defended Nation of Islam spokesman Khalid Abdul Muhammad, and spoke in the voice of a Nation of Islam advocate."[62]. The second column "called affirmative action a 'sneaky' form of compensation for slavery, suggesting instead that white Americans pay reparations to blacks,"[61]. The third suggested the creation of a separate state for black residents[63][64].

In 1995, Ellison, writing an editorial as Keith X. Ellison, stated that Farrakhan is not an anti-Semite[65][66]. The same year, Ellison was identified as a member of the Nation of Islam in the Star Tribune.[67].

In 1997, when Joanne Jackson, executive director of the Minneapolis Initiative Against Racism (MIAR), allegedly said that, "Jews are among the most racist white people", Ellison, using his religious name Mohammed, read a statement supporting her on behalf of the The Minneapolis-St. Paul Study Group of the Nations of Islam: "[We] stand by Ms. Jackson. We stand by the truth contained in the remarks attributed to her, and by her right to express her view without sanction. Here is why we support Ms. Jackson: She is correct about Minister Farrakhan. He is not a racist. He is also not an anti-Semite. This widespread and unfair practice of whites sanctioning blacks for not denouncing Minister Farrakhan represents a racist double standard, and is an impediment to any honest dialogue about race. If black people are to ever possess a collective sense of self-respect and self-determination, they must not genuflect whenever powerful whites make the unreasonable demand to denounce Minister Farrakhan. Minister Farrakhan said he did not like the tension between the black and Jewish communities, and that he was open to dialoge with any groups as long as they did not set any conditions."[68][69][62] Ellison later claimed "While some at that meeting justified her comments, I spoke out in favor of increased dialogue between the Jewish and African-American communities."[70][71]

In 1998, during his Minnesota State Legislature House campaign, as Keith Ellison-Muhammad he said he had an affiliation with the Nation of Islam, but "rejected anti-Jewish attitudes".[7.."

20 posted on 01/10/2007 5:23:47 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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