Blogcritics Comments on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Comment by Giusto Un Uomo on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:13:21 EDT

I think it's pretty pathetic when the left takes current administrative policy and bends the truth to support the affirmative action candidate... It is obvious that the young black (snort, choke, and giggle) with all of his money and energized supporters (at least that what the MSM wants us to believe) is tied in ALL NATIONAL POLLS AND DOWN DOUBLE DIGITS is issues related to leadership....with an OLD WHITE MAN.... Pretty funny stuff...of coerce when McCain wins and he will...the loss will be blamed on racism...

Comment by Conrad Dalton on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:05:27 EDT

"History is entering a different stage from what it has been in the past." Let's be reminded of the recent past and Ahmad Chalabi. History told us of Chalabi's past, yet he was able to convince the US to invade Iraq. History was ignored for the higher wisdom of the neocons. Ignoring the history of Chalabi has cost over 4,000 American lives plus hundreds of billion of US taxpayer dollars, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of dead or displaced Iraqis. The US knew about Chalabi's past: a bank embezzlement conviction in absentia in the Kingdom of Jordan years earlier. They knew that the Central Intelligence Agency considered him a phony and a liability and, after working with him for years, had cut all ties with him. Yeah, let's just ignore history and do it again. Who is pulling the strings this time? Is this a neocon encore?

Comment by Ruvy on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:20:54 EDT

"Iran is a defensive mode. It hasn't started a war in modern history." Indeed as Clavos writes, not only is past performance no guarantee of future performance, when there is a change in the weather, it is the worst thing to look at. History is entering a different stage from what it has been in the past, folks. I would suggest reading the first article here for a dose of what I mean. It's a long read, and those of you who are not Jews will be positively resentful when you are done. Nevertheless, history is still entering a new phase....

Comment by Clavos on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:42:11 EDT

"But there is no better measure." Which doesn't mean it's a good measure. Certainly not one to bet your life on.

Comment by Conrad Dalton on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:09:23 EDT

"Past results are no guarantee of future performance." But there is no better measure.

Comment by Clavos on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:01:21 EDT

"Iran is a defensive mode. It hasn't started a war in modern history." As they say in the market: "Past results are no guarantee of future performance."

Comment by Conrad Dalton on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:52:29 EDT

Relax Ruvy, Iran is a defensive mode. It hasn't started a war in modern history. However, it can be expected to respond in kind if it is attacked.

Comment by Ruvy on White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:25:29 EDT

Barbara, Like most Americans (yeah, yeah, I know you are presently off-shore) you tend to look at the wrong issues and facts when it comes to this neck of the woods. Doing that has been fatal to over 4,000 of your soldiers so far, and it will get worse. Your presidential campaign and the incompetence of the sitting president with respect to it is irrelevant. Oh, it's "fun" to write about (just like writing about Olmert stealing money here is "fun") but it is irrelevant to the scheme of things. What is relevant? Let's help you out a bit. From Debkafiles: Senior Israeli official: If nuclear talks fail, Bush will order Iran attack between November and January. And Top US military chief is convinced Iranians seek atom bomb. and New Hizballah tactic: Missile ambushes for Israel aircraft and ships From Manny Winston's article, "LOSERS IN THE ASCENDANCY"

Al-Maliki has performed more as an extension of Iran's Shi'ite policy than that favorable to Iraq. With the U.S. military gone, with U.S. influence in the Middle East gone, Iran can eventually first bond with Iraq and then swallow it whole. .................... As for Al-Maliki being Iran's Shi'ite subversive, you can count on it. While he may delude himself into thinking he can keep Iraq independent, he can only be a puppet of the Ayatollahs or simply disposed of and replaced.

Finally, there is this summary from Barry Chamish's article on the "meteor" that suddenly appeared over Israel on 9 July - Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Meteor! It's a U.F.O.! No, its Practice for Iranian Gas-Armed Missiles to Attack the State of Israel!! Root & Branch Information Service 20 July, 2008

On the night of Wednesday, July 9, Israelis saw a flashing orange light in the sky. They were told it was a meteor, though a few experts warned them that it couldn't have been. On the night of Wednesday, July 9, Iran launched 9 missiles, most capable of hitting Israel. On TV we saw that they were flashing orange in the nighttime sky. Officially, no one in Israel told the truth, that Iran had launched a warning missile over Israel.

Chew it over, Barbara. The real world is a lot scarier than a few faux pas in the Bush administration. And a missile attack on Iran can have lots more serious consequences than a few votes lost here or there....