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Iran “Reminded” with Deployment of USS Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates “REMINDS” Iran with a second carrier group in the Persian Gulf.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that sending a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf could serve as a “reminder” to Iran, but he said it is not an escalation of force.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mexican leaders, Gates said heightening U.S. criticism of Iran and its support for terrorist groups is not a signal that the administration is laying the groundwork for a strike against Tehran.
Still, he said Iran continues to back the Taliban in Afghanistan.
“I do not have a sense at this point of a significant increase in Iranian support for the Taliban and others opposing the government in Afghanistan,” Gates said. “There is, as best I can tell, a continuing flow, but I would still characterize it as relatively modest.”
In other words, the United States is now exposing the “PROXY WAR” which Iran has been conducting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The slow playing of an Iranian conflict MAY be drawing to a close.
Stay tuned………
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during an air power demonstration. Lincoln, embarked CVW-2, and the rest of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 are on a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans, March 30, 2008Previous:
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Republican National Committee Asks Democrats to Pull 100 Years Iraq War Ad
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=f6ul9iMgmOw[/youtube]
Ad from the Democrat Party
The Democrats and Democrat National Chairman Howard Dean are lying about John McCain again.
The Republican National Committee demanded Monday that television networks stop running a television ad by the Democratic Party that falsely suggests John McCain wants a 100-year war in Iraq.
The ad says President Bush has talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years, then plays a clip of McCain saying, “Maybe 100. That’d be fine with me.”
The announcer then says: “If all he offers is more of the same, is John McCain the right choice for America’s future?”
Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan said the ad deliberately distorts what McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee, said.
The committee’s chief counsel, Sean Cairncross, said he sent letters Monday to NBC, CNN and MSNBC insisting that they stop airing the commercial.
At issue is McCain’s answer, in January, to a question about Bush’s theory that troops could be in Iraq for 50 years.
McCain said: “Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, that’d be fine with me, and I hope it would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.”
Democratic Party chief Howard Dean said “there’s nothing false” about the ad.
Howard Dean is a lying POS. Read this AssHat.
And, pull the ad.
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Michael Ramirez on General David Petraeus’ Testimony Before Congress
Michael Ramirez parodies General David Petreaus’ testimony in the Senate today
Iraq Is Improving, But Gains ‘Fragile,’ Gen. Petraeus Says
Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker spoke directly to the next U.S. president Tuesday, giving a cautiously optimistic assessment of the situation in Iraq.
They just weren’t certain when they talked to the president.
Was it in the morning before a congressional panel that included Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.?
Or that afternoon when they spoke to another that included Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.In either case, the two top U.S. officials in Iraq said the military is making progress, with Petraeus calling for a halt in troop withdrawals to consolidate the surge’s gains. If carried out, the next president could enter office with more than 140,000 U.S. troops still in Iraq.
Actually, the decorum of the Senate and the Senate gallery was better than when General Petraeus testified last September. Remember when Moveon.org placed the General Betray US ad in the New York Times?
But, conditions on the ground are better in Iraq and Petraeus has done a remarkable job. Now, who will voters believe in November?
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Barack Obama Lying About John McCain and 100 Year Iraq War
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3U939CD3g[/youtube]
Barack Obama Continues His 100 Years Of War Attack
In a great catch from MKH, Barack Obama is caught in a LIE about John McCain’s 100 year war comment (H/T Allah over at Hot Air).
Here is Obama’s comment from the other day:
- Barack Obama misstates John McCain’s position on the Iraq War again.
In a back and forth at today’s press conference, Obama insisted he was not taking out of context McCain’s comments about keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years. Asked if his attack was disingenous, Obama had the following to say:
“I don’t think it’s unfair at all,†Obama said. “John McCain, I mean, we can run the YouTube spot, has said that we will stay there as long as it takes. And if it takes another 100 years, he’s up for that commitment and that implies that there is some criteria by which we would understand how long it takes.
“John McCain has not been clear about what exactly would lead him to decide it’s time to pull out. And so, you know, the problem that we’ve had both with John McCain and George Bush is that there’s no clear definition of success. There never was, and that’s why this has been such a profound strategic error. And you know, I think it is entirely fair to suggest that unless he’s got some criteria where by, at some point, we would be able to pull out our troops. For him to argue that, which he has repeatedly, that any suggestion that we withdraw troops is surrender. That implies that we will be there as long as he thinks it’s necessary for us to be there.â€
Ok, let’s look at the Meet the Press interview where John McCain was asked about his 100 year Iraq War comment with the video clip of McCain.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUE-QmH-n4Q[/youtube]
“He (McCain) says that he is willing to send our troops into another 100 years of war in Iraq†(Barack Obama, Feb. 19). “We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years†(Obama, Feb. 26).Now, Barack Obama is either stupid, disingenuous or LYING for political expedience and advantage.
Take your pick…….
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John McCain Watch: The 100 Year Iraq War?
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John McCain Watch: The 100 Year Iraq War?
John McCain would stay in Iraq for a hundred years – the context explained on Meet the PressBarack Obama misstates John McCain’s position on the Iraq War again.
In a back and forth at today’s press conference, Obama insisted he was not taking out of context McCain’s comments about keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years. Asked if his attack was disingenous, Obama had the following to say:
“I don’t think it’s unfair at all,” Obama said. “John McCain, I mean, we can run the YouTube spot, has said that we will stay there as long as it takes. And if it takes another 100 years, he’s up for that commitment and that implies that there is some criteria by which we would understand how long it takes.
“John McCain has not been clear about what exactly would lead him to decide it’s time to pull out. And so, you know, the problem that we’ve had both with John McCain and George Bush is that there’s no clear definition of success. There never was, and that’s why this has been such a profound strategic error. And you know, I think it is entirely fair to suggest that unless he’s got some criteria where by, at some point, we would be able to pull out our troops. For him to argue that, which he has repeatedly, that any suggestion that we withdraw troops is surrender. That implies that we will be there as long as he thinks it’s necessary for us to be there.”
Here is the Obama video:
In obvious DNC talking points here are Obama’s and Hillary’s disingenuous spins on McCain’s statements:
“He (McCain) says that he is willing to send our troops into another 100 years of war in Iraq†(Barack Obama, Feb. 19). “We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years†(Obama, Feb. 26). “He’s (McCain) willing to keep this war going for 100 years†(Hillary Clinton, March 17). “What date between now and the election in November will he (McCain) drop this promise of a 100-year war in Iraq?†(Chris Matthews, March 4).Why, even a CNN anchor (Rick Sanchez) buys it: “John McCain is telling us … that we need to win even if it takes 100 years†(March 16).Ok, now that these misstatements have been exposed, maybe Obama can tell us what his measure for success in Iraq is?
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The Three Stooges Go to Iraq
Rep. Jim McDermott, right, D-Wash., and Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., left, are shown during a Capitol Hill news conference in this 2002 file photo. Saddam Hussein’s intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
These members of Congress COULD NOT or WOULD NOT find out who funded their trip to Iraq immediately preceding the start of the Iraq War?
Saddam Hussein’s intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday
An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a Michigan nonprofit group, of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam’s regime. Prosecutors say Iraqi intelligence officials paid for the trip through an intermediary.
At the time, the Bush administration was trying to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Iraq.
The lawmakers are not named in the indictment but the dates correspond to a trip by Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, David Bonior of Michigan and Mike Thompson of California. There was no indication the three lawmakers knew the trip was underwritten by Saddam.
“Obviously we didn’t know it at the time,” McDermott spokesman Michael DeCesare said Wednesday. “The trip was to see the plight of the Iraqi children. That’s the only reason we went.”
During the trip, the lawmakers expressed skepticism about the Bush administration’s claims that Saddam was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Though such weapons ultimately were never found, the lawmakers drew criticism for their trip at the time.
Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles, the second-ranking Senate Republican at the time, said the Democrats “sound somewhat like spokespersons for the Iraqi government.”
In the pocket of Saddam Hussein, yet, Baghdad Jim McDermott claims that he did not know who paid for the trip outside a Seattle church group.
And, there will be more excuses from the other Democrats.
But, these United States Congressmen gave aid and comfort to Saddam Hussein and his government in the immediate period before the war. Didn’t they have the slightest inkling as to who was sponsoring the trip?
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Iraq War Watch: Iran’s Ahmadinejad Says America Should Leave Iraq
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and his Iraqi counterpart Jalal, Talabani, right, sit as their ministers sign bilateral agreements in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 3, 2008. Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq.
Iran’s President Mahmound Ahmadinejad launched a barrage of criticism against the United States and the Iraq War.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq.
Speaking in a nearly hour-long news conference at the end of an unprecedented visit to Iraq, Ahmadinejad said the U.S. allegations — that Iran is training Shiite militants who target American troops and Muslim rivals — don’t matter to the Iranians.
“Of course American officials make such remarks and such statements, and we do not care … because they make statements on the basis of erroneous information,” said the hard-line Iranian leader, who smiled through much of the session. “We cannot count on what they say.”
He said the foreign presence in Iraq was an “insult to the regional nations and a humiliation.”
Of course, Iran wants to be the BIG DOG and exert HEGEMONY in the region. But, most Iraqis are not Persians and have fought Iran for decades.
So, why does Iraq allow Ahmadinejad a platform to attack America?
It is obvious. They are playing both sides against the middle.
The United States will long have a presence in Iraq no matter which political party wins the Presidency in November – to fight Iran’s hegemony and its goal to dominate the Middle East.
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Harry Reid Then……Nancy Pelosi Now……
First, it was Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid:- April 19, 2007: “I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — that this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq,†Mr. Reid said.
- December 21, 2007: Ray, you can’t have it both ways. The president said, “Let’s send some more troops over there, and that will give the Iraqis the time to take care of themselves.†We sent other troops over there, and there are a lot of reasons the surge certainly hasn’t hurt. It’s helped. I recognize that.
Now, Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi weighs into the war is lost mantra.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said twice Sunday that Iraq “is a failure,†adding that President Bush’s troop surge has “not produced the desired effect.â€
“The purpose of the surge was to create a secure time for the government of Iraq to make the political change to bring reconciliation to Iraq,†Pelosi said on CNN’s “Late Edition.†“They have not done that.â€
In the meantime, Al-Qaeda in Iraq admit they are in crisis.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisisâ€. Last year’s mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military “created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fightâ€. The terrorist group’s security structure suffered “total collapseâ€.
These are the words not of al-Qaeda’s enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province — once the group’s stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Samarra in November.
The fact is the Democrats will say anything to discredit the Bush Administration and the conduct of the Iraq War for political gain. Americans are smart to recognize political spin for political advantage.
McCain vs. Obama should make for some interesting political contrast ads this Fall.
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The AP Lies about “Bush Lied and People Died”
Chairman of the Soros Fund Management, USA, George Soros, pauses before speaking during a seminar at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008.
Flap woke up to this NEWS (?) story this morning on Early Today on NBC. Why, of course President George Bush LIED over hundreds of times to lead the USA into the Iraq War. What a load of crap. There was no context, no background and no journalism.
NBC simply reported what the Associated Press and New York Times handed them.
The AP screams: Study: False statements preceded war
A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The study concluded that the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”
The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
Hummmmm a George Soros sponsored and funded anti-war study with an agenda.
Whatever the motivation, it’s clear that the reporter, Douglas K. Daniel, paid no attention to the man behind the curtain. The Center for Public Integrity is one of many George Soros fronts. Soros pays the bills and his minions, whether they happen to work at the CPI or the Center for American Progress or Media Matters or wherever, dance to his tune. And Soros has made it his life’s work to bring down the Bush administration. He says it’s the “central focus of my life.†Do you think people paid to to “research†by a man with that stated mission are likely to deliver unbiased findings?
More crap journalism, if you can call this journalism from the Associated Press.
The RIGHT Blogosphere rips into the BIAS:
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: MoveOn Betray Us Ad FEC Flap
Graphic Courtesy of News Corps Blog
The LEFT has a funny way to help Rudy, now don’t they?
The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) SHOULD investigate MoveOn.org and the sweetheart deal they had with the New York Times. But, will they?
Doubtful.
But, keep the issue out there for Rudy, boys. It helps – especially with the fundraising.
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