Murtha Must Testify in Defamation Case
politics, Democrats, anti-war, war, news, scandal, pandering, abuse, criminal
September 30, 2007, by Kimberly Hefling
A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a defamation case against Rep. John P. Murtha and ordered the Pennsylvania Democrat to give a sworn deposition about his comments alleging "cold-blooded murder and war crimes" by unnamed soldiers in connection with Iraqi civilian deaths.
A Marine Corps sergeant is suing the 18-term congressman for making the charge, which the soldier claims is false. Murtha, who opposes the Iraq war, made the comment during a May, 2006 Capitol Hill news conference in which he predicted that a Pentagon war crimes investigation will show Marines killed dozens of innocent Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
Murtha's office declined to comment on the ruling. A Vietnam veteran and retired Marine Reserves colonel, Murtha has said his intention was to draw attention to the pressure put on troops in Iraq and efforts to cover-up the incident.
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Anti-War Obamabots' Flaky Position
April 2, 2009, by Bob Parks
When President Bush announced an escalation to the Iraq War, the anti-war left couldn't contain their opposition. They condemned the war (while supporting the troops) and vilified Bush as a warmonger and Hitler clone. Anti-war congresswomenPresident Obama has escalated the war in Afghanistan and where's the liberal outrage?
politics, anti-war, news, Democrats, liberalism, left wing, hypocrisy, bias, foreign affairs
April 2, 2009, by Bob Parks
When President Bush announced an escalation to the Iraq War, the anti-war left couldn't contain their opposition. They condemned the war (while supporting the troops) and vilified Bush as a warmonger and Hitler clone. Anti-war congresswomenPresident Obama has escalated the war in Afghanistan and where's the liberal outrage?
politics, anti-war, news, Democrats, liberalism, left wing, hypocrisy, bias, foreign affairs
The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News
politics, news media, bias, culture
July 1, 2008, by Jeffrey E. Cohen
The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News examines how changes in the news media since the golden age of television--when three major networks held a near monopoly on the news people saw in the United States--have altered the way presidents communicate with the public and garner popular support. How did Bill Clinton manage to maintain high approval ratings during the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Why has the Iraq war mired George Bush in the lowest approval ratings of his presidency? Jeffrey Cohen reveals how the decline of government regulation and the growth of Internet and cable news outlets have made news organizations more competitive, resulting in decreased coverage of the president in the traditional news media and an increasingly negative tone in the coverage that does occur. He traces the dwindling of public trust in the news and shows how people pay less attention to it than they once did.
politics, news media, bias, culture
July 1, 2008, by Jeffrey E. Cohen
The Presidency in the Era of 24-Hour News examines how changes in the news media since the golden age of television--when three major networks held a near monopoly on the news people saw in the United States--have altered the way presidents communicate with the public and garner popular support. How did Bill Clinton manage to maintain high approval ratings during the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Why has the Iraq war mired George Bush in the lowest approval ratings of his presidency? Jeffrey Cohen reveals how the decline of government regulation and the growth of Internet and cable news outlets have made news organizations more competitive, resulting in decreased coverage of the president in the traditional news media and an increasingly negative tone in the coverage that does occur. He traces the dwindling of public trust in the news and shows how people pay less attention to it than they once did.
Dick Cheney: Why So Chatty All of a Sudden?
May 13, 2009 by Michael Duffy
Are we supposed to treat this leftist opinion piece as news? Yahoo! News thinks so.
"Cheney is clearly troubled both by Obama's rollback of the policies he championed and the buzz on the left that a sitting President might prosecute a predecessor who took those policies too far." (not who allegedly or who is said to have taken those policies too far - no, Michael Duffy simply accepts the Democrat narrative on this point)
Liz Cheney Assails Release of Detainee Abuse Photos as 'Siding with Terrorists' -- and Is White House Walking the Photo Release Back?
May 12, 2009 by Jake Tapper
politics, left wing, liberalism, torture, terrorism, war, news media, bias, foreign affairs
May 13, 2009 by Michael Duffy
Are we supposed to treat this leftist opinion piece as news? Yahoo! News thinks so.
"Cheney is clearly troubled both by Obama's rollback of the policies he championed and the buzz on the left that a sitting President might prosecute a predecessor who took those policies too far." (not who allegedly or who is said to have taken those policies too far - no, Michael Duffy simply accepts the Democrat narrative on this point)
Liz Cheney Assails Release of Detainee Abuse Photos as 'Siding with Terrorists' -- and Is White House Walking the Photo Release Back?
May 12, 2009 by Jake Tapper
politics, left wing, liberalism, torture, terrorism, war, news media, bias, foreign affairs
L.A.Times Still Calling it the ‘So-Called War on Terror’
July 23, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston
In the L.A. Times on July 22, writer Catherine Lyons again revealed a bit of her Bush Derangement Syndrome by calling the war on terror a “so-called war on terror.” What is with these people that simply cannot accept terms of reality? It’s like this every time they use the word terrorism, or “terrorism” as the Old Media so often terms it, and the war on terror. The Old Media simply refuses to understand that terrorism exists, that it is a problem, and that we are at war with terrorists.
political correctness, liberalism, left wing, news media, bias, war, terrorism
July 23, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston
In the L.A. Times on July 22, writer Catherine Lyons again revealed a bit of her Bush Derangement Syndrome by calling the war on terror a “so-called war on terror.” What is with these people that simply cannot accept terms of reality? It’s like this every time they use the word terrorism, or “terrorism” as the Old Media so often terms it, and the war on terror. The Old Media simply refuses to understand that terrorism exists, that it is a problem, and that we are at war with terrorists.
political correctness, liberalism, left wing, news media, bias, war, terrorism
Embedded Journalists Won Over by Soldiers
politics, war, news media, military, troops
May 14, 2007, by Jeff Emanuel
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) saw the advent of a practice which revolutionized modern war reporting: the embedding of journalists with frontline combat units in war. This practice gave the media, the American public and the world unprecedented access to the soldiers on the front lines, as well as to the war itself, through the filing in real time of stories, photographs and video from the battlefront, by reporters who were right there with the soldiers doing the fighting.
politics, war, news media, military, troops
May 14, 2007, by Jeff Emanuel
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) saw the advent of a practice which revolutionized modern war reporting: the embedding of journalists with frontline combat units in war. This practice gave the media, the American public and the world unprecedented access to the soldiers on the front lines, as well as to the war itself, through the filing in real time of stories, photographs and video from the battlefront, by reporters who were right there with the soldiers doing the fighting.
Carlson: Shift news to successes in Iraq, soldier urges
politics, war, military, troops, news media, bias, anti-war
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Jim Funk has flown more than 80 combat missions since he arrived there in October.
He described his Boone-based unit's successes after 5,000 hours of flying out of LSA Anaconda, a huge American base north of Baghdad. He talked about the tragedies he and his fellow Iowans have witnessed and his worries of becoming complacent as he goes on mission after mission.
Ohhhh, they all say they support us, but how can you support me (the soldier) if you don't support my mission or my objectives. We watch the news over here. Every time we turn it on we see the American public and Hollywood conducting protests and rallies against our 'illegal occupation' of Iraq."
His greatest frustration? The performance of the people who deliver the news to the American people.
politics, war, military, troops, news media, bias, anti-war
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Jim Funk has flown more than 80 combat missions since he arrived there in October.
He described his Boone-based unit's successes after 5,000 hours of flying out of LSA Anaconda, a huge American base north of Baghdad. He talked about the tragedies he and his fellow Iowans have witnessed and his worries of becoming complacent as he goes on mission after mission.
Ohhhh, they all say they support us, but how can you support me (the soldier) if you don't support my mission or my objectives. We watch the news over here. Every time we turn it on we see the American public and Hollywood conducting protests and rallies against our 'illegal occupation' of Iraq."
His greatest frustration? The performance of the people who deliver the news to the American people.
Rush Limbaugh 'Phony Soldiers' Flap, ABC News 'Phony Veterans' Piece
politics, fraud, news media, bias, liberalism, abuse, scandal, corruption, war
September 30, 2007, by Brian Maloney
In an explosive new twist to the flap over Rush Limbaugh and the "phony soldiers" controversy, it has emerged that ABC News used similar language and the same context in a news segment that aired two days before his comments. As a result, serious doubt should be cast upon those who are pushing for the talk titan's censure.
"But authorities say the most disturbing case involves this man, 23-year-old Jesse Macbeth. In a YouTube video seen around the world, Macbeth became a rallying point for anti-war groups, as he talked of the Purple Heart he received in Iraq and described how he and other US Army rangers killed innocent civilians at a Baghdad mosque."
politics, fraud, news media, bias, liberalism, abuse, scandal, corruption, war
September 30, 2007, by Brian Maloney
In an explosive new twist to the flap over Rush Limbaugh and the "phony soldiers" controversy, it has emerged that ABC News used similar language and the same context in a news segment that aired two days before his comments. As a result, serious doubt should be cast upon those who are pushing for the talk titan's censure.
"But authorities say the most disturbing case involves this man, 23-year-old Jesse Macbeth. In a YouTube video seen around the world, Macbeth became a rallying point for anti-war groups, as he talked of the Purple Heart he received in Iraq and described how he and other US Army rangers killed innocent civilians at a Baghdad mosque."
AP Misrepresents Bush on Pre-War Intel
politics, news media, bias, war, terrorism, propaganda, left wing, liberalism, anti-war
November 21, 2005, by Lyford Beverage
The AP on Sunday significantly misrepresented President Bush's public statements on pre-war intelligence. It's not the first time, it won't be the last, and it long ago ceased being surprising. But it is unacceptable journalistic malpractice. This story begins in earnest about a week and a half ago, when after months of being hammered by critics on the left as having "lied," the President finally stood up and addressed the issue of pre-war intelligence. His speech, addressing the reality that he's been constantly under attack for the past two years, represented an attempt to defend himself and his administration. It was, of course, immediately called an "attack" by the Associated Press, and others of their stripe. But they apparently didn't listen to, or read, what he actually said. Otherwise, they'd never have been able to write the following:
politics, news media, bias, war, terrorism, propaganda, left wing, liberalism, anti-war
November 21, 2005, by Lyford Beverage
The AP on Sunday significantly misrepresented President Bush's public statements on pre-war intelligence. It's not the first time, it won't be the last, and it long ago ceased being surprising. But it is unacceptable journalistic malpractice. This story begins in earnest about a week and a half ago, when after months of being hammered by critics on the left as having "lied," the President finally stood up and addressed the issue of pre-war intelligence. His speech, addressing the reality that he's been constantly under attack for the past two years, represented an attempt to defend himself and his administration. It was, of course, immediately called an "attack" by the Associated Press, and others of their stripe. But they apparently didn't listen to, or read, what he actually said. Otherwise, they'd never have been able to write the following:
Fake war hero Tom Harkin smears Rush Limbaugh
politics, hate speech, liberalism, Democrats, anti-war, abuse, pandering,
October 1, 2007
The group, VoteVets.org, is spending $60,000 on the ad, which will air on Fox News and CNN. In addition, a radio version of the ad will run during Limbaugh’s show in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Fla., the group said.
At issue is Limbaugh’s controversial “phony soldiers” remark that was made during a broadcast last week in response to a caller who criticized soldiers who spoke out against the war in Iraq. While Limbaugh says his remark is directed at people pretending to have a service record and seeking the limelight, Democrats have taken the statement as an insult to the troops who are serving but do not support the war and called the remark “hateful” and “unpatriotic.”
TOM HARKIN, FAKE WAR HERO
August 18, 2004
politics, hate speech, liberalism, Democrats, anti-war, abuse, pandering,
October 1, 2007
The group, VoteVets.org, is spending $60,000 on the ad, which will air on Fox News and CNN. In addition, a radio version of the ad will run during Limbaugh’s show in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Fla., the group said.
At issue is Limbaugh’s controversial “phony soldiers” remark that was made during a broadcast last week in response to a caller who criticized soldiers who spoke out against the war in Iraq. While Limbaugh says his remark is directed at people pretending to have a service record and seeking the limelight, Democrats have taken the statement as an insult to the troops who are serving but do not support the war and called the remark “hateful” and “unpatriotic.”
TOM HARKIN, FAKE WAR HERO
August 18, 2004
Reasons for War: Things you might have forgotten about Iraq
politics, war, news, history, terrorism, military, foreign affairs
Pre-War Quotes from Democrats
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998. *
"Together we must also confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons, and the outlaw states, terrorists and organized criminals seeking to acquire them. Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade, and much of his nation's wealth, not on providing for the Iraqi people, but on developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them."
President Clinton, Jan. 27, 1998.
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeleine Albright, Feb 18, 1998.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998.
politics, war, news, history, terrorism, military, foreign affairs
Pre-War Quotes from Democrats
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998. *
"Together we must also confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons, and the outlaw states, terrorists and organized criminals seeking to acquire them. Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade, and much of his nation's wealth, not on providing for the Iraqi people, but on developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them."
President Clinton, Jan. 27, 1998.
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeleine Albright, Feb 18, 1998.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998.
THE WAR IN IRAQ IS OVER AND WE WON
war, news media, terrorism
November 14, 2008
Continued School Openings Brighten Future for Iraqi Youth
Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, and about half of the guys I'm with haven't fired their weapons on this tour and they've been here eight months. And the place we're at, South Baghdad, used to be one of the worst places in Iraq. And now there's nothing going on. I've been walking my feet off and haven't seen anything. I've been asking Iraqis, 'do you think the violence will kick up again,' but even the Iraqi journalists are sounding optimistic now and they're usually dour." There's a little bit of violence here and there, but nothing that's a threat to the general situation. Plus, not only the Iraqi Army, but even the National Police are well thought of by the populace. Training from U.S. toops has paid off, he says, in building a rapport.
Sen. Harry Reid said the Iraq war is lost
war, news media, terrorism
November 14, 2008
Continued School Openings Brighten Future for Iraqi Youth
Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, and about half of the guys I'm with haven't fired their weapons on this tour and they've been here eight months. And the place we're at, South Baghdad, used to be one of the worst places in Iraq. And now there's nothing going on. I've been walking my feet off and haven't seen anything. I've been asking Iraqis, 'do you think the violence will kick up again,' but even the Iraqi journalists are sounding optimistic now and they're usually dour." There's a little bit of violence here and there, but nothing that's a threat to the general situation. Plus, not only the Iraqi Army, but even the National Police are well thought of by the populace. Training from U.S. toops has paid off, he says, in building a rapport.
Sen. Harry Reid said the Iraq war is lost
Russian Bombers Land In Venezuela for Drills
current events, news, war, communism,
September 11, 2008, by Ian James and Vladimir Isachenkov
Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chávez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Russia and the United States.
Russian military analysts said it was the first time Russian strategic bombers have landed in the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War. The deployment appeared likely to anger Washington and add to the strain in U.S.-Russian relations over Russia's war with Georgia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the bombers, supersonic Tu-160s, flew to Venezuela on a training mission and would conduct flights over neutral waters in the next few days before returning home, according to a statement carried by Russian news wires.
current events, news, war, communism,
September 11, 2008, by Ian James and Vladimir Isachenkov
Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chávez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Russia and the United States.
Russian military analysts said it was the first time Russian strategic bombers have landed in the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War. The deployment appeared likely to anger Washington and add to the strain in U.S.-Russian relations over Russia's war with Georgia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the bombers, supersonic Tu-160s, flew to Venezuela on a training mission and would conduct flights over neutral waters in the next few days before returning home, according to a statement carried by Russian news wires.
ABC's Charles Gibson to Cindy Sheehan: Thanks for your sacrifice. Now get lost.
August 20, 2009 by Byron York
In an appearance August 18 on WLS radio in Chicago, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson was asked about anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan's plans to travel to Martha's Vineyard next week, where she will protest the Iraq and Afghanistan wars while President Obama is vacationing there. Gibson, whose newscast and network featured Sheehan when she led anti-war protests outside President Bush's Texas ranch in 2005, answered, "Enough already."
Flashback: When Gibson was Enthralled by Cindy Sheehan
August 20, 2009 by Brent Baker
politics, news media, bias, liberalism, left wing, protests, hypocrisy, anti-war
August 20, 2009 by Byron York
In an appearance August 18 on WLS radio in Chicago, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson was asked about anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan's plans to travel to Martha's Vineyard next week, where she will protest the Iraq and Afghanistan wars while President Obama is vacationing there. Gibson, whose newscast and network featured Sheehan when she led anti-war protests outside President Bush's Texas ranch in 2005, answered, "Enough already."
Flashback: When Gibson was Enthralled by Cindy Sheehan
August 20, 2009 by Brent Baker
politics, news media, bias, liberalism, left wing, protests, hypocrisy, anti-war
Account of Israeli attack doesn't hold up to scrutiny
politics, war, terrorism, foreign affairs, news media, bias, lies
January 29, 2009, by PATRICK MARTIN
JABALYA, GAZA STRIP — Most people remember the headlines: Massacre Of Innocents As UN School Is Shelled; Israeli Strike Kills Dozens At UN School.
They heralded the tragic news of Jan. 6, when mortar shells fired by advancing Israeli forces killed 43 civilians in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The victims, it was reported, had taken refuge inside the Ibn Rushd Preparatory School for Boys, a facility run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The news shocked the world and was compared to the 1996 Israeli attack on a UN compound in Qana, Lebanon, in which more than 100 people seeking refuge were killed. It was certain to hasten the end of Israel's attack on Gaza, and would undoubtedly lead the list of allegations of war crimes committed by Israel.
There was just one problem: The story, as etched in people's minds, was not quite accurate.
Gaza: Media Activism Exposed
January 29, 2009, by Bob Parks
Yet, because of ideology, activism, anti-Semitism, or just plain laziness, this was misreported throughout the media as a whole.
politics, war, terrorism, foreign affairs, news media, bias, lies
January 29, 2009, by PATRICK MARTIN
JABALYA, GAZA STRIP — Most people remember the headlines: Massacre Of Innocents As UN School Is Shelled; Israeli Strike Kills Dozens At UN School.
They heralded the tragic news of Jan. 6, when mortar shells fired by advancing Israeli forces killed 43 civilians in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The victims, it was reported, had taken refuge inside the Ibn Rushd Preparatory School for Boys, a facility run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The news shocked the world and was compared to the 1996 Israeli attack on a UN compound in Qana, Lebanon, in which more than 100 people seeking refuge were killed. It was certain to hasten the end of Israel's attack on Gaza, and would undoubtedly lead the list of allegations of war crimes committed by Israel.
There was just one problem: The story, as etched in people's minds, was not quite accurate.
Gaza: Media Activism Exposed
January 29, 2009, by Bob Parks
Yet, because of ideology, activism, anti-Semitism, or just plain laziness, this was misreported throughout the media as a whole.
Israel is concerned about the presence of Hezbollah in Venezuela
war, news, terrorism
October 24 2008
Weeks ago, an article published in the newspaper Los Angeles Times said that the Latin American country "nurture" to Islamic terrorism by Hezbollah. The news published by the U.S. daily Los Angeles Times and reproduced by Haaretz in Israel, which says that the terrorist group Hezbollah in Venezuela (1) could have a base of operations, concerned "a lot" to Israel and generated an immediate reaction from the community Venezuelan Jewish.
war, news, terrorism
October 24 2008
Weeks ago, an article published in the newspaper Los Angeles Times said that the Latin American country "nurture" to Islamic terrorism by Hezbollah. The news published by the U.S. daily Los Angeles Times and reproduced by Haaretz in Israel, which says that the terrorist group Hezbollah in Venezuela (1) could have a base of operations, concerned "a lot" to Israel and generated an immediate reaction from the community Venezuelan Jewish.
85,000 Civilians Were Killed During Iraq War By Acts of Terror... Not One Million
October 14, 2009 by Gateway Pundit
85,000 Iraqis died in the war from 2004 to 2008.
Not one million as Ron Paul claimed.
Not 600,000 as the discredited Lancet Study revealed.
war, iraq, news, news media, politics, foreign affairs,
October 14, 2009 by Gateway Pundit
85,000 Iraqis died in the war from 2004 to 2008.
Not one million as Ron Paul claimed.
Not 600,000 as the discredited Lancet Study revealed.
war, iraq, news, news media, politics, foreign affairs,
UN council considers increasing Congo peacekeepers
war, politics, news, foreign affairs, military
news flash: an increased military presence in a war-torn country will stabilize the region, unless it's Iraq. Never acknowledge this fact when a Republican is the president.
November 17, 2008, by Louis Charbonneau
The U.N. Security Council hopes to vote this week on a French-drafted resolution that would boost the number of U.N. peacekeepers in the Congo to help avert a new war, council diplomats said on Monday.
U.N. says more peacekeepers won't bring peace to Congo
November 18, 2008, by Louis Charbonneau
"Reinforcements will allow us to do something about the situation, which has deteriorated fast, help us to stabilise the situation a bit, and allow the political and diplomatic process to go forward."
war, politics, news, foreign affairs, military
news flash: an increased military presence in a war-torn country will stabilize the region, unless it's Iraq. Never acknowledge this fact when a Republican is the president.
November 17, 2008, by Louis Charbonneau
The U.N. Security Council hopes to vote this week on a French-drafted resolution that would boost the number of U.N. peacekeepers in the Congo to help avert a new war, council diplomats said on Monday.
U.N. says more peacekeepers won't bring peace to Congo
November 18, 2008, by Louis Charbonneau
"Reinforcements will allow us to do something about the situation, which has deteriorated fast, help us to stabilise the situation a bit, and allow the political and diplomatic process to go forward."
Democratic Senators' Iraq Hypocrisy
politics, hypocrisy, Democrats, war, anti-war, congress, pandering, approval ratings
Did you stay up all night to see Hillary Clinton speaking at four in the morning during the Democrat pajama party last night? The cots were all in place for weary senators who just had to get off their feet.
The country had been put on notice: Big night in the Senate. We stay up all night to try to end the war in Iraq. It had all the forced drama of a pep rally for a 0 and 10 high school football team.
Oh, and just by the way, new news today from a fresh Zogby poll: 83 percent of Americans say the Democratic-controlled Congress is doing only a fair or poor job — the worst mark ever for Congress in a Zogby poll.
You think maybe people notice stuff like this stunt making everybody stay up all night for an all important "end the war" vote, while the very same day the Senate unanimously passed the Cornyn amendment which expressed the sense of the Senate that Iraq should not become a failed state and a safe haven for terrorists?
politics, hypocrisy, Democrats, war, anti-war, congress, pandering, approval ratings
Did you stay up all night to see Hillary Clinton speaking at four in the morning during the Democrat pajama party last night? The cots were all in place for weary senators who just had to get off their feet.
The country had been put on notice: Big night in the Senate. We stay up all night to try to end the war in Iraq. It had all the forced drama of a pep rally for a 0 and 10 high school football team.
Oh, and just by the way, new news today from a fresh Zogby poll: 83 percent of Americans say the Democratic-controlled Congress is doing only a fair or poor job — the worst mark ever for Congress in a Zogby poll.
You think maybe people notice stuff like this stunt making everybody stay up all night for an all important "end the war" vote, while the very same day the Senate unanimously passed the Cornyn amendment which expressed the sense of the Senate that Iraq should not become a failed state and a safe haven for terrorists?
CIA Agent Confirms Al-Qaeda Was In Iraq In 2002
war, news, terrorism, foreign affairs
November 13, 2008
Al-Qaeda leaders were in Iraq in 2002.
How do we know?
Because our agents saw them there
CQ Politics reported:
Charles “Sam” Faddis, who led a CIA team into northern Iraq following the 9/11 attacks, says the Pentagon’s “endless planning and delays” foiled a chance to wipe out a band of al Qaeda leaders who were fleeing American bombs in Afghanistan.
Faddis says the delays, beginning in 2002, also facilitated the escape of some “key” al Qaeda figures, including terrorist scientists who were working on chemical and biological weapons.
“Some died, some are still on the run,” Faddis said in a telephone interview Tuesday, following his appearance on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show to promote a new book, Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq.
war, news, terrorism, foreign affairs
November 13, 2008
Al-Qaeda leaders were in Iraq in 2002.
How do we know?
Because our agents saw them there
CQ Politics reported:
Charles “Sam” Faddis, who led a CIA team into northern Iraq following the 9/11 attacks, says the Pentagon’s “endless planning and delays” foiled a chance to wipe out a band of al Qaeda leaders who were fleeing American bombs in Afghanistan.
Faddis says the delays, beginning in 2002, also facilitated the escape of some “key” al Qaeda figures, including terrorist scientists who were working on chemical and biological weapons.
“Some died, some are still on the run,” Faddis said in a telephone interview Tuesday, following his appearance on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show to promote a new book, Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq.
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