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SushiSake2
redacted - you would have a stronger argument if your base assumption was even remotely close to reality.
You mentioned the "liberation of Iraq."
If, by liberation, you mean -
All for what?
Posted in: Rice, in Baghdad, calls al-Sadr coward
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SushiSake2
[Sezwho] - "But that wouldn't have anything to do with the assertion that directing a conflict from a foreign venue is equivalent to cowardice."
[redacted] - It's your assertion. And it's pretty revealing. For one who claims to be American..."
What is your point? Patriotic Americans know this war is wrong and they see the negative effects it is having on their lives, families and the U.S. economy.
If things are going swimmingly, why is Bush's job approval ratings - of the war and of the economy - in the toilet?
And why are Condi and other top ranked U.S. officials slinking into Iraq in the dead of night while the Iranian President gets a red carpet welcome for a trip announced more than a month in advance?
It's the attitudes of AINO's (Americans In Name Only) like yourself that are in no small way responsible for the continuing fiasco we see in Iraq.
Posted in: Rice, in Baghdad, calls al-Sadr coward
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SushiSake2
dano2002 - "First of all, the only people who listen to this guy are the people who live in the slums. He is the leader of the poor who are the least educated people in Iraq. how hard is it to brain wash kids? By the way, i have the same disdain for Republicans who voted for Bush."
I ditto that last comment. It's more than clear that Americans (most of them in name only) who really should exercise their gray matter are the ones who are still backing Bush/the war.
In fact, the blind, unthinking support from these war supporters is probably one of the only reasons why top ranks like Condi Rice are STILL sneaking into Iraq in the dead of night, 5 years after the war began.
But if you ask these same war supporters to front up support the war either personally or financially and they'll run and hide in their basements.
What was that word Condi used again?...was it "C-o-w-a-r-d?"
Checking....yeah it is!
Posted in: Rice, in Baghdad, calls al-Sadr coward
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SushiSake2
Oh, I get it now - all those NASA satellite images showing the polar ice caps shrinking at the fastest rate ever must all have been Photoshopped.
That's about the only way people like redacted could have a case.
Posted in: Bush under fire at Paris climate meeting
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SushiSake2
ha ha ha! redacted is so far behind the times he thinks global warming is a myth LOL!!!
Anyone else on JT think redacted has a case?
Posted in: Bush under fire at Paris climate meeting
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SushiSake2
What's with all the rampant sex crimes going down in Saitama?
Last week it was kids filming porn in Maccas.
Posted in: Man arrested for sneaking into school toilet to film female teachers in Saitama
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SushiSake2
Skipthesong - thanks for your reply.
"your question to us is quite obviously the same question to you. What really have you done?"
I am against this war and therefore see zero reason why I should support it in any shape or form.
"Are they themselves any different from the terrorists they claim to be against?" So what are you saying? Who are the terrorists and who is not. Are you saying that the fanatics of Islam are not?"
I am pointing out that Cheney and co. are totally hypocritical in their position. They imply they have a greater moral standing than the people they are fighting; they state their fight is a 'just cause' (even name operations after it) and they propage mistruths, untruths and everything inbetween.
All after they have wantonly invaded a sovereign nation that wasn't a threat, had no connection to 9/11, fire and drop thousands of tonnes of DU into Iraq (that will be killing Iraqis and Americans and their kids for years), kill innocents, and now - torture.
The bad guys do some of that too except they don't poison people with DU.
Posted in: Cheney, other top officials OK'd harsh interrogation techniques
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SushiSake2
Heh, I'm guessing that dano2002, redacted, Sarge, etc. and all the other JT posters who embrace torture haven't actually been within 1,000 miles of the Iraq or Afghanistan battle spaces, and I also bet they don't contribute in any meaningful way at all to fighting the "War on Terror."
Except, of course, frantically typing insults on their PCs, which, let me be the first to admit, they are exceptional at :-
If I am off base here, please tell me what you have done and how you have contributed to your country's fight against terrorism.
Cheney and co. are only making things worse by dragging a once proud America down to below gutter level by authorizing torture.
Are they themselves any different from the terrorists they claim to be against?
No, Cheney and co. are one and the same with the terrorists.
It is going to take years for America to get over this.
When the bad guys want new recruits, all they'll have to do is hold up a picture of the inmate abuse at Gitmo, or mention that the U.S. tortures and abuses prisoners, (the vast majority of whom have not had any charges successfully laid against them), or mention the hatred and angst of Americans like dano2002, redacted, Sarge, etc., and they'll have new recruits signing up in droves.
It's funny - dano2002, redacted, Sarge, etc. STILL don't understand that they themselves are leading to the inciting of even more violence against their own people.
Heh, their attitude is almost as dumb as punching yourself in the head repeatedly for 6 years. :-)
Posted in: Cheney, other top officials OK'd harsh interrogation techniques
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SushiSake2
A question for dano2002, redacted, Sarge, etc. and all the other JT posters who embrace torture -
If you were captured by the Taliban or some other terrorist group, strapped to a board and waterboarded to within an inch of your life, would you complain?
Just curious.
Posted in: Cheney, other top officials OK'd harsh interrogation techniques
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SushiSake2
"Military Men Are Just Dumb, Stupid, Animals To Be Used As Pawns In Foreign Policy" — Henry Kissinger
I wonder what Sen. McCain would say about this?
Posted in: McCain refuses to rule out pre-emptive attacks
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SushiSake2
Oh, and Romeo, if you really had the interests of your country at heart, you would be asking serious questions about why $12-15 billion of taxpayers' money is being spent on Iraq and Iraqis instead of on America and Americans.
"There are some Iraqi villages that are afraid of Al Queda and support them out of fear. barack and hillary should realize this. Mr. McCain does."
Probably because his advisors tell him.
That's what advisors do.
Posted in: McCain refuses to rule out pre-emptive attacks
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SushiSake2
RomeoRamen - while you throw dirt at Hillary and Obama, what can you say about McCain?
The man crashed or was shot down in 6 (?) planes and spent 5 1/2 years as a POW. Does that somehow qualify him to lead the U.S. economy with all its intracacies?
McCain talks about pre-emptive strikes, but what does he know about the economy? Not much by the sounds of it.
He talks about staying in Iraq to finish the job, but is he also talking about benefitting Americans - the people he is actually supposed to represent?
He's not saying a lot in that area either.
What I see here is a case of the Republicans rearranging chairs on the Titanic. The U.S. economy is in serious trouble with the very real chance it will inflict serious drag on the global economy, and yet all McCain seems to be able to talk about is "winning" in Iraq (not America) and supporting the spending of untold more billions of borrowed money (from an economy that is already massively bankrupt and tanking) to do so.
And to cap it all off, McCain fails to articulate any clear definitions of - what "victory" in Iraq means (does he even know??) - when it may be achieved, or - how it will be paid for, which is something it seems pretty much all Republicans/War Supporters - including yourself - run away into the night when you are confronted about.
Sen. McCain needs to shut up about Iraq and pre-emptive strikes on other nations and focus on the far more important issue of fixing the U.S. economy.
His support of the out-of-control spending on Iraq is a prime cause of his country's economic problems, and yet all he seems happy to do is make it worse by encouraging even more spending on an unwinnable war in Iraq, and even talking about further pre-emptive strikes.
My question is: when is it going to stop?
Clinton and Obama are wise to demand an end to the already failed Iraq war.
Yes, a pullout will be tenuous and it won't come without its fair share of problems and backfires, but what is the alternative?
You can bet your last yen that when President Obama announces U.S. forces redeployment dates in 2009, those Iraqi politicians will get a wake up call like they have never had in their lives.
It will be sink or swim time, and the sooner that moment arrives, the better for Iraqis, the better for Americans, and the better for both economies.
America cannot stay in Iraq forever - we know that. It's time to force the Iraqi Government to get into gear and take responsibility for their own country, and the longer U.S. forces remain in Iraq, the longer it will take for that to occur.
To back up my point - consider the failure of the U.S. "surge."
Its goal - as you know - was to give the Iraqi Govt. breathing space to foster reconcilliation.
Did that happen? No, hence the "surge"'s failure.
So, what's the plan now? Just sit and wait for an indefinite period in Iraq babysitting Iraqi soldiers (and getting mortared and shot), as Gen. Petraeus and Bush are suggesting?
Are you kidding us?
You and the other war supporters need to come up with a better thought out strategy than that if you want to be taken seriously in this debate.
Looking forward to your response.
Posted in: McCain refuses to rule out pre-emptive attacks
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SushiSake2
"The point here is, the bad guys understand the nature of the media. Over the past few weeks they have returned to their first principals: If you want to influence the Western press, toss rockets and mortars into the Green Zone where the Western press will report it."
Are you telling us something we don't know here?
Posted in: 13 killed in Baghdad as Iraq marks Saddam's fall
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SushiSake2
Ibrahim Khalil, one of the Iraqis who pulled down the statue in Firdoos Square, said he regretted what he did that day.
“If history can take me back, I will kiss the statue of Saddam Hussein which I helped pull down,” he said in the square.
“Now I realize that the day Baghdad fell was in fact a black day. Saddam’s days were better ... Under Saddam’s regime, we were safe. We got rid of one Saddam, but today we have 50 Saddams,” he said.
Heh, looks like the war supporters are still mired in delusion :-)
Maybe they'll finally snap out of it when their economy hits the wall.
Ooops - it already is.
Posted in: 13 killed in Baghdad as Iraq marks Saddam's fall
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SushiSake2
"Producer Kunikazu Ishii, 51, an actress, 21, an actor, 29, and staff were arrested.."
Staff were arrested too? Sounds like it was an 'inside' job in two ways :-)
Posted in: Porn producers arrested for filming at McDonald's in Saitama
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SushiSake2
skipthesong - "But I thought you said there never "were" WMDs!"
Poison gas.
"So you don't believe the stories about the death sentence of homosexuals in Iran as well as converts?"
Maybe they do, maybe they don't.
Meanwhile, your country simply locks up people for years without any proof of their "crimes", limited or no access to lawyers, legal services or the case against them.
Again, you are deceiving JT posters into making us think you actually care for Iranian homosexuals, ha ha!
"Hypocrisy" and "Double Standards" has a new name - "Iraq War Supporter."
You think you're the Shining Bacon On The Hill? Hardly.
Posted in: Ahmadinejad accuses U.S. of using 9/11 as pretext for invasions
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SushiSake2
Superlib, I couldn't help notice how you criticize me - someone who has never supported the Iraq war - for the debacle we now see in Iraq that was caused by the support of yourself and many others who were blindsided and told what to think by President Bush.
I'd call that sheer desperation, :-)
By the way, do you or any other war supporters have any ideas regarding where future funds for this war are going to come from?
I keep on asking this question because war supporters like your good self never have any answers.
Sen. McCain has not addressed this fundamental question either. It is like he and the supporters of this war think money grows on trees or falls from the heavens.
Sen. McCain has also completely failed to address the ever growing connection between the war in Iraq and the rapidly sinking U.S. economy.
Why is Sen. McCain retreating from this issue?
He seems to be of the mind that everything will come up roses if he just wraps himself in the flag and "supports the troops" for however long it takes until "the enemy" is "defeated."
Which he doesn't know.
Just as he doesn't know or have any sensible ideas regarding how to reinvigorate the tanking U.S. economy that his support for the war has helped create.
Superlib, do YOU have any ideas, or are you going to dodge the question and hope no one notices?
Posted in: McCain, Clinton, Obama bicker over Iraq policy
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SushiSake2
redacted - "From what I have read the reports claim to offer proof that Iraq's WMD material was in fact ferried to Syria before the 03 invasion."
That's still unproven at this stage.
But what is proven is Bush's government arranged for members of bin Laden's family to be flown out of the U.S. when there was a complete aircraft flying ban right after 9/11.
Isn't that interesting?
redacted - "Meanwhile, he presides over a regime which tortures citizens brave enough to dissent, kills homosexuals and sponsors terror world wide."
Heh, the same tired and boring argument used by the Right when they have no proof. Basically, pretend to "care" about Iranian homosexuals, torture, etc. and expect us all to start sobbing at your compassion.
Not going to happen, buddy.
Talking about "sponsoring terror," the U.S. government wrote the book on that. Or did you conveniently forget the U.S. government supplied WMD to Saddam and provided him with intel to help him attack Kurdish forces?
Heh, debating with Republicans/war supporters is about as difficult as falling over and missing hitting the floor.
Keep it up! :-)
Posted in: Ahmadinejad accuses U.S. of using 9/11 as pretext for invasions
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SushiSake2
SuperLib - staying there only causes more death and destruction.
It's time to call time.
Not doing so is a dereliction of duty on the part of your president and is doing nothing for the people who are funding this war.
And it's 6 years too late to be saying that the US should take action that would increase death in Iraq....your support helped lead to this disaster.
The horse has already bolted.
It woul dbe great if the supporters of this war had some creative ideas for how to end it.
Sadly they don't.
Posted in: McCain, Clinton, Obama bicker over Iraq policy
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SushiSake2
"The little regard pacifists have for the lives of those whom they want so badly to believe they are saving never ceases to amaze, and disgust."
Whereas war mongers make no mention of the fact their support for the WOT has already cost the lives of more than 500,000 Iraqis, likely 6-7,000 Americans, wounded and permanently maimed untold thousands and will ultimately cost north of $3 trillion.
That, is amazing.
Posted in: McCain says rivals' call for Iraq troop withdrawal a 'failure of leadership'