Joe Biden: The Surge Is A Failure

Actually, Joe Biden has been speaking the truth about Iraq long before most people in this country became the least bit interested or concerned about US foreign policy. The problem has always been, and continues to be, that not enough people have bothered to pay attention.

You can count yourself among the ranks of those who need to read beyond the title of a resolution to understand what is going on here. But, you have lots of company!

Those liberal Dems really got us out of Iraq after the 2006 elections. Can you say imcompetent?

No, now, after 5 years, we need a "period of assessment." The Iraq War has now officially become a freakin' joke! I can't believe I'm saying that, but it's true. The war is a joke. A bad joke, but a joke nonetheless.

I can be disgusted with the DLC dem cowardice in refusing to end America's goddamn Iraq invasion and occupation war crime, but the real enemy is:

The rethugs=GOP=Conservatives=BushCo=fascists=McCain

I couldn"t have said it better.The senate has a 22% approval. Can you say worse than Bush?

Over the past 2 weeks there has been a Major Uptick in Violence.

None of it has been attributed to Al Qaida.

Why are we there?
Are we joining the CIVIL WAR?
Which Side are we fighting for?
Sunni's that used to be Insurgents or part of Sadamm's Army and now Our Awakening Force?
The Shia controlled government?
The Mahdi Army?
The "THUGS? in Basra, Baghdad and Mosel?

I thought the LATEST REASON for staying in Iraq was to DEFEAT Al Qaeda there so they
do not come here to kill Americans.
Between the Allied Force of 160,000, the Awakening Force of 70,000 and the 430,000 Iraqi
Security Forces (660,000 Total) shouldn't we be focusing on the remaining 6000 Al Qaeda Terrorists? Apparently we have killed or captured 4000 Al Qaeda over the past couple years.
So if we stay focused 100 years will not be necessary.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6Wvx25P1oVNBEjTF_X7wJmBq8SQ

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7333099.stm

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/report-more-tha.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23977964/

Your comments betray an incredible ignorance.

It's fine with me if you want to bash the corporate media, but with regard to who decided which candidates should drop out, the Dem Primary voters did have a lot to do with it, no?

Biden got tons of media exposure. The problem was, from the day he announced his candidacy, he started putting his foot in his mouth. Again.

Take a whiff of your fingers and I think you can figure out where it came from.

It comes from a group of morons unable to argue based on facts. The strategy entails forming cute little terms in black and white in response to the average American's inability to tolerate complex problems. This enables much of the population to bury their head in the sand and ignore real problems and dismiss reality with ill conceived perceptions.

I'll bet you still think we could have won in 'Nam, were it not for the US Leftists.

Hey Martha, I agree that we need to stay positive. But being positive, and looking for the good things in life, doesn't mean that we should gloss over or ignore those things which are, in fact, bad. Certainly the war is a bad thing. Lives and money being wasted for no good reason - I think most sentient humans would agree that this was a catastrophe. Should we ignore it? Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have died from civil war and prolonged drought. Should we ignore that? 40% of New Orleans' pre-Katrina will probably never return to their homes and, for many, their birthplace; and what funds might have been extended toward that institutional failure are being spent on private contractors in Iraq. Should we smile and look past that failure as well?

If the subject matter on HuffPo distresses you I would recommend you spend your leisure time elsewhere. Believe me, even after the election and we 'miserable libs' have retaken the WH, you can be sure there will be plenty of smiles, if not outright guffawing. Take care.

You can read USA Today for that.
You won't learn much, though.

Sometimes reality is sad. Especially sad because we let it happen-- we didn't pay attention and we did not get out in force and vote.

Why don't you tell us the good news about Iraq. Why don't you explain how "the surge is working," because ample evidence suggests otherwise. Where is the "political reconciliation?" Where is the promised drawdown of troops? Call me crazy, but I don't see any of it.

You label us as being "miserable, depressed, confused, and sad," but you left out "angry." We are angry that you right wingers emplaced, within the White House, a criminal cabal that has ruined our reputation in the world. We are angry that they initiated an aggressive war against an innocent country, which will eventually cost us trillions of dollars -- dollars that could have provided much-needed services in this financially-troubled country. Most importantly, we are angry that thousands of people have been killed and injured...and all for what? Since the original Bush lies that justified our invasion of Iraq were exposed (WMDs, al Qaeda stronghold, 9-11 payback), the new reasons are no better: "to fight the terrorists over there, so that we won't have to fight them here"..."to "protect our freedoms"..."to remove a murderous dictator" (many more innocent people have died from our invasion than would have died under Hussein's reign).

So, go ahead and enjoy a false sense of security, but I will spend my time trying to convince others that we need to drastically change the direction of this wayward country, before it is too late.

Yeah, the "Jokes of the Week" posts really get me down............; )

Martha, my dear,

Step outside and join me on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast; join me in devastated Heartland communities; join me in any major US city where less than 50% of high school students complete their educations; join me in Northern New England where industry has disappeared, and food pantries can't keep up with the numbers of hungry families; join me in any small town in the USA where young mothers and fathers who joined the National Guard and got shipped off to the Middle East have never returned; join me and take a deep breath. Hard times for some of us, Martha. Soon there will be hard times for ALL of us.

TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens
Chapter I: The Period
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.