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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:05 PM Original message |
Bush: US commander to decide Iraq troop levels (not "political figures in Washington") |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. the script never changes, does it Chimpy? |
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arewenotdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Cincinnati I could understand. But Cleveland should have kicked his slimy ass |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. bush is NOT a political figure in washington??????? nt |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm the commander in chief. I'm the Decider. I'm the Commander Guy. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why don't we just ask all the "commanders on the ground" that he FIRED. n/t |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And the Congress, with supposed control of the purse strings, can effectively do just that |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. since when does he listen to commanders on the ground?? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. OH. So the 'surge' was a general's idea? Not Bush's? |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. That leg is getting too long--pull the other one! eom |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Cut of the funds |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Right on! nt |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wasn't it political figures who decided we only needed 150,000 troops in the first place? |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Gen'l Shinseki rings a bell, followed by Paul Wolfowitz saying how absurd the suggestion was. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. "the consequences of success" |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Like the chimperror would know "success" if it'd hit him in the face. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bullshit! |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. We need More troops but Bush you don't have anymore |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. The rest of the story. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. "And if the commander picks the wrong troop levels, we'll get another one." nt |
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badgervan (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh War Czar.....Where You At? |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. That worked real well during Vietnam until they figured out stacking bodies wasn't the answer. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. Commanders who will say whatever Chimpolini wants them to say. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. so anything that goes wrong will be their fault |
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Magleetis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Same old shit |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. "I am a decider!" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. Oh really, I vaguely recall a general stating something about |
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