Your "we're kicking ass", "bring 'em on", "commander guy", "decider" cowboy

From The Niagra Falls Reporter, 9/11/07:

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/gallagher331.html

PRESIDENT BUSH LOSES BATTLE OF WITS

By Bill Gallagher

DETROIT --

"We're kicking ass."

That's what President George W. Bush said to Australian Deputy Prime

Minister Mark Vaile when he inquired about Bush's brief stopover and

photo-op in Iraq on his way to Sydney for the Asia-Pacific Economic

Cooperation forum.

Flippant machismo is nothing new for the "bring 'em on" boy, our

cowpoke "commander guy" who once said he would get Osama bin Laden

"dead or alive."

A new video of bin Laden -- in which the al-Qaeda leader spoke about

resisting American forces in Iraq and converting the world to Islam --

provided Bush with another opportunity to justify his military

madness.

Bush, who conflates nearly everything he does with the Sept 11

attacks, declared that the new video endorses his failed strategy in

Iraq, telling reporters, "I find it interesting that Iraq was

mentioned, which is a reminder that Iraq is a part of the war on

extremism."

Had bin Laden mentioned "raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,"

Bush still would claim the reference as approbation for his

imperialistic invasion and occupation of Iraq.

It's simple: Whatever bin Laden says justifies whatever Bush does.

While bin Laden smokes his hookah in his hideout in Pakistan, the mass

murderer praises Allah for the never-ending gift of Bush, his most

reliable recruitment tool and the flypaper for his proselytizing.

The endless violence in Iraq gives bin Laden solace and an invaluable

symbol to rally more Islamic extremists to commit terrorist acts in

the west.

This week, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will

provide Congress with a predictable spin on the military "progress"

the troop surge is bringing to Iraq.

The stated purpose of the surge was to give Iraqi politicians

breathing space, to bring some degree of stability to the nation and

to undertake meaningful steps toward reconciliation among Iraq's

divided religious and ethnic groups.

That simply is not happening, and it is pure folly to think otherwise.

All the fine tuning and parsing we will hear from the Pentagon and

Capitol Hill politicians about the troop surge reducing violence and

making the Iraqi people safer is pure bunk.

With the number of U.S. troops in Iraq at 168,000 -- a record high --

the central government is largely ineffective.

The nation's infrastructure remains shattered.

Bush made his pit stop in Iraq in Anbar Province at an air base the

Marines nicknamed Camp Cupcake.

Did Bush speak to Iraqi civilians whose loved ones are dying each day

about the progress he claims is being made because of the troop surge?

Did he talk to anyone from Baghdad about what it's like to have only

six hours of power when the daytime temperatures reach 120 degrees

Fahrenheit?

Of course not.

He never left the base but did find time to chat with CBS anchor Katie

Couric in an air-conditioned tent.

They both are trying to salvage sinking careers, and the exchange was

Couric hurling one softball question after another.

It's that kind of pseudo-journalism that helps keep many Americans in

the dark depths of ignorance and lying politicians in business.

Real reporters -- as opposed to celebrities seeking favor from the

powerful -- would have challenged the "fuzzy math" Bush and his boys

in the Pentagon are using to buttress their bogus claims that

sectarian violence is nose-diving.

Couric let Petraeus get away with his unsubstantiated claim that "the

number of ethno-sectarian deaths" has been "reduced dramatically."

The Pentagon formula for counting and categorizing deaths ranks up

there with post-invasion military plans, locked in the same vault with

former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld's map showing "exactly" where

Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were located.

Sectarian death counts are down if you exclude whole categories of

killings.

A Pentagon intelligence analyst told the Washington Post that "if a

bullet went through the back of the head, it's sectarian. If it went

through the front, it's criminal."

The most deadly attack since the war began, killing more than 500

people and wounding more than 375, is not included in Petraeus'

sectarian death toll.

On Aug. 14, suicide bombings and mortar fire left that carnage in and

around Sinjar, a town in northern Iraq near the Syrian border.

The victims were members of the ancient Yazidie sect, a group many

Sunnis and al-Qaeda members consider blasphemous.

"This is an act of ethnic cleansing, if you will," Maj. Gen. Benjamin

Mixon, commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq, told CNN.

The slaughtered Yazidies inexplicably are not included in the Pentagon

tally of deaths attributed to sectarian violence.

Just fudge the casualty numbers and "signs of progress" are sprouting

up everywhere in Iraq.

Like all that matters about this horrible war, lies are the first

choice of those who sold it, want it to continue indefinitely and want

permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

That goal -- one Petraeus will not acknowledge when he gives his

"progress" report to Congress -- is really why we are in Iraq.

The Democrats should get out of their bunker of gutless acquiescence

and do more than just expose the great hoax of the surge.

Stop the madness.

End the funding for this war and demand a complete withdrawal of U.S.

forces.

Most of the Democrats, especially the presidential candidates, don't

want to be labeled as abandoning the fight or not supporting the

troops.

They must confront Bush, spit in his lying eyes and explain to the

American people that this war, which was never justified in the first

place, will never be resolved militarily.

The best hope for Iraq is not the mindless chatter we'll hear this

week in Washington about how effective or ineffective the surge is.

The most promising development occurred in an undisclosed location in

Finland last week.

Sunni and Shiite delegates from Iraq began secret peace talks there

with politicians from Northern Ireland and South Africa, experienced

in power sharing and national reconciliation, coaching the Iraqis on

how they can work together to build peace.

The mainstream American media will provide exhaustive but largely

superficial coverage of Petraeus' dog-and-pony show on Capitol Hill

and the political dynamics there.

We have heard almost nothing about what happened in Finland and how

that process should be nurtured as a pathway to peace.

The participants in Finland -- according to an Associated Press report

-- included representatives of radial Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,

Adnan al-Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni political group, and

Humam Hammoudi, the Shiite chairman of the Iraqi parliament's foreign

affairs committee.

Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein leader and one of the Northern Irish

politicians who participated in the four days of talks, said, "The

important lesson is that people are serious about bringing about peace

in their country. That can only be done through an inclusive

negotiation process."

Iraq will never be pacified without negotiations, inclusion and the

recognition that military action and continued violence are not the

answer.

In his radio address last Saturday, Bush said he "will lay out a

vision for future involvement in Iraq."

Don't expect anything different.

We will remain in Iraq as long as Bush is president.

He will leave the mess for his successor and blame the Democrats for

the certain failure.

Remaining in Iraq, Bush will tell us, will protect us from bin Laden

in Pakistan.

The voices of sanity have to overcome the shrill voice of a political

punk, a third-rate, impetuous ideologue convinced that he alone can

judge right from wrong, good from evil.

Bush wants more Iraqis and Americans to die for his staggering

failures.

Cloaked in this hollow rhetoric, the hideous American media will

amplify his words gladly as they fall into the fold, measuring

progress as "kicking ass."

_____________________________________________

The monthly U.S. death toll through September 10 is 32

3,774 American troops are dead, 27,781 have been wounded

Harry

Have you read about how the Deserter-In-Chief ran from the Vietnam

War?

http://www.glcq.com

Within the dark depths of alt.politics, Harry Hope scribbled the following

<news:g8cde3pl4hh5h49el6dv291kkb29b3gufr@4ax.com> on the bathroom wall.

> Bush, who conflates nearly everything he does with the Sept 11

> attacks, declared that the new video endorses his failed strategy in

> Iraq, telling reporters, "I find it interesting that Iraq was

> mentioned, which is a reminder that Iraq is a part of the war on

> extremism."

If it's a war on extremism, why haven't we gone after Bush yet?

--

"The three separate branches of government were developed as a check and

balance for one another. It is within the court

--

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's

not that important. It's not our priority." - G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"Political Pagan" <pookinpnub@allthewrongplaces.biz> wrote in message

news:Xns99A870D55EF43pookinpnuballthewron@69.28.186.121...

> Within the dark depths of alt.politics, Harry Hope scribbled the following

> <news:g8cde3pl4hh5h49el6dv291kkb29b3gufr@4ax.com> on the bathroom wall.

>

>> Bush, who conflates nearly everything he does with the Sept 11

>> attacks, declared that the new video endorses his failed strategy in

>> Iraq, telling reporters, "I find it interesting that Iraq was

>> mentioned, which is a reminder that Iraq is a part of the war on

>> extremism."

>

> If it's a war on extremism, why haven't we gone after Bush yet?

>

> --

> "The three separate branches of government were developed as a check and

> balance for one another. It is within the court's duty to ensure that

> power

> is never condense[d] into a single branch of government." - Judge Anna

> Diggs Taylor

bin ladin made Bush crawl away on his belly in submissive surrender.