Is Tony Snow implying the Dems are speaking to Al Quida?

[240 is Back]

White House Tries to Avoid Iraq Showdown

By ANNE FLAHERTY
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate resolution opposing President Bush's war plan on Iraq put the White House and Republican leaders on the defensive Wednesday as they scurried to prevent a trickle of GOP support for the measure from swelling into a deluge.

Eager to avoid an embarrassing congressional rebuke of the president's new war strategy, the administration seemed to hint that the effort - led chiefly by Democrats - might somehow be of assistance to terrorists. They also herded GOP skeptics to the White House, where they tried to allay the concerns of Republican lawmakers including Sens. John Warner of Virginia, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Susan Collins of Maine.

"What message does Congress intend to give?" asked White House spokesman Tony Snow. "And who does it think the audience is? Is the audience merely the president? Is it the voting American public or, in an age of instant communication, is it also al-Qaida?"

Initially announced by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and possible 2008 presidential candidates Sens. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., the non-binding resolution states that "escalating the United States military force presence in Iraq" is not in the national interest. Bush has proposed adding 21,500 U.S. troops to the roughly 132,000 already in the country.

Moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, also quickly signed on.

 
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[Mr. Intenseone]

Wouldn't surprise me, they're the one's who always want "dialog" with the people who hate us most and want to see the US detroyed!

[240 is Back]

Wouldn't surprise me, they're the one's who always want "dialog" with the people who hate us most and want to see the US detroyed!

Dialog with the Russians prevented nuclear war.

[Camel Jockey]

Wouldn't surprise me, they're the one's who always want "dialog" with the people who hate us most and want to see the US detroyed!

oh brother 

[Mr. Intenseone]

Dialog with the Russians prevented nuclear war.

Do you think a dialog with Al Queda is going to prevent another human bomb from exploding?

[240 is Back]

Dialog with the Russians prevented nuclear war.

Recall the Cuban missile crisis.  It was dialog that prevented a nuclear war.  The Russians hated us most and wanted to see the US destroyed.   We used bargaining, leverage, trades, and deals to prevent war and we WON as a result.  And, we won without losing thousands of men.  We won with words, and demands.  Debate is an incredibly powerful tool.

For ANY leader to refuse debate "until they capitulate to every one of our demands" is hugely irresponsible.  For ANY leader to choose war when the adversary is begging for negotiations just doesn't understand the role of diplomacy in history.

And they don't value their citizens' lives.

[Camel Jockey]

Do you think a dialog with Al Queda is going to prevent another human bomb from exploding?

Oh boy.. No one's saying that we need to talk to al-queda, but we do need to improve our foreign policy. Basically every time that's been proposed people like you say "OH NO BUT YOU CAN'T TALK TO THE ENEMY!!"  

Iran has tried several times to reach out to the US and Bush rejected talks every single time. He'd much rather start a 3rd war and waste more American lives and money.

[240 is Back]

Do you think a dialog with Al Queda is going to prevent another human bomb from exploding?

Of course not.  They are killed the moment they are identified, and rightfully so.

I'm referring to iran and Syria, two nations we'll likely be attacking in the next two years.

Both nations have begged us for negotiations.  We refuse until they give in to all our demands.  This is insane.  We will lose US troops in Iran, because we don't want to tlak to them.

Seriously Joe - there is nothing to lose by giving them a list of demands, a week to decide, then cooking their asses.  bush refuses to talk to them, he's surrounding them, and Gates is telling NATO we're about to attack Iran.  And we won't even tlak to them.

[Eyeball Chambers]

Mr.Intenseone must be pretty smart, he's really successful right?  So does he just come on getbig and say dumb stuff for fun? 

[240 is Back]

Was Reagan wrong to talk to Gorbacev?

[Hugo Chavez]

Wouldn't surprise me, they're the one's who always want "dialog" with the people who hate us most and want to see the US detroyed!

You are the second person to say this lately... where are you guys getting your info?  Ooops, nevermind   Intenseone, are you going to tell me that the biggest public push for working with Iran and Syria didn't come from the Iraq Study Group?  How is it you're only willing to blame dems for the idea?...  Seems like a good idea to me, bad idea for warmongers...

[GroinkTropin]

Wouldn't surprise me, they're the one's who always want "dialog" with the people who hate us most and want to see the US detroyed!

My right wing brother, that is a misguided comment, if this country goes down in flames, will democrats still have political power? No. A nice country to live in? No. Theyre just a bit stupid, and don't truly realize the ramifications that their actions can potentially have on this country. Truth be told, we should have a meeting with Iran, and just like with the russians, our prez should fly the fuck over there, meet with the ruling party, and try to come to some sort of agreement. Iran does not want military conflict with us, and truthfully neither do we. Democrats are making a huge mistake politically by pandering to the liberal far left wing nutjobs, eventually it will truly shoot them in the foot and they will stop, but trust me none of those guys wants to lose the power they wield in this country. The liberal left was at one time a minority, and I strongly feel the surge in popularity they have seen since the late 60's will soon come to pass and this country will come back to it's conservative roots, it's simply a cycle we are going through as a young nation. Preservation instincts will eventually prevail, and liberalism is suicide on a grand scale.