Think of Hussein as the Islamists' fellow traveller, mole, agent-in-place.
When the stuff hits the fan, he will stand with the Muslims.
Posted on 07/20/2008 7:16:02 AM PDT by Kleebo151
The press got it bass-ackwards wrong last week too:
Iraq News
Rubaie denies halt of Iraq-US security pact
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 06:25 GMT
Alsumaria Iraqi Satellite Network
Iraq’s National Security Advisor Mowaffaq Al Rubaie denied reports saying that Washington and Baghdad have ended efforts to reach an agreement on the status of US Forces in Iraq before President George W Bush leaves office.
In an interview with the CNN, Al Rubaie announced that the article published by the Washington Post is untrue saying that Iraq and the US are working hard to reach an agreement by the end of July.
Earlier, the Post cited senior US officials as saying that Iraq and US will opt for an interim deal instead. It added that the “bridge” security document would be limited in both time and scope and would allow basic US military operations to continue once the UN mandate ended, which would likely covers till 2009 only.
It is to be noted that in the past week Iraqi leaders have evoked what they call a memorandum of understanding while Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has also raised for the first time the prospect of a timetable withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Iraqi Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi approved this demand as well. The document is expected to include as well a “time horizon”, with specific goals for a US troop withdrawal from Baghdad and other cities and installations.
One ought to mention that while violence in Iraq has dropped to its lowest in 4 years and Iraqi security forces are commanding military operations, internal pressures are increasing on Iraq to set dates for a withdrawal of US Forces
The Newspaper noted that Al Maliki’s political opponents would likely cash in on the issue of an undefined US troop presence in provincial elections later this year.
The most debated unresolved issue was the legal immunity of US troops in Iraq which US officials have said it is non-negotiable, the Post added.
© 2007 Alsumaria Iraqi Satellite Network
Good point.
Some Iraqis are quite annoyed about this whole fiasco.
BTTT! I wondered about this previous statement coming out. The lamestream media at work????
I think you missed my point. What I'm saying is that anything Dems (and their allies in the media) say is accepted at face value whereas everything Republicans say is subject to intense scrutiny and critical review. Its simply a double standard that is applied. That said, your point about the media's propagation of lies is also true.
Why would we not want to have a presence in such a strategic position?? Sitting right next to Iran and Syria, come on. Course the Establishment Media went with a story making him look Presidential, he’s their candidate.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
BTTT!
Think of Hussein as the Islamists' fellow traveller, mole, agent-in-place.
When the stuff hits the fan, he will stand with the Muslims.
Excellent fix.
Too late, page A1 top of the fold LA times, as I knew it would be. The correction will be no where to be found.
Why didn’t they try to confirm the story? LOL, well hell, why let the facts get in the way of a great story?
See, the story is page one o the right above the fold, the correction is page 22 buried among the grocery ads.
Problem is the keep forgetting about the web.
As of 10.30 EST the retraction was on the DRUDGE site. It is still there and highlighted in red.
Maybe because:
White House Accidentally E-Mails to Reporters Story That Maliki Supports Obama Iraq Withdrawal Plan
Obviously, we are both right!
But why is the lie in big bold letter, still the top news, while the retraction is on tiny letters?
obamawama is proving what the voters already know, he’s arrogant empty suit who has no clue on how to deal with ANYONE WHO DOES NOT AGREE WITH HIS WORDS OF WISDOM.
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