Since 2001 the democrats in the Senate have established the precedent of the 60 vote majority. Let them live with it.
Hah! You caught that too.
Most of us here understand the procedure quite well. But McCain has never had a very high opinion of the intelligence of the American people.
“with all due respect”?
Sorry, I lost respect for McCain during the 2000 election cycle and it has gone down hill ever since.
Call your senators and tell them to Pass the FUNDING.. save the IRAQ DEBATE for later.. or at least another bill... FULLY FUND and FULLY SUPPORT THE SURGE !!!
Let US fight the war - YOU provide the funds - PERIOD !!
Centuries old civil war? get a clue !! The Iraqi people for the most part do not care about Sunni vs Shia-- that is ENEMY/INSURGENT propoganda which you are spouting off.. do US a favor and sit down and go read some intel reports before you speak this garbage
Most people would have figured it out by now. But with his ego, he will probably refuse to believe that he is not wanted for the job.
What an idiot !! fight the terrorist in Baghdad, but bring the troops home ?? Do these people live in the same world as the rest of us?
THANK YOU SIR for your support... !! preach on !! you are ON TARGET !!
very good analysis by Sen Kit Bond!
with all due respect
Why? They don’t give us respect and they never will!!!!
making many of the points I made in my OPEN LETTER 16 April 2007
With all due respect Ma'am if you REALLY want to HELP as you insist you are doing. SUPPORT OUR COMMANDERS/COMMANDER IN CHIEF - and quit saying how much to care while working against US
Sen Lindsey Graham is UP..
As many times as you’ve been suspended for abusing the sidebars, we’re starting to think you like being suspended.
Speaking of C-SPAN .. I love how they had an AEI conference on Iraq and didn’t air it until 2 am.
I fell asleep watching TV and when I woke up at 2 am - I began channel surfing just to see if anything was going on. When I got to C-SPAN - here was this conference and a couple of the guys on the panel were saying some really good stuff. I presumed it was from the later Report in Iraq.
I’m trying to remember what was said - but one item I recall was that the Sunni leaders had all gotten together and decided they would help the new govt instead of kill other Iraqis .. and they met with our military leadership. As soon as that happened .. all the Sunnis who had volunteered for the Iraqi army or police became immediate targets. It appeared like it was sectarian violence - but it was just the terrorists wreaking revenge for the Sunnis’ supposed betrayal.
I thought that was very interesting .. and something I had not heard on the news.
There were several really strong comments about the dems wanting us to leave before the “surge” even got rolling. The general consensus of the panel was that we should just WAIT for Petreas to give his report in September before we decide if there needs to be other changes.
Also .. it was mentioned several times that our military are NOT ALLOWED TO KILL - what the hell is that all about ..?? An army is only there to KILL AND BREAK THINGS .. if they can’t kill - they’re going to BE KILLED.
We need to start applying some pressure about changing the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR TROOPS. And .. if Maliki doesn’t like it .. tell him to get his own troops to do the job.