While I am betting that the majority of Americans will see this as what it is, a propoganda ploy to justify his own incompetence and continue to sink hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money into his failed vision of a new middle east while denying American CHILDREN healthcare, it seems his normal chorus of cheerleaders are stepping up once again, led by Mitch McConnell the ugliest wingnut to ever slip on a mini-skirt.
Despite falling approval ratings for McConnell and Bush in Kentucky, it seems that McConnell is tripping all over himself once again to be the first to rubber-stamp another Bush failure.
Lets look at some of his press release on Bush's false re-writing of history and the present:
"Today the President unequivocally pledged to continue to support our troops’ efforts to protect our nation’s strategic interests in Iraq. We are seeing the progress our soldiers and Marines are making on a daily basis and must continue to support them.
"Critics of the war on terror have begun to acknowledge the success of our forces in quelling violence and increasing stability in Iraq. And they are recognizing the inherent danger a precipitous withdrawal of U.S. troops will have on the safety and security of our nation.
The first paragraph should read, "Today President Bush desperately tried to re-write history to whip up support among the American people for his failed policies that have been completely rubber-stamped by me. Myself and President Bush view "supporting our troops" as leaving them to die in the desert sun while the Iraqis who should be building their government go on vacation, along with myself."
The second paragraph is just absurd. What success? Where is the political solution? On vacation? Hmm, lets look at some of this "success". From today:
WASHINGTON - The Iraqi government will become more precarious over the next six to 12 months and its security forces have not improved enough to operate without outside help, intelligence analysts conclude in a new National Intelligence Estimate released Friday.
Despite uneven improvements, the analysts concluded that the level of overall violence is high, Iraq's sectarian groups remain unreconciled, and al-Qaida in Iraq is still able to conduct its highly visible attacks.
"Iraqi political leaders remain unable to govern effectively," the 10-page document concludes. A copy was obtained by The Associated Press in advance of its release Thursday.
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From yesterday:
Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime mission in northern Iraq, but the military said it appeared the aircraft was lost by mechanical problems and not from hostile fire.
It was the Pentagon's worst single-day death toll in Iraq since January and indicated how forces are relying heavily on air power in offensives across northern regions after rooting out many militant strongholds in Baghdad and central regions.
It continues:
But extremists are striking back.
A suicide truck bombing against a police station in the northern oil hub of Beiji claimed at least 45 lives 25 policemen and 20 civilians amid a series of deadly attacks north of the capital.
The growing bloodshed in the north carries a mixed message. It suggests some success for the U.S.-led security sweeps seeking to reclaim control of areas in and around Baghdad. But it also highlights the apparent resilience of groups such as al-Qaida in Iraq as they retaliate and seek new footholds.
And this:
A U.S. soldier also was killed and three others were wounded Wednesday during fighting west of Baghdad, the military said separately.
The total of 15 was the largest single-day death count since 25 U.S. soldiers were killed around the country on Jan. 20, including 12 who died in a helicopter crash. The deadliest crash occurred Jan. 26, 2005 when a CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter went down in a sandstorm in western Iraq, killing 31 U.S. troops.
Wednesday's deaths raised to at least 3,722 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Not to forget this:
A string of attacks hit across northern Iraq.
The deadliest strike blasted a police station in a residential area in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, according to police and hospital officials.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information, said 25 policemen and 20 civilians were killed. The officials also said 57 civilians and 23 officers were wounded.
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And this:
Later Wednesday, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off a blast near four police vehicles parked near grocery stores in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, killing six people, including two policemen, and wounding 35 people, police said.
A roadside bomb also targeted a police patrol in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown 80 miles north of Baghdad, killing one officer and wounding three people, authorities said.
Iraqi police and tribal officials also reported that a suicide truck bomber struck a joint U.S.-Iraqi outpost near Taji, a town near an air base 12 miles north of Baghdad. They said the attack occurred a day after tribal leaders who have turned against al-Qaida held a recruiting meeting, but no information about casualties was immediately available.
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And this summary which seems to paint a different picture of the "surge" than Bush and McConnell:
Suicide vehicle bombers have killed more than 2,315 Iraqis this year, according to an AP count. The tally far outpaces the January-August period last year when 441 Iraqi deaths were blamed on suicide bombers aboard vehicles.
If this is Bush and McConnell's idea of success, I would hate to see their idea of failure. Wait, that is what we are seeing now!!
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Not only that, yesterday we learned how much the Iraqi leadership appreciates our help:
Just hours earlier, al-Maliki lashed out at American criticism over his government's inability to bridge political divisions or stop the violence, warning he could "find friends elsewhere."
Where in the hell is he going to find friends that will sacrifice thousands of their young people and a trillion dollars of their taxpayers money. Mr. al-Maliki please, BE MY GUEST, FIND THEM!!!
And Mr. Bush's response:
President Bush, speaking to a veterans' convention in Kansas City, Mo., called al-Maliki "a good man with a difficult job." Bush added: "I support him."
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I guess since Bush is so incompetent, he supports incompetence!!
Speaking of incompetence this story came out yesterday detailing how four and a half years later, Bush and McConnell still haven't gotten the equipment they need to our troops:
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will fall far short of its goal of sending 3,500 lifesaving armored vehicles to Iraq by the end of the year. Instead, officials expect to send about 1,500.
Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday that while defense officials still believe contractors will build about 3,900 of the mine-resistant, armor-protected vehicles by year's end, it will take longer for the military to fully equip them and ship them to Iraq.
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Which brings us to the final spewing from McConnell's press release:
"In a few short weeks we will hear from General Petraeus, Ambassador Crocker and the President regarding the efforts of this generation’s warriors to protect our nation’s interests in Iraq and in the war on terror. We must make our decision on where to go from here based on the facts, not political calculations. We owe them a fair hearing, and we should not forget the brave Americans who are in a foreign field, far from their families, sacrificing for all of us today."
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First if he was so concerned about "this generation's warriors" he would have insisted they caught bin-Laden and had the right planning and equipment to do it. Secondly, we all already know that this upcoming report will be a rosy scenario that the lunatic right will use to justify us staying in Iraq until God knows when. It, in itself will be a political calculation. I agree with McConnell that we should base our decisions on facts. The facts show this surge has failed. The facts show the Bush Administration has failed. The facts show Mitch McConnell has failed. If he truly didn't want to forget the families and troops in the field he would end this insanity and quit using them to sacrifice to try and salvage the failed legacy of the Worst President Ever, which was rubber-stamped by him.
It is time McConnell removed his head from Bush's posterior long enough to smell the truth!!!
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