Senator Obama voted for approval of the controversial vote over the wire-tap legislation and unsuccessfully tried to strip the immunity for the tel-coms from the bill. He seen it as a compromise vote. John
McCain was quick to scream, "Flip-flopper"!
It is note-worthy that there were two extremely important bills before
the Senate and that John McCain was abscent on both votes.
At least Obama voted.
He was out talking about Social Security while a vote was being made
on restoring funding.
"My friend's........."
Oh yes, Senator McMindless said, "Young people should not have to play
for the benefits of the elderly". How do you imagine Social Security has worked from day one?

Sarge

Nouri Al-Maliki is attempting to do what Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
couldn't accomplish and set up a time line for a withdrawl of US Forces from that country. This ain't like George with his veto pen
in the Oval Office. The Iraqi government is telling us that they wish
us to leave.
Washington said no to that and stated that any withdrawl would be
based on conditions on the ground. Iraq countered stating that it will
not sign any pact with the United States that does not set a date for a pull out of US troops.
Ok! Let us examine this mess:
1. We invaded a sovreign country that posed absolutely no threat militarily to the United States.
2. We invaded and disposed a dictator who was later executed on the
pretense that he had WMD. We all know that was bullshit.
3. GW wanted to spread democracy and the Iraqi's had a free election.
One man, one vote. Jefferson and the Founding Fathers would have been
very proud.
Alas, majority ruled and the Sunni government was replaced by a Shiite
one closely aligned with our arch enemy in that region Iran. GW stated, "Aren't they all just Muslims"?
Sectarian violence erupted and the country degenerated into a blood
bath of religious hatred. Our people were caught in between and the
casualties mounted
4. Here comes the Surge. Well, it appears to actually did some good
things. Parnership programs with the Sunni Sheiks made a huge differnce in driving back al-Queda.
So, along comes stability - the purpose of the surge - And, the Iraqi's are saying - "Go Home". GW say's no.
I want you to write your Congressman and Senators and raise holy
hell over this.

Sarge

"Today we are looking at the necessity of terminating foriegn prescense on Iraqi lands and restoring full solvereignty", Iraqi
Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki stated at a conference of Arab nations.
However, the Pentagon is telling the Iraqi's that any withdrawl would
be based on conditions on the ground. Hey, damn it! Whose nation is Iraq?
If the Iraqi's demand a withdrawl that negates Iran as a issue in this
coming election and allows Obama to call the GOP as being weak on terrorism as GW ignored Osama Bi-Laden.
McCain just stated that, "Victory in Iraq will pay off the deficiet".
"I don't much about the ecomony", John McCain.
No shit.

Sarge

He will not be missed by many people..........

Sarge

The Busg Administration adopted the cruel tactics employed by the Communist North Koreans and Chinese to interrogate Allied POW's. But,
just like at the "Hanoi Hilton" (Hoa Loa Prison, Hanoi) these methods
produced more false confessions from the POW's. There was a story of a
new cataman type carrier that alarmed the North Vietnamese. It was
bullshit but it was used by POW's to stop the torment.
Well, having covered that - It appears that at GITMO that anything they obtain is viewed as a confession regardless of how it was obtained.
The torture issue has yet to hit a US Court and the reprecussions may
be severe.

What happens needs to happen and America will be better for it.....

Sarge