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Patriotism is supporting your
country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain
"From time to time, the tree of liberty
must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots."
Thomas Jefferson
All that is necessary
for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels
and I think these are scoundrels. They have no argument now, they have no defense for what they did. The country is in a terrible
international security situation that I think is perilous. So they're attacking the patriotism of others...
MEL GOODMAN
He's been our cross-hairs for over 5 years,
but justice has been denied because Musharraf "the al Qaeda & Taliban protector" is a "good friend" of President Bush.
Five years of Osama bin Laden living free under President Bush isn't sounding much different than living 8 years under President
Clinton.
"More than any other time in history, mankind
faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness; the other, to total extinction.
Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose
correctly."
Woody Allen
" Unfortunately, while the infrastructure
of Iraq may one day be rebuilt, the 'coalition' cannot reconstruct disintegrated babies. It lacks the technology. "
Brian D Finch
" For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that
that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that’s reprehensible
"
Dustin Hoffman
" Nine-11 gave the Bush people carte blanche to carry out their extreme agenda -- and they didn't hesitate
for a moment to use it. I mean, by 9/12 Rumsfeld was saying, 'Let's hit Iraq.' They've used the war on terror to justify everything
from tax cuts to Alaska oil drilling. "
Ronald Reagan Jr.
Our leadership is thinking "Don't worry
about the Muslims, they only want to murder us, but look out for Democrats, they want to tax us!"
Truth has a way of asserting itself despite
all attempts to obscure it.
"I know Iraqis are allowed one AK in the house for protection. But it would seems to be a big step forward if
the mere possesion of AK's or an RPG or mortar rounds or any offensive weapon outdoors should lead to summary execution.
"Politicians are often accused of being
out of touch with their constituents. They get elected, settle into the rarefied world of Washington, then forget the people
who sent them there."
"Honor guard is the most solemn duty for anybody in the military, not something for the
censors to hide."
Afghanistan has become Iraq on a slow burn.
Five years after they were ousted, the Taliban are back in force, their ranks renewed by a new generation of diehards. Violence,
opium trafficking, ethnic tensions, official corruption and political anarchy are all worse than they've been at any time
since the U.S.-led intervention in 2001.
By failing to stop Taliban leaders and
Osama bin Laden from escaping into Pakistan, then diverting troops and resources to Iraq before finishing
the job in Afghanistan, the Bush administration left the door open to a Taliban comeback. Compounding the problem, reconstruction
efforts have been slow and limited, and the U.S. and NATO didn't anticipate the extent and ferocity of the Taliban resurgence
or the alliances the insurgents have formed with other Islamic extremists and with the world's leading opium traffickers.
 There are only 42,000 U.S. and NATO-led troops to secure a country that's half again the size of Iraq, where 150,000 U.S.-led
coalition troops are deployed. Suicide bombings have soared from two in all of 2002 to about one every five days. Civilian
casualties are mounting. President Hamid Karzai and his U.S. backers have become hugely unpopular.
"The Americans made promises that they
haven't carried out, like bringing security, rebuilding the country and eradicating poverty," said Nasir Ahmad, 32, as he
hawked secondhand clothes in the clamor of bus engines, horns and barking merchants in Kabul's main bazaar. "Karzai is an
irresponsible person. He is just a figurehead."
Jonathan S. Landay
It has been a bloody six weeks since the Nato-led force in Afghanistan
took control in the south of the country, and now it seems its call for more support is falling on deaf ears.
The moral in war is difficult. GW Bush made a couple of blunders, lost his sense of objective
(other than killing Saddam Hussein, he didn't have much objective). When you lose your objective, you lose your initiative
in war, and then it is very difficult.
Can we truly endure another two years of this administration and their
bungled war policies? Who's children will we send now?
There is no "War on Terror." There is, however, a "war" on the U.S. Constitution.
Johnson and Bush have a lot in common: Both are from Texas; both were remarkably
unprepared to be president; and both started wars on a lie.
"Rumsfeld, he needs to be hit on the head"
"On a day-to-day basis, people are not quite as tuned in as they could
be. They're like, 'My boy's not over there.' . . . I mean, everyone's real helpful when it comes to wounded vets. But on a
day-to-day basis, it's like, 'It's not my kid.' "
Army National Guard Sgt. Jared Jalbert
let the oil companies finance the Iraqi
War!!!!!...that makes more sense than anything i've heard
There is still no plan in place that is
going to stop the sectarian violence. The damage was done when Shiite militias were allowed to pack the security forces with
their gunmen.
Hmmmm. I wonder who is responsible for
the deaths of more innocent lives - GW Bush or Bin Laden?
No. killed in 9/11 - 2,819
No. of Amerian soldiers killed
in Iraq - 2,680
No. of Iraqi civilians killed (estimate[1]) - 45,000
So far, Bush is the winner.
This just sickens me, and I see no end
in sight because Bush the coward can't admit to mistakes.
Oh, that's right, it's not a civil war is it, because
Cheney is telling Bush it isn't so - therefore, it isn't a civil war.
The only good digging trenches is going
to do is to provide a place for the burial of more victims of the civil war.
The "terrorists" are in the White House - and run the
Propaganda machinery.
Wow! Bush gets to be branded a failure
in his own lifetime. Karma is a bitch!
I’ve been saying it all along. This war isn’t
worth it. Freedom should be reserved for those enlightened enough to exercise it.
Enough already! Where’s the good
news? Can it be true that everything Bush has touched has turned into a pile of slimy shit?
Afghanistan?
Iraq?
Right to privacy?
Habeus
Corpus?
Fair tax structure?
protection of the environment?
Science over faith?
Wait, wait, here’s one……..
He did not get a blow job from an adult of the other sex. Ok, what a relief, he’s my man and I support him 100%.
War and Obligation
"When Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
recently told American troops that ‘You go to war with the Army you have, ... not the Army you might want or wish to
have,’ he got it exactly wrong. When an administration chooses war, its primary obligation is to provide forces adequate
to the task."
Military analyst Andrew J. Bacevich
"And do not forget the petty scoundrels in this regime; note their names, so that none
will go free! They should not find it possible, having had their part in these abominable crimes, at the last minute to rally
to another flag and then act as if nothing had happened!"
- from the fourth leaflet of the anti-Nazi resistance, The White
Rose, 1942.
"The United Nations must show zero tolerance
of terrorism of any kind, for any reason."
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
"I’ve never maintained that the [Bush] Administration
deliberately misled [the public]. I think they misled themselves, that we can see. And then they misled the world.
Hans Blix
The Iraq war has become a "cause celebre" for global terrorists, fuelling
recruitment and hostility to the United States in the Muslim world, according to declassified intelligence findings.(AFP/Jim
Watson)
They have declared themselves to be hunting "death squads" that have
left many residents of the city living in fear of a knock on the door or of being gunned down in the street
" There is a strong case for a "regime
change" in Iraq. The complicating factor is the US's approach which looks like bullying because, well, it is bullying. If
the US reserves the right to attack any country it doesn't like the look of, then those who don't like the look of the US
might return the compliment. "
Salman Rushdie, writer
"It will be some months before the news
media recognize it, and a few months more before they acknowledge it, but the war in Iraq is all but won."
Jack Kelly
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton testifies with retired Marine Corps Col.
Thomas Hammes and retired Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste during hearing on Capitol Hill. The three demanded Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld resign, accusing him of incompetence, arrogance and determination to wage war in Iraq on the cheap.(AFP/Nicholas
Kamm)
Government is not the solution to our problem. Government
is the problem.
Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.
("the 11th Commandment")
We as Americans are being led around by
our noses by people that have only their interests in mind, not our's, not our children's.
And our young people continue
to die in Iraq.Every day.For what? When do we say enough is enough?
What will it take for Americans to stop this madness
take ownership of their country and it's policies?No politician will. It's up to every one of us.
President puts emphasis on the wrong war
Am I the only one who remembers it wasn't that long ago that George W. Bush said this
nation couldn't win the war on terror?
Back in August 2004 — in what must have been a moment of great honesty
or frightening ignorance — President Bush told Today co-host Matt Lauer that he didn't believe the United States
would prevail in the war on terrorism.
"Do you really think we can win this war on terror? For example, in the next four years?"
Lauer asked Bush.
"I have never said we can win it in four years," the president responded.
So Lauer put the question to Bush more broadly. "No, I'm just saying, can we win it?
Do you say that?" he asked Bush.
"I don't. I don't think we can win it," the president answered. "But I
think you can create conditions so that ... those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world, let's
put it that way."
"It's a number." --White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, on
the U.S. military death toll in Iraq reaching the 2,500 milestone
No Reality From Administration
"If all of this is good news to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, I'd hate to see their definition of bad
news."
Joe Galloway
"Sometimes it hurts to know Americans have all but forgotten us. America
has totally forgotten about Afghanistan."
Air Force Senior Airman Marie Binney
You can see things are getting worse and yet the Republicans are planning a $20 million
dollar victory celebration for the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2007. When will these people ever wake up? Hopefully its
before to many more young American soldiers are killed over there.
The very carnage we went into Iraq to stop,
we have made 5 fold worse. How will this end? It is spiraling...
This is an unjust war, based on lies and tricks, there
is no honor in this war. Our troops are being lied to, They are just doing their jobs. And once there they have to shoot to
stay alive...but we are not their justly.
The sectarian spiral of revenge killings
between Shiites and Sunnis has become the deadliest violence in Iraq, with thousands slain in recent months."
Yet Bush,
et.al. still look straight in the lens and deny there is a civil war going on. Makes you wonder how many more thousands need
to die before it meets their definition of civil war, huh?
Bubba abandoned Afghanistan and wandered off to Iraq
with dreams of a new middle east. Well folks, he made a new one alright.....
Our leaders just seem so dumb - are average
Americans really this dumb
Think the basic idea the president is trying to get aross
is that "as long as we are killing them faster then they are recruiting, then we are winning." I think the jihadist are thinking
the same thing.
"It's worse than Baghdad. It makes Baghdad look like a walk in the park
compared to here."
Corporal Trevor Coult
Bush: God told me to invade Iraq
President 'revealed reasons for war in private meeting'
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
President George Bush has claimed he was
told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden's stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission to bring peace
to the Middle East, security for Israel, and a state for the Palestinians.
The President made the assertion during
his first meeting with Palestinian leaders in June 2003, according to a BBC series which will be broadcast this month.
"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job."
President Bush, to a group of Amish he met with .
AND ON AND ON GOES THE WAR
AND TOO THE FEAR AND SUFFERING...
THE WORLD SAYS
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said
Iraq was descending into full-scale civil war.
"Can't you be honest at least once in your
life, and admit that you are a deceitful liar who intentionally deceived your nation when you drove them to war in Iraq?"
Al-Zawahri
Sadly I must go along on this...Our goverment must come clean with the
American people...most of us know it anyway and then maybe we...as a country...can move on together and put an end to all
the senseless killing...
In recent months, the Taliban and other
extremists have tried to regain control, mostly in the south of Afghanistan. And so we've adjusted tactics and we're on the
offense to meet the threat and to defeat the threat. Forces from dozens of nations, including every member of NATO, are supporting
the democratic government of Afghanistan.
PRESIDENT KARZAI
"We have not reached parity with them.
We have the right to kill 4 million Americans -- 2 million of them children -- and to exile twice as many and wound and cripple
hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, it is our right to fight them with chemical and biological weapons, so as to afflict them
with the fatal maladies that have afflicted the Muslims because of the [Americans'] chemical and biological weapons."
Islamic terrorist group "Al Qaeda"
"It is our moral duty to intervene today, straight away, to help the Iraqi
people in their difficulty. Iraq has to be given back to the Iraqi people."
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini
"It is wrong for any conflict to be played
out in a civilian arena with such wanton disregard for so many innocent lives," said Tom Koenigs, the head of the
U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
"We think that America has the full right
to move some forces from Iraq to their country because I think we can replace them [with] our forces," Talabani said. "In
my opinion, at least from 40,000 to 50,000 American troops can be [withdrawn] by the end of this year."
Iraqi troops are prepared to assume control
of security in several cities throughout southern, central and northern Iraq, despite continued violence, suicide bombings
and killings
Jalal Talabani
"Iraqis have taught Bush a lesson that turned his concept upside down."
Iraq's al-Thawra newspaper
"My feelings as usual we will slaughter them all."
Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
"It is clear that whoever tries to do good work for the people of Afghanistan,
they will try to kill him."
"I'm afraid the making of World War III is actually taking place in front of our eyes."
Prince Hassan of Jordan
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."
President George W. Bush, in an interview with CBS News Anchor Katie Couric
Rummy says you fight with the army you have. A smarter person would say that you choose objectives
that fit the army you have. That is, you fight the war you can.
They will never wake up. When our sun goes
nova, there will still be some old codger saying, "Bush was right, you know!"
It is hard to believe there are people who think Iraq
had anything to do with 9/11. The Bush administration does everything to link the two but facts and common sense leave no
doubt that, if anything, Saddam was opposed to the terrorists. One thing for certain, if any of the Bush administration is
speaking, they are lying
The Green Zone is a bunker and a point of refuge-- not an effective administration of the country.
If anything typifies the siege mentality prevailing in the Bush administration, the Green Zone best symbolizes a disaster
in slow motion.
"How many more independent reports, how
many more deaths, how much deeper into civil war will Iraq need to fall for the White House to wake up and change its strategy
in Iraq?"
"I got more thank-yous and pats on the back than I ever got in my life. Even today, when
I say I was over there. I did have one old man tell me he didn't appreciate us over there, but that's his opinion. He's entitled
to it as an American."
Army National Guard Sgt. Cliff Kazarian
Let me get this straight,So first Bush
and co invade Afganistan to go after Bin Laden. Then, right when Bin Laden is being cornered, he calls the troops off to invade
Iraq, a country that had no Al Quada ties, but supposedly had WMD.
Once in Iraq, it becomes quickly
apparent that Saddam has no WMD. But the troops continue until Saddam is captured.
Now instead of leaving,
US troops stay there  and foment an insurgency that rapidly gains strength. Bin Laden, no dummy he, still free, encourages the insurgency and sends
Al Quada fighters there to help train the insurgents.
The Shiites take advantage of the general
melee and start attacking Sunni, and very soon there is civil war.
Now the US troops are caught in the middle
of an extremely dangerous situation and not only are they not equipted to handle it, there are not enough of them.
Faced with the rapidly escalating violence, Bush continues with the same policy that started this whole mess
to begin with, even though he has been told by countless people that the US presence there is at the root of much of the violence.
He refuses to even consider another strategy.
This man is beyond stupid. He is a moron, a bull headed moron.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Newspaper:
On US President Bush and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
"[They] are human beings whose ambitions
have turned them into bloodthirsty beasts."
On the US involvement in Iraq
"They are fighting a cruel war".
New Attacks Threatened
"We remind Bush that he did not crush two-thirds of al
Qaeda. ... Bush, fortify your defenses and intensify your security measures, because the Muslim nation which sent brigades
to New York and Washington has decided to send you one brigade after another, carrying death and seeking paradise."
Ayman al-Zawahiri
DO THESE STATEMENTS HIT A BIT CLOSE TO HOME
" in the United States only Congress can declare
wars."..."Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. "
Hermann Goering during the Nuremberg trials.
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England,
nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy,
and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament,
or a communist dictatorship
Hermann Göring
"We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces
gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly."
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