News – The US is prepared to strengthen the Lebanese army to help disarm Hezbollah, after a week of violence between the militia group and pro-government gunmen that left 81 people dead. George W. Bush said that US assistance would ensure that the army was "able to defend the Lebanese government and safeguard its institutions."
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Great ... our military is already so stretched beyond capacity because of Iraq and Afghanistan, and he promises military support for Lebanon?
W and his cronies apparently view the military as slave-labor instead of valued employees that should be properly taken care of so that they can do their 'jobs'.
Iran is arming both Hezbollah and the Iraqi Shiites so the two situations are not unrelated.
And the Saudis are arming and funding the Sunni insurgents in Iraq. But you never hear W or Petraeus complaining about that ...
I'll be glad to complain about the Saudis anytime you like.
Do not complain to "bubba2", nor to me either. The parson you ned to complain, will never listen to you.
Barack Hussein Obama?
Even he would listen to you and he would do something more in order to CHANGE...
Bullroar. He doesn't have the first CLUE about what to do in the Middle East. After all, he has family members who live there, and who may or may not be members of Hezbollah. I'm speculating, but then again, he's never come clean about the 8 or 9 Muslim half-brothers and half-sisters that are scattered all over the globe, so who really knows?
I WILL say this for him. He has the charm, the eagerness, the jive-talkin' abilities and the sh*t-eating grin to make a TERIFFIC salesboy at Foot Locker. Surely, even in this economic downturn, there's a Foot Locker in a mall in America somewhere that would be able to use his fine skills to increase their sales. I'D buy a shoe from him. Wouldn't you?
Bwahhahahaha, yep he's nothing but a homo-muslim-crackhead prostitute...
Pathetic ...
You may want to go work on your trolling skills somewhere else, because around here you just look like an amateur, not to mention a moron.
you'd buy a shoe from him? sounds like you'd be a whole lot more comfortable having him shine them for you instead
Could you provide some evidence that the current administration has had the first clue the Middle East,and that is after 5 years of trial and error foreign policy.
I am not sure about your logic. If he allegedly has family members familiar with the cultural and political structure of that area, would that not put him in front of someone who has none? Or are you suggesting that our current leader's success is based on his lack of knowledge?
You demand proof when accusations are made against the administration, as well you should. I see that you do not use the same yardstick everywhere.
But you are not a racist and you only cling to "facts" about people like Obama, huh?
What a hate-filled person you are ....
I think all that is pretty much a given. How embarrassing it must be to actually be related to him.
Obama?
LOL
Accusing people of being hate filled by a hate filled person.
Only if I spoke in Arabic.
"The person you need to complain, will never listen to you."
True. His campaign is too busy trying to shore up the dirty laundry that keeps hemhorraging out about him. Tony Rezco, Rev. Wright, his racial statements, his money-laundering.... these are only the tips of the crooked iceberg.
And that pant-suited old bag with the turkey neck and the crows feet and the pandering, philandering husband in tow is too focused on proving to her dwindling womyn constituency that Oprah was right - girls CAN do it all!
Which leaves us with the only clear choice, John McCain, who at LEAST has the experience, the service to his country, the understanding of the military and the proper connections in Washington to deal with the Saudis and the rest of the yayhoos in the Middle East.
"The person you need to complain, will never listen to you."
True. His campaign is too busy trying to shore up the dirty laundry that keeps hemhorraging out about him. Tony Rezco, Rev. Wright, his racial statements, his money-laundering.... these are only the tips of the crooked iceberg.
And that pant-suited old bag with the turkey neck and the crows feet and the pandering, philandering husband in tow is too focused on proving to her dwindling womyn constituency that Oprah was right - girls CAN do it all!
Which leaves us with the only clear choice, John McCain, who at LEAST has the experience, the service to his country, the understanding of the military and the proper connections in Washington to deal with the Saudis and the rest of the yayhoos in the Middle East.
It wasn't that good for the first time Stinky.
We can agree on that, walden.
For first time I had chance to give (him/her) one positive and one negative, of cause, for same post... LOL
It is great seeing that you are supporting a flip-flopping liberal. True colors.
"wtagg" please explain about "flip-flopping liberal"!!!
The most (actual) know "FLIP-FLAPPER" is Mr. McCain and Mrs Clinton. If you meant THEM, I do agree with you, otherwise just give me 'negative' for this comment... and continue to
be HAPPY.
I think that's what wtagg meant. For months, people like saint have been bashing McCain for his flip-flops & because he works too closely with Democrats to get things done.
(Imagine that - actually COMPROMISING with your coworkers to get work done. Unheard of - at least since the "Gingrich Revolution.")
They've even claimed he's too Liberal. Now he's their saviour because they're scared of both Clinton & Obama. See how they keep mentioning Obama's middle name, not realizing that Barak & Hussein are Old Testament Biblical names, & referencing his Muslim family; they're trying to imply he's a Muslim & that all Muslims are evil. Great scare tactics.
Well you like people who compromise. That leaves out Obama. He has never tried to work with the other side. It is his way or not at all.
He doesn't even know how many states there are in the Union. Even after voting in the Senate. He said he had been to 57 states and would go to one more. When people chuckled he pointed out that he wasn't including Hawaii and Alaska because his campaign said he couldn't go there.
He thinks there are 60 States. Your candidate.
Don't even start that. He's worked w/more opposition senators than the former Republican majority OR the President.
And don't start w/that 57 State thing. HE WAS MAKING A JOKE!!!!
You guys have to MANUFACTURE things to talk about on Obama. And the more you make up, the more desperate you look.
"He has never tried to work with the other side. It is his way or not at all."
Please consider I am not an Obama supporter, but I would like you to provide some evidence to support your statement.
If you would like to talk about the gaffs that our political leaders have made, that would be fine. We could start with the current leader.
"And the Saudis are arming and funding the Sunni insurgents in Iraq. But you never hear W or Petraeus complaining about that ..."
Whoops, meant to neg that one. The Saudi gov't is not funding al Qaeda in Iraq.
"libsRfunny", yes man, I do agree with your post: "The Saudi gov't is not funding al Qaeda in Iraq."
Saudis are ARMING many fractions than ARE KILLING, not only our brave soldiers, but so many innocent Iraqis, children, women and anyone, regardless of ANY (f*cking) THINGS!
Pleas, stop commenting nonsense, just because your wife/husband are not home!
But you see, the "official" story from the White House is that the Saudis are good, the Iranians are bad. So, even tho the Saudis are arming Sunni militias that were & are targeting US troops, they're not supporting the Iranian-backed militias, so they're still good.
See?
>>Iran is arming both Hezbollah and the Iraqi Shiites so the two situations are not unrelated.
And the US armed the Iraqi Shi'ia, who turned into the militias the Iraqi gov't's now fighting.
And the US is arming the Sunni militias that were fighting the US forces & Iraqi gov't.
And the US armed the Iraqi leader we relatively recently overthrew.
AND the US armed the Iranians who had kidnapped US citizens, & were at war with our ally, and who are now arming both the Iraqi gov't AND Shi'ia militias.
What's your point?
When did we arm the Sunni and Shiite militias, aside from captured weapons?
The point is clear. Iran is making a power grab throughout the Middle East and is Hezbollah's paymaster. Dealing with the Iran/Iraq situation is dealing with the situation in Lebannon.
Petraeus was supposedly training the Iraqi police & military. THAT was the Shi'ia group that were & are the Shi'ia militias.
And we are CURRENTLY paying & arming the same Sunnis, thanks to the "surge", who were targeting US military & Iraqi gov't & civilian populations.
And we won't even discuss the almost 200,000 missing weapons or the missing $9 to $12 BILLION.
"Iran is making a power grab throughout the Middle East"
Thanks mostly to a certian 'Strategic Blunder' that ruined the fragile balance of power.
"Iran is making a power grab throughout the Middle East"
but we're making sure we get it first, huh?
"Iran is making a power grab throughout the Middle East and is Hezbollah's paymaster."
The administration's foreign policy is really coming together. We have opened the door for Iran, al qaeda, etc....
How has the foreign policy of the last 6 years helped stabilized the middle east?
I just have to agree 10000%!
Let's say that also US army helped Iran in the war against Iraq before saddam hussein was killed. Also US agreed with IRAQ to occupied Kuwait and when IRAQ did it US army helped Kuwait. You see the point? Iran want power in the middle east, US want power in the middle east, EUROPE Country as well. To get power in the middle east you have to make the countries weak so that is the whole plan. And why Middle East? Simple answer it!
Uhhh... Europe isn't a country. I do agree that everyone wants power in the middle east and that a bit of incompetent Machiavellian maneuvering is happening.
Yes 'MrBabyMan". I was watching our Ambassador of Iraq (her name was April) when she told to Sadam that: "... they have legitimate claim on part of Kuwaitis underground oil and part of it's territory. We (USA) will not interfere in their (OIL) conflict, she concluded".
Same month she packed her things, returned to Washington (DC) and Sadam believed to us, he did what he thought was honest answer (from us, The U.S.A.) and now he is dead, many of our soldiers too and about IRAQIS, hell no, nobody has any statistic.
Welcome aboard. You make some good comments and I like your sarcasm.
Almost true, you kind of confused the history.
>>Almost true, you kind of confused the history.
In what way? Everything's pretty clear.
- We helped our ally, Saddam
- We sold him weapons
- We encouraged him to go to war w/Iran
- We sold weapons to Iran
- We turned a blind eye when Saddam used OUR, the UNITED STATES', weapons on his own people & on Iranians
- We told him it was OK to invade Kuwait
- We then drove him out of Kuwait
- We invaded his country even tho he did NOTHING to us
- We left a MAJOR vacuum & are now surprised Iran's trying to fill the void
- We trained Shi'ia for the Iraqi military & police forces
- Many of those Shi'ia turned into militias we are now fighting
- We basically drove Sunnis into militias w/the de-Baathification & Haliburton importing workers instead of using Iraqis
- We lost BILLIONS of $$ and hundreds of THOUSANDS of weapons now in the hands of God knows who
- Now we're paying & arming the same Sunnis who attacked our forces not too long ago.
What did I get wrong?
Nohing wrong there Papa - just somethihg missing maybe...
Everybody forgets the Saudis. They are the other mostly hidden side of the policy coin and stand to gain in the ME as long as America prevails. If not - they stand to be alienated and singled out as traitors within the arab Islamic world - if they aren't somewhat already. At the very least, they are playing a double edged game that should be obvious to the entire ME. Warms my heart to know that the most extreme Islamic theocracy is such close buddies with BushCo. We sure do know how to pick our friends...
Wow. Seems pretty accurate to me. Weird.
You could have said - pay to build it, pay to break it, pay to rebuild it.
And the tooth fairy is funding them all - KILL THE TOOTH FAIRY
------DropkickaLib
{iran is arming both Hezbollah and the Iraqi Shiites so the two situations are not unrelated.}
Well that might be what Rush and our Government are saying but that doesn't mean it's true. I used to believe in Santa too.
And I have friends losing their homes, Everyone I know is cutting back somehow ,somewhere and our country is bankrupt.
How can we justify any of this?