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Biden on WMDs, April 2007

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:11:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Video clip at the site.

Do you think this will get any play in the coming weeks?

In April 2007 Senator Joe Biden went on Meet the Press and dispelled the rumors that Bush lied about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction:

MR. RUSSERT: I want to go back to 2002

Here’s Joe Biden about Saddam Hussein: “He’s a long term threat and a short term threat to our national security.”

“We have no choice but to eliminate the threat. This is a guy who is an extreme danger to the world.”

“He must be dislodged from his weapons or dislodged from power.” You were emphatic about that.

SEN. BIDEN: That’s right, and I was correct about that.

everyone in the world thought he had them.

The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued—they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued. They looked at them and catalogued. What he did with them, who knows?

Biden was for the war--

He just didn't want to finish it.

Tags: biden, obama, election, iraq, war on terror, wmd, politics

Why can't Obama admit the obvious

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:33:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Even USAToday (who thinks the world would be a better and safer place if Saddam was still in charge of Iraq) is baffled by Obama's reluctance to admit the truth.

Clip Source: minx.cc

I don't want to knock USAToday too much for an editorial I agree with, but it is ironic that USAToday is bashing Obama for not admitting the surge worked, when, as far as I know, this is the very first time USAToday admitted it themselves.

Why then can't Obama bring himself to acknowledge the surge worked better than he and other skeptics, including this page, thought it would? What does that stubbornness say about the kind of president he'd be?

The great irony, of course, is that the success of the surge has made Obama's plan to withdraw combat troops in 16 months far more plausible than when he proposed it. Another irony is that while Obama downplays the effectiveness of the surge in Iraq, he is urging a similar tactic now in Afghanistan.

Perhaps it's too much to ask that Obama risk being taunted by headlines such as "Obama says Bush was right." But for the nation to move forward on its single most vexing debate, it would help if the next president could admit the obvious

Tags: usatoday, msm, media, obama, iraq, surge, war on terror, success, politics

Majority sees US winning war on terror

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:13:56 GMT

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Clip Source: headingright.com

Over half of American voters (51%) now believe the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, the highest figure recorded in nearly four years by Rasmussen Reports in a nationwide survey.

Only 16% now think the terrorists are on top, while 27% view it as a stalemate. Prior to this week’s survey, the number who believe the terrorists are winning had never fallen below 20%.

Last July, just 36% thought the U.S. and its allies were winning. At that time, an equal number—36%–thought the terrorists were ahead … Only 23% now expect things to get worse in Iraq, down from 49% last July.

Appears those on the left may be losing their primary source of criticism. UH-OH. So when the polling was down he was a loser and wasn’t listening to the American Public. So I can only assume that now the left will pat him on the back and say good going, keep it up.

I AM WAITING LEFTIES!!!

Tags: war on terror, iraq, politics, success

Media reports Bush didn't lie

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:16:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In other news, Satan builds a ski resort and the car wash business is up sharply due to cars being soiled by flying pigs.

Sorry for skimping on the AP quote, I hear they start charging at five words so I cut it down to four.

Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

New York Times 6/5/08

public statements from Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney and other senior officials were generally “substantiated” by the best estimates at the time from American intelligence agencies

Washington Post

the phony “Bush lied” story line distracts from the biggest prewar failure: the fact that so much of the intelligence upon which Bush and Rockefeller and everyone else relied turned out to be tragically, catastrophically wrong.

Los Angeles Times

Rockefeller’s highly partisan report does not substantiate its most explosive claims.

what did his report actually find? That Iraq-Al Qaeda links were “substantiated by intelligence information.” The same goes for claims about Hussein’s possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program

New York Sun

Quoth Senator Rockefeller: “Sadly, the Bush administration led the nation into war under false pretenses.” Well not exactly

Associated Press

intelligence supported

administration’s statements

Tags: bush, bush administration, iraq, al qaeda, war on terror, lies, politics, truth

Dem says surge opposition was reverse psychology

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:13:02 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Democratic Rep: By Opposing the Surge, We Actually Encouraged the President to Enact the Surge, Which in Turn Resulted in Victory... and You're Welcome

Great post from Jeff Emmanuel. This is the same Democrat Rep who recently admitted Democrats had "stretched the facts" about the feasibility and prudence of a quick withdrawal from Iraq, just to win the election.

Now he makes this curious claim:

In February 2007, Kanjorski went to the floor of the House to say:

Ms. Speaker, I rise today to join the overwhelming majority of the American people, the Congress, and many top U.S. military commanders to voice my opposition to President Bush's ill-conceived plan to send more American troops into the middle of an ongoing Civil War in Iraq.
Then, in an interview from just days ago, Kanjorski said:

We've taken public positions which have now forced the president to go into the surge mentality, which is somewhat working.

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Tags: democrat, surge, iraq, war on terror, politics, wtf

Pelosi says surge a success, credits Iran...

Fri, 30 May 2008 03:02:16 GMT

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Clip Source: ace.mu.nu

Having blurted out, probably accidentally, that the surge was in fact successful, Granny Rictus McBotoxImplants now scrambles to credit the enemy nation murdering our troops with the victory our troops accomplished through blood, sweat, tears, and more blood.

It's not our troops. It's not Petraeus' leadership. It's not the Iraqis turning on the Al Qaeda murderers. No -- it's Iran's goodwill.

And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end, they negotiated that cessation of hostilities-the Iranians.

Now on Drudge...

Nancy Pelosi proudly declares Iran has agreed to a 25% reduction
in the terror-bomb murdering of our troops. She says she hopes that
further "goodwill" from Iran might result in 33% reductions in the "near furture." ""With further careful diplomacy," she says, "it could be that only 15-25 American troops are being murdered by our Iranian friends per month."

Tags: pelosi, iraq, iran, war on terror, politics, wtf

What is success?

Sat, 31 May 2008 19:37:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This doesn't mean it is over. It doesn't mean things can't change. What it does mean is we are on the right path and it would be pure ignorance to depart from that path now.

Clip Source: www.aswataliraq.info

Baghdad, May 31, (VOI) – The CIA has declared that al-Qaeda is virtually defeated in Iraq and that the country is seeing its lowest level of violence for four years, according to the British newspaper The Times.

Nineteen US military personnel have died in Iraq this month, according to the Pentagon, making May the least deadly month for US troops since the beginning of the war, writes journalist Tim Reid in an article.

The deadliest month for US troops was May 2007, when 126 died as the insurgency in Baghdad raged.

Rear Admiral Patrick Driscoll, a US spokesman, said violent incidents in Iraq were down 70 per cent since President Bush ordered a “surge” of 35,000 extra troops into the country last year.

In April, 75 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police were killed, the lowest level since November 2004.

Tags: iraq, war on terror, military, success

Depends on the meaning of "all"

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:50:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

For Kurtz and the rest of the MSM, then, the concept of “tell-all” has little to do with the amount of actual information revealed, or its quality. The key, instead, is the amount of vitriol directed at (in this case) a president the MSM dislikes.

Clip Source: www.powerlineblog.com

Kurtz refers to McClellan’s book as an example of the “tell-all” genre.

whether this amounts to a “tell-all” depends on how much McClellan actually knows, and this is the subject of considerable doubt. Though I haven’t read his book, I do know that it is devoid of footnotes, endnotes, and supporting documentation.

Feith’s book stands in sharp contrast. First, unlike McClellan, Feith was at the center of the policy-making at issue. Second, his book provides detailed accounts of key meetings based on contemporaneous notes. And it includes more than 30 pages of original source material plus almost 90 pages of endnotes. Readers can thus determine for themselves whether the author is providing a reliable account or merely settling scores and/or trying to make a buck (Feith, by the way, is donating all proceeds from his book to help Iraq war veterans). Yet the MSM is breathless over McClellan’s book, while it continues studiously to ignore Feith's.

Tags: media, msm, bias, mcclellan, feith, iraq, war on terror, politics

Iraq media coverage drops 92% in one year

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:35:35 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Democracy Project analyzes a recent report published at the American Journalism Review titled: "Whatever Happened to Iraq?"

In a media shocker...

This past year Iraq has disappeared from the front pages of the nation's newspapers and from the nightly network newscasts.

Network news devoted to Iraq dropped from 23% to 3% (92% decline) compared to last year:

Cable news dedicated to Iraq dropped even further from 24% to 1% over last year:

Print news dedicated to Iraq dropped 70% over last year.

Related... Don't expect to see this on the American networks:
The following is a translation by Iraqi-American Haider Ajina from the Iraqi Buratha News:

Baghdad Parks & Recreation department Invites families to visit Abu-Nawass Gardens

Tags: media, msm, bias, iraq, war on terror, surge, politics

McCain broadsides Obama

Thu, 29 May 2008 07:55:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

He could see the fact that Sadr City is quiet. He could see that the Maliki government is taking control of Basra. He could see that the Iraqi military is leading the fight in these places with the support of American troops. And to say that we failed in Iraq and that we’re not succeeding, does not comport with the facts on the ground.

if we set a date for withdrawal, which Senator Obama wants to do, there will be chaos. There will be genocide. There will be increased Iranian influence there, and we will have to go back with further sacrifice of American blood and treasure.

Senator Obama has said, as you know, that he wants to sit down without any preconditions with the President of Iran, Ahmadinejad. He has said that he wants to sit down with a leader of a country that a few days ago called Israel a quote, ’stinking corpse’.

Now, why is it that Senator Obama wants to sit down with the President of Iran, but hasn’t yet sat down with General Petraeus, the leader of our troops in Iraq?

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Tags: mccain, obama, iraq, war on terror, military, politics

Pelosi snubbed in Iraq

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:01:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.time.com

Pelosi is something of a nonentity to average Iraqis. If they know who she is at all, she is generally seen as an antiwar caricature figure, someone whose views on U.S. troop withdrawals are widely considered unrealistic.

Not even Mahdi Army militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, the fiercest advocate of a U.S. withdrawal on the scene, has called for such a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces.

The lack of popularity of Pelosi's views was evident in the fact that her first day on the ground Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did not make an effort to see her. Maliki is currently in the northern city of Mosul overseeing a crackdown on insurgent networks there. But the city has been largely quiet in recent days, and there was no obvious pressing reason for the prime minister to skip Pelosi's arrival.

Pelosi may not get much more warmth from the American military leaders she plans to meet either.

Tags: pelosi, iraq, war on terror, baghdad, politics, millitary

More success in Iraq

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:05:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

Well, wouldn’t you know it. The New York Times has been forced to admit that their doom and gloom reporting on Sadr and his thugs have been wrong. And on the front page of all pages.

Three hundred miles south of Baghdad, the oil-saturated city of Basra has been transformed by its own surge, now seven weeks old.

In a rare success [ed. puhlease, nothing rare about it. plenty of successful stories going on starting with The Surge], forces loyal to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki have largely quieted the city, to the initial surprise and growing delight of many inhabitants who only a month ago shuddered under deadly clashes between Iraqi troops and Shiite militias.

This report comes the same day that Sadr signed over control of the Sadr city to the Iraqi government and they acknowledge that the elected government of Iraq is the sole legitimate authority in Sadr City and everywhere else in Iraq:

Tags: iraq, war on terror, basra, politics, military

Vets for freedom

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:17:45 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom, took on Medea Benjamin from Code Pink tonight on The O'Reilly Factor.

Pete announced that 450 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan rallied this week on Capital Hill in support of the mission... 450! Outstanding!

Several Republican senators including John McCain and Democrat Joe Lieberman joined the veterans at the rally.

here is the Vets for Freedom ad released this week

"The doubters and critics of General Petraeus and his plan six months ago have nothing to say now," said Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom. “Their silence is testament to the fact that progress has indeed been made, and it is imperative that we continue to give both the military and State Department time to carry out their plans,” Hegseth continued. “We need to trust the assessment of those that are on ground, and deal with the situation on a day-to-day, first-hand basis.”

remember to support the 17 Iraq War Veterans For Congress

as Republicans

Tags: iraq, war on terror, veterans, petraeus, politics, military

Iraqi demonstrators hit the streets

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:44:29 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Demonstrators display a poster of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a march in Kut, 172 km (107 miles) south of Baghdad April 3, 2008. Some 1000 protesters took to the streets of Kut supporting the recent military operations of Maliki in Basra, protesters said. (REUTERS/Jaafer Aabed)

Iraq protesters rallied in support of Prime Minister al-Maliki in Karbala. (Reuters)

Iraqi army applicants wait outside the army's recruitment center in Basra some 550 kilometers (about 340 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. About 1000 men from the southern region gathered at the recruitment center to apply to become government soldiers. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraqi army applicants walk to the army recruitment centre in Basra, 340 miles south of Baghdad April 1, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)

You won't see this make any headlines...

Tags: iraq, war on terror, military, politics, government, support

Good news is no news

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:09:43 GMT

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Clip Source: pewresearch.org

From January 2007 -- when Bush announced the "surge" -- through the end of May 2007, Iraq had been the dominant story, accounting for 20% of all the news coverage measured by PEJ's News Coverage Index. But from the time of that May funding vote through the war's fifth anniversary on March 19, 2008, coverage plunged by about 50%. In that period, the media paid more than twice as much attention to the presidential campaign as it did to the war.

In the first three months of 2008, coverage of the campaign outstripped coverage of the war by a margin of more than 10-to-1 (43% of the newshole compared with 4%).

The reduction in violence on the ground that began late last year has coincided with a significant decrease in coverage from the war zone as well.

In November, stories filed from Iraq began to take greater notice of the surge's success in reducing violence, even as the volume of coverage tapered off, evidence perhaps of the old adage that no news is good news.

Tags: media, msm, bias, iraq, war on terror, surge, success, politics, military