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CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY
NY Times
Sunday, February 18, 2007
"TREASON" screamed the front page of the New York Post today, in reaction to Friday's vote in the House of Representatives which easily passed a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's troop surge in Iraq. Seventeen Republicans joined the Democrats in that vote.
The Post's Ralph Peters caleld it "the most disgraceful congressional action since the Democratic Party united to defend slavery"-- roughly 150 years ago.
Peters charged, "Providing aid and comfort to the enemy in wartime is treason. It's not 'just politics.' It's treason....
"The vote was a huge morale booster for al Qaeda, for Iraq's Sunni insurgents, and for the worst of the Shia militias....
"We've reached a low point in the history of our government when a substantial number of legislators would welcome an American defeat in Iraq for domestic political advantage. ...
"If you were an Iraqi, would you be willing to trust Americans and risk your life after the United States Congress voted to abandon you?"
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I don't know if they're guilt of treason by any stretch... I am disappointed though... There's no way the troops there now can compete without help.
If that's the case, they better just bring them all home right the fuck now.
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just get them out of the cities.
everyone knows we're there for the US bases and the pipeline. Just guard that shit out in the desert and let the iraqis trade bullets. We have 2000 double amputees who will live life with no arms or no legs, so that they could stand between 2 iraqis trying to kill eash other. It's senseless. Iraqi police has been training for what, 30 months? Let them do their f'king job.
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Yeah, fuck it... they can have the cities... just leave us the fuck alone.
It's a police matter now.
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yep. and our army/marines are not cops, they're conquerers.
making them guard street corners and referree fights they cannot understand - horrible idea. Just admit to the world "yes, we're managing their oil, piss off!" and let them deal with the cities.
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yep. and our army/marines are not cops, they're conquerers.
making them guard street corners and referree fights they cannot understand - horrible idea. Just admit to the world "yes, we're managing their oil, piss off!" and let them deal with the cities.
Agreed... fuck it... let's get that gas done to 99cents a gallon baby!
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1. Make up "war" against abstract concept that can never be defeated 2. Grant self unlimited "wartime" powers. 3. Criminalize dissent as giving comfort to "the enemy". 4. Dictatorship!
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1. Make up "war" against abstract concept that can never be defeated 2. Grant self unlimited "wartime" powers. 3. Criminalize dissent as giving comfort to "the enemy". 4. Dictatorship!
Excellent breakdown.
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Excellent breakdown.
It is frighteningly accurate is it not?