Um Brad - Have you gone to the Dark Side? Shouldn't that read George Bush?
LOL

making a point, before making THE POINT?

Jeez, headline, stop screaming at me!!!

Poppycock: A chronicle of the stupidest things ever said

And the Iraqi politicos should have had the balls and loyalty to the Iraqi people to oppose him, not rubber stamp him.

And the Iraqi people should have done the same ... but not enough of them did.

As a result, some leaders around the world thought he was cool and emulated him.

Yes! We should invade his country, surround him in Crawford, uh, er, Tikrit, bring him to trial, so we can have justice and democracy for his people! His people are thinking "mushroom clouds".

Hey Brad! Sounds like a description of the tyrant George W. Bush. Or could they really be brothers?....... at least in spirit.

Per an MSNBC poll "Should Bush be Impeached?" Yes = 86%

Brad,

I stole your paragraph and sent it to my local papers as a "Letter to the Editor." Hope you don't mind. I signed my own name to it, because I figured I couldn't sign yours. But know I'm not doing it for the credit - just for the effect. It was great.

SR

Let's invade America!! Oh, wait, I'm already here. Fuck.

Now we just need the pictures photoshoped: the hiding-hole, the exam after capture, the drying of the clothes in prison, the former "President" in court, holding a holy book...

...Ann Coulter sobbing on the stand....

Let's say that is the description of George W (I should have to say it, we all know it's a perfect description....) and Russia invaded us. Then like the Kurds did, W could be put in a hole in the ground and sold to the invaders for billions of dollars (they could use the reconstruction money that's missing in so many pockets), so the invaders can parade W with his messy hair and put him to trail too.
Thankfully other countries aren't led by morons like ours so we won't be invaded even though we have the worlds worst criminal in power.
Hit the streets people, this is all Wrong!
Impeach before we're invaded for revenge!

Saddam Hussein living on a pig farm? Wearing cowboy hat & boots?

Ew, this is disturbing.

Oooooohh! SNAP!

Don't forget all his ministers and generals and advisors--t'would be shame indeed if they were to somehow escape and find their way back into the government after a new Iraq is built. God knows that a great many of them have served in their government, sowing paranoid hate and murder, for quite a long time, and they have friends woven into powerful tiers of Iraqi society who need them on the inside to carry out evil, Jihadist schemes so they can overtake the entire world. TskTskTsk.

Get a rope...

Oh hhhh Brad
I know I am sick and I know I have a fever but what the hell --- are we talking bout Georgie? He is our business and if we went around messing with every country that fits this description we would have to begin our clean up at home. I am back to bed and hope things get better J

Sorry but you forgot one little thing:

Saddam Hussein's name should be replaced with George Bush

What the MSM isn't telling us, is that Sadaam is not on trial for WMD's or killing thousands of Kurds. He's on trial for retaliating against a group who tried to murder him.

Why isn't he on trial for WMD's?
Why isn't he on trial for killing the Kurds?

His defense is that Bush signed more death orders as Governor of Texas, than Sadaam killed in retaliation for that group who tried to murder him.

Just the facts...

Who's to say that Saddam hasn't been spun like everything else in the MSM. I have no evidence to the contrary but lately I believe nothing but the sports scores.

It's speculative but what if George Sr. wanted to invade Iraq for oil but had no legs to stand on to keep the invading force there so in order to get around the legalities Sr. and Jr. and friends devised a plan over the course of a few years to stage a return to Iraq.

In order to return to Iraq though they could not simply declare war and march in (which is what they did in the end) so they planned an attack on American soil so that they have the grounds to attack. Doing so they implicated Osama Bin Laden whom they erronously linked to Saddam Hussein in an attempt to start beating the war drum in their favor. They needed to find a way into the middle east and as it stood they could not link it directly to Saddam so they had to find a way around it. By including Osama Bin Laden he had found the perfect scapegoat, a "terrorist" and so began the war chasing Al Qaeda. If they could protray Saddam as a terrorist then they have their in. They Chased Al Qaeda around Afghanistan looking for Osama and when they couldn't find him (or weren't looking) it was obvious! He's got to be in Iraq. Saddam is a harsh "dictator" that supports terrorists, right? So George Jr. makes his case and provides his "proof" and charges into Iraq.

At some point in time there was a secret meeting to discuss how to split the spoils as prior to working in the WH Mr. Cheney or Rich Dick as I like to call him worked in Halliburton which just so happens to have one of the largest Military contracts or blank checks if you will, of all time. Both George's are in on it. Cheney's in on it. Delay, well I wouldn't be surprised one bit. As for Saddam. He may be a tyrant, he may be a good man. If the truth was spun like everything else, I have to ask myself, what is the truth anymore? Is it possible that there is a conspiracy along those lines. The evidence is mounting all the time. The more that I see the more I wonder if I'm on the right track at all. There is so much to the story that has yet to be told.

OT But disturbing: The toll of depleted uranium weapons.

This substance is used in armor piercing artillary due to its extreme mass and therfore power to penetrate heavy armor.

Its lasting affects are horrendous. The use of this material must be stopped!

Saddam Hussein is all of the above. He deserves whatever he gets. But we lost 2,200 dead and 17,000 wounded because he killed his own people.

Kim Il Jong did the same in North Korea. Plus he really is trying to get WMD. But we haven't invaded North Korea.

Why? Choose one or more of the following:

1) North Korea doesn't produce any oil.
2) North Korea isn't part of a Muslim caliphate.
3) South Korea is too close to North Korea.
4) China is too close to North Korea.
5) Japan is too close to North Korea.
6) Israel is too far from North Korea.
7) General MacArthur is dead.
8) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are dead.
9) The Domino Theory doesn't work any more.
10) There's no Gulf of Tonkin in North Korea.

Sorry for being OT for a minute people...

Aren't you all afraid that, since we are all opposed to Bushie... he'll have us all wiretapped?

Did he not do that to Democrats and peace activists?

This truly is Nazi Germany II.

Now jus a minute Brad, okay, so George W. has set up internment camps and arranged secret torture chambers hidden from us publics, but he nev’r used them weapons of mass destruction again’ his own!

And all right, he did invade and occupy a sover’n nation, but after all, the facts were bein’ fixed around the policy. That’s wot I red anyway.

And to compare collateral damage caused by Shock & Awe to Sadaam’s slaughter of the Kurds, c’mon! Even a liberal knows that woman & children are gonna get killed if they get in the way of them depleted uranium bunker busters! And at least we didn’t aim ‘em at ‘em!.

Now you know as well as I do that the NeoCons have to spy on them terrorist lefties. It’s quite clear that the Constitution is just another set of rooles to be broken. “Rooles are for fools” that’s what I always thought, and besides, George W. is the Commander ‘n Chief. Don’t that give ‘em special powers if’n he needs ‘em?

We shur do agree on yore main point tho. George W. poses a great’r threat to all mankind than that ole Sadaam dood, and I shur do agree we outa lock ‘em up right quick befor he can doo too much more harm to our Cuntry.

We would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge Bush Senior's lie to start a war against Iraq in 1991...

Democracy? what Democracy! Freedom of Speech? What Freedom of Speech. What's the point of saying anything contrary to the Bush's line? For no matter what you say, the Neocons will put different spin on it to contradict you.

There is one true standard to judge one's actions and it is this:
"A good tree cannot bear forth bad fruit; neither can a bad tree bear forth good fruit. By their fruits, you shall know them"

Ask yourselves this:

1. Has my life been improved since the invasion of Iraq?

2. Has "Shock and Awe" killed more innocent Iraqis than the tyrant, Saddam Hussein? Why should innocent people killed by the US be called, "Collateral Damage"?

3. Is the one-way naked show of brute force against a defenceless nation, shown nightly to the world at large, something America should be proud of? What happened to the good ole American concept of the "level playing field"? or does it not apply to War?

4. Now that we control Iraq's total oil production, has the price of gas been drastically reduced? If not, who is pocketing all that filthy lucre?

5. Are all my taxes paid to the government, used appropriately to better the lives of fellow American citizens?

6. If we are a democratic, free and transparent country, why do our leaders tell us one thing about Iraq and do another? Why do they need spin doctors to modify the truth? or do the government think that the people cannot stomach the truth?

7. Now that no other country can stand up to America, has the sense of security of both persons and property been enhanced at home and abroad?

8. Under the present encumbent president, has our climatic conditions been improved in America and the world? If so, why Katrina and why are there so many unseasonal droughts, floods, natural calamities including the melting of Glaciers & Polar Ice around the world?

9. As an American citizen, can you stand tall in the world and say I am proud of what my leader has done to the world and for the world?

If only the Iraqi people had one Bruddah al Rheed to tell it like it is to the tyrant's face (link here).

Hmmm.. Will reinstating the draft will be the Mr Bush's next move?

Deployments Stretching Army, Study Finds
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

3 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a "thin green line" that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.

Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer who wrote the report under a Pentagon contract, concluded that the Army cannot sustain the pace of troop deployments to Iraq long enough to break the back of the insurgency. He also suggested that the Pentagon's decision, announced in December, to begin reducing the force in Iraq this year was driven in part by a realization that the Army was overextended.

Deployments Stretching Army, Study Finds
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

3 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Stretched by frequent troop rotations to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has become a "thin green line" that could snap unless relief comes soon, according to a study for the Pentagon.

Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer who wrote the report under a Pentagon contract, concluded that the Army cannot sustain the pace of troop deployments to Iraq long enough to break the back of the insurgency. He also suggested that the Pentagon's decision, announced in December, to begin reducing the force in Iraq this year was driven in part by a realization that the Army was overextended.

Remember how bad the army got under his leadership ... he fought the wrong battles and eventually his army could not perform at optimum (link here).

I read this yesterday, or was it at 1AM this morning?

Seems like I did get it, "Sounds like G W BUSH!

And I thought I was losing IT.

I read this yesterday, or was it at 1AM this morning?

Seems like I did get it, "Sounds like G W BUSH!

And I thought I was losing IT.

We're now going to find out whether Bush & Co. really believed the Iraq invasion was a noble cause or not.

If the administration was sincerely motivated (however misguided it might have been), it will now call for a draft. "This cause is just, and it requires the sacrifice of Americans," or words to that effect.
This course would be hugely unpopular, but at least it would show that Bush was sincere in believing he was doing the right thing.

Don't count on it, folks. Expect a propaganda campaign to the effect that, "Iraq is now capable of running itself democratically," combined with a steady troop pullout. In the end, we'll never really know why Bush invaded Iraq.

...although I think part of has to do with his little pecker. Most wars get started over that.

We already -know- why he invaded.. we now have contracts for all the oil in Iraq.. or, promises made while the interim gov. was in place.. and now that the elections were held, and offices taken, we'll see the oil start flowing.

The question is, will we -also- see a turn AWAY from Saudi Arabia, the place that 14 of the 19 terrorists who allegedly flew planes into the WTCs and Pentagon? The place who -actively- supports Al Qaeda today? The place that has been limiting our ability to help Isreal to the full extent we wanted to?

I'd guess Iraq becomes the number 1 supplier of oil to the U.S. in the next 2-3 years. They just have to get those few billion in missing funds shoved into state of the art wells/rigs. Shouldn't take them that long.

Then a few words from America's version of Baghdad Bob:

Rumsfeld Says Military Not Overextended
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer

1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday disputed reports suggesting that the U.S. military is stretched thin and close to a snapping point from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting "the force is not broken."

"This armed force is enormously capable," Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. "In addition, it's battle hardened. It's not a peacetime force that has been in barracks or garrisons."

Rumsfeld spoke a day after The Associated Press reported that an unreleased study conducted for the Pentagon said the Army is being overextended, thanks to the two wars, and may not be able to retain and recruit enough troops to defeat the insurgency in Iraq.

Among Republicans (33% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 78% approve of the way Bush is handling his job and 17% disapprove. Among Democrats (37% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 11% approve and 83% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job. Among Independents (30% of adults registered to vote in the survey), 24% approve and 71% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job as president.

From www.americanresearchgroup.com

Then the general speaks:

Top U.S. General Says Army 'Stretched'
By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer

1 hour ago
DIWANIYAH, Iraq - The top U.S. general in Iraq acknowledged Thursday that American forces in this country are "stretched," but he said he will only recommend withdrawals based on operational needs.

30 million Iraqis and 160,000 troops is thin from the get-go.

The increasing death and destruction is evidence of more and more thin.

Not because of the troops, but because of the insurgency.

And with the Hamas terrorists winning a democratic election, what effect can we say the bush nation building is having on bringing more peace to the middle east because "more democracy is there"?

Bush and saddam belong in the same jail cell. Bush is the worst case senario for planet Earth.

For Jo: Rumsfeld is overextended.