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Condi's Iraq surprise
Salon ^ | November 17 | Mark Benjamin

Posted on 11/19/2006 5:28:36 PM PST by PghBaldy

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Baker, Hamilton, Sandra Day, Vernon Jordon, Leon Panetta...
1 posted on 11/19/2006 5:28:40 PM PST by PghBaldy
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To: PghBaldy

Yeah, if this report is true, then Condi really stabbed Cheney and Rumsfeld in the back.


2 posted on 11/19/2006 5:35:29 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Yeah, if this report is true,

Am I supposed to believe anything that I read in Salon?

3 posted on 11/19/2006 5:36:47 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: PghBaldy

The mere fact that Chris Shays supported this idiotic idea is enough to make my jaws grind.

Jersey Girls Redux Part Deux Here we go!


4 posted on 11/19/2006 5:36:47 PM PST by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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To: PghBaldy

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5 posted on 11/19/2006 5:39:10 PM PST by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: Freee-dame

Where there's smoke, there's probably fire. Notice that Foggy Bottom did not deny the story.


6 posted on 11/19/2006 5:39:47 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Yeah, if this report is true, then Condi really stabbed Cheney and Rumsfeld in the back.

I agree...that's the way it looks...but would Condi, Cheney and Rumsfeld really be off the same page?

Would four people - Bush, Condi, Cheney, Rumsfeld not be engaged in discusssions, at least?

7 posted on 11/19/2006 5:40:33 PM PST by paulat (about)
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You can bet she didn't do an end run around anyone. Things are no always as they seem.


8 posted on 11/19/2006 5:46:10 PM PST by oneamericanvoice (Support Rangel's draft! Send a Lefty to Iraq!)
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To: PghBaldy
But Wolf traveled in Iraq without an official government escort, hiding his identity as a member of Congress in an effort to get an unvarnished view of the war-torn nation. "We dressed in old clothes. We lived with Iraqis, we actually went to an Iraqi wedding," Wolf recalls of those trips. "We went to all parts of the country."

Anybody have any idea of who paid for this trip and who constitutes "we?"

9 posted on 11/19/2006 5:49:18 PM PST by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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What Wolf saw in Iraq late last year prompted him to write an editorial that appeared in the Washington Post on Sept. 24, 2005, calling for the creation of "an independent and balanced group of respected individuals" to take another look at Iraq strategy.

His trip was 'late last year' yet it prompted him to write his editorial Sept. 24... Did he write on the plane ride back? Were his revelations already in place before he left?

Wonder what his history/ideas/politics are to pull off such an end round of the president???

10 posted on 11/19/2006 5:52:13 PM PST by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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To: PghBaldy

Appears to me that Salon is trying to create a controversy where none exist.


11 posted on 11/19/2006 5:53:18 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: PghBaldy
The media always portrays people close to the White House as power mad egomaniacs, fighting for position to the detriment of the good of the country. None of these, not Condi, nor Rumsfeld nor Chaney come across like that to me. I'm sure they all have strong opinions, and disagree from time to time, but that doesn't mean the situation was confrontational the way this article suggests.
12 posted on 11/19/2006 6:00:49 PM PST by Northern Alliance
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Wolf, a well-respected moderate Republican....

ACU lifetime rating of 81. Last year, Frank Wolf rated a 60. That is pathetic.

Add Lee Hamilton, who helped pilot the "9/11 Commission" laughingstock, and a few other moderate creeps into the mix and you get a panel that meets with the approval of not only Christopher Shays, but the foul, stinking communist State Department as well!

Like with the "9/11 Commission", this panel's report, too, will have zero credibility.
What a loser. What a waste.

13 posted on 11/19/2006 6:00:49 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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Baker, Hamilton, Sandra Day, Vernon Jordon, Leon Panetta...

The American people are in dire need of leaders who will explain the cause and effect of our Wars in the Middle East. Mr. President - Sec. State - Sec. Def. - where is your Gettysburg Address? In war, these are not the kind of men you should turn to for our salvation. Your legacy is in jeopardy - far worse, the fate of our nation for decades to come, if not centuries, is in jeopardy! These dead shall not die in vain!

14 posted on 11/19/2006 6:01:01 PM PST by humint (...err the least and endure! --- VDH)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Perhaps the Prez wanted an independent study, and sent Condi off to commission one.


15 posted on 11/19/2006 6:04:11 PM PST by maro
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To: Lancey Howard

Spoon fed crapola, without a doubt. Now, who had the spoon?


16 posted on 11/19/2006 6:04:29 PM PST by Treader (Human convenience is always on the edge of a breakthrough, or a sellout.)
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To: pinz-n-needlez; BigSkyFreeper; rodguy911; Bahbah; Mo1; STARWISE

Hmmmmmmm...this smells.

But...think about this...George Allen got taken out of the POTUS race...

Now, is this written to get Condi out of the race (even if she says she isn't running...it would supposedly make her "fans" mad at her)??


17 posted on 11/19/2006 6:09:19 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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Also..since when does one REP have this much "power"???

This just doesn't make sense...


18 posted on 11/19/2006 6:10:40 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: humint

There have been lots of speeches on the subject. MSM isn't interested in letting the word get out.

Important to note that Iran is only 51 percent Persian. The rest is Arab, Turkmen, Kurds, with a few Pashtun. The current Shia-Persian overlords use the machinery of established religion to oppress the minorities.

Iraq, as a non-religious democracy is the worst possible threat to the Iran clerics. The Iranian clerics provide millions of support to Sadr and his nutty religious fanatics.

It may be helpful to remember that Bin Ladin's son is in Iran, and Bin Laden himself may also be there, with his communications under control.

The first Iraq war was against Saddam. The NYT is now complaining about the WMD information that we seized from him was made available on the internet.

The second Iraq war was against Al Queda and Baathist dead enders.

The third Iraq war is not being fought against Shia traitors in the pay of Iran.

This stuff is war. It is always hard. It is tremendously important. We must win.


19 posted on 11/19/2006 6:11:08 PM PST by donmeaker (If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy!" then my ex wife is out of town.)
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To: Txsleuth

I'm not believing any of these things written about people that conservatives like. There is going to be a huge and ongoing campaign to discredit all of them. Rush has said he is not traveling out of the country while on probation. He knows they are trying to set him up.


20 posted on 11/19/2006 6:13:37 PM PST by Bahbah (Regev, Goldwasser and Shalit, we are praying for you)
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