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Dodd: Begin withdrawing, redeploying troops now

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Posted by .com 2006-12-25 01:52|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "W" isn't listening to the Congress or the American people, Mr Dodd. My suggestion would be to align yourself with the concensus brought forward to cut the war spending, no more blank checks... otherwise STFU!!

Posted by smn 2006-12-25 03:32|| 2006-12-25 03:32|| Front Page Top

#2 We should then undertake a new American policy of intense diplomatic and political engagement with the entire Middle East. ~~which has worked so magnificently in the past.~~

Posted by Besoeker 2006-12-25 05:25|| 2006-12-25 05:25|| Front Page Top

#3 The war in Iraq has lasted longer than our involvement in World War II...

Ummmm, aren't we still in Germany?

Posted by Raj 2006-12-25 08:58|| 2006-12-25 08:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Raj:

Yes we are and our troops have not been shot at nor bombed since a tiny SS resistance faction was crushed by around 1947. About the only problem they've had in Deutschland ever since is beer brawls and knocking-up Frauleins.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-12-25 09:56|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-12-25 09:56|| Front Page Top

#5 "Dodd: Begin withdrawing, redeploying troops now"

Normal people with actual brains: STFU, asshole.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-25 10:46|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-25 10:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes Lancaster, but check on the number of dead soldiers due to training accidents and vehicle traffic. Betcha the number exceeds what the MSM keeps pushing in our face in the ME.

Posted by Glart Spolush5713 2006-12-25 12:05|| 2006-12-25 12:05|| Front Page Top

#7 remember when he supported the Sandinistas and the El Salvador rebels? He hasn't gotten any smarter or more pro-American. He's a walking POS

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-25 12:16|| 2006-12-25 12:16|| Front Page Top

#8 After spending six days in the Middle East last week - which included visits with the top leaders in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel
Move along, nothing happening here.....
these mind games are killing me, stop negotiating for us!
We need to have communication amongst ourselves, not have our politicians going over there to discuss with the other countries. Seems bassackwards to me.
Maybe they should talk with the second or third string of players like themselves, in the other countries if they get to at all. How is it they get audiences with the top leaders anyway?
And who's paying for all of their travel?

Posted by Jan 2006-12-25 12:17|| 2006-12-25 12:17|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 Jan: "And who's paying for all of their travel?"

We are, silly rabbit.

Who didja think?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-25 13:05|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-25 13:05|| Front Page Top

#10 smn: "W" isn't listening to the Congress or the American people, Mr Dodd. My suggestion would be to align yourself with the concensus brought forward to cut the war spending, no more blank checks... otherwise STFU!!

While I strongly disagree with Dodd, I have to disagree with this position even more. Cutting off funding means a duplicate of what happened in Vietnam you fool. But, of course, that's what you want isn't it?

Even Dodd isn't advocating cutting the troops and the Iraqi (Hah!) "government" off from funding isn't going to make this country stronger or make our friends any happier about the whole situation.

All you seem to care about is getting a pound of flesh from the Republicans, the administration, and maybe the American people and our troops in general.

The election was no friggin' "consensus" and no mandate on Iraq despite what your dhimmi buddies want to say. Most people in this country support our troops and would never want to see their funding cut off in any manner.

Maybe it's you who ought to STFU and listen to what others here on RB and in your own neighborhood are saying.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-12-25 17:56|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-12-25 17:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Whenever I hear Dodd's name, I think of an incident where he and Teddy were drinking in a private room of a restaurant, and decided to rape a waitress, right there on the table.

The girl was advised by her friends and boss not to make an issue of it, or she would be harmed. Eventually she had to seek treatment for at least two venereal diseases.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-25 18:07|| 2006-12-25 18:07|| Front Page Top

#12 "While I strongly disagree with Dodd, I have to disagree with this position even more. Cutting off funding means a duplicate of what happened in Vietnam you fool. But, of course, that's what you want isn't it?"

Exactly, Greg. The left culture is pulling out all the stops in a misguided effort to repeat its greatest triumph, the 1975 sellout of South Vietnam. Just last week, Alan "Strawman" Colmes described present-day Vietnam's Stalinist dictatorship as a "vibrant democracy" in an attempt to suggest that the same imaginary outcome would result from leaving Iraq.
Unless he owns a lot of Nike stock, Colmes cares not a whit for what it is really like in Vietnam these days. What he cares for is re-living the glory of his youth, an ambition he shares with millions of media conformists who are more ignorant than he, but no less callous.

In broadest terms, this war is nothing less than a surge-point in human evolution, serving to identify and concentrate those elements who will be a detriment to human survival in the future. Practically all the evil, dishonest forces on the planet are coalescing around the compulsive liars and power-seekers of the institutional media. They will either be eliminated in a final showdown or humanity will face a new dark age.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2006-12-25 18:08|| http://www.nuclearspace.com]">[http://www.nuclearspace.com] 2006-12-25 18:08|| Front Page Top

#13 #9 B S,
I thought there were strict guidelines about using funds. I suppose you're right though, that we pay, they probably find all kind of loopholes to use.

Posted by Jan 2006-12-25 23:54|| 2006-12-25 23:54|| Front Page Top

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