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The last act of the Boomers?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170119308123752022007-01-29T20:08:00.000-05:002007-01-29T20:08:00.000-05:00'Rat, don't forget the terror threat on the border...'Rat, don't forget the terror threat on the border, or already here.<BR/>More important than Iraq, also.<BR/>Gotta go.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170117532811686192007-01-29T19:38:00.000-05:002007-01-29T19:38:00.000-05:00Van Helsing of Moonbattery holds out Darwinian fit...Van Helsing of Moonbattery holds out Darwinian fitness as the ultimate arbiter in the struggle against resurgent-Islam.<BR/><BR/>“Dr. Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Association and a member of the Muslim Council of Britain, is demanding that British Muslims refrain from vaccinating their children for diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, influenza, diphtheria, meningitis, tetanus, etc., because the vaccines are not ‘halal.’"<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2007/01/muslim_medicine.html" REL="nofollow">Muslim Medicine</A>allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170116772589245952007-01-29T19:26:00.000-05:002007-01-29T19:26:00.000-05:00It's often said that Boomers are self-absorbed.Wha...It's often said that Boomers are self-absorbed.<BR/><BR/>What? And Gen-X,Y and Z aren't?Db2mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442074524106908898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170113306292418382007-01-29T18:28:00.000-05:002007-01-29T18:28:00.000-05:00Does not, wu, prove they cannot defeat an Insurgen...Does not, wu, prove they cannot defeat an Insurgency. We certainly have not "proved" we can.<BR/><BR/>The Iraqi action means the is success, to at least a limited degree. <BR/>Or perhaps just another "play" on US, as some have proffered, in MSM analysis.<BR/><BR/>But you, wu, do not believe we can be played, so credit my boy, where credit is due.<BR/><BR/>As to an invasion by Iran, that's a new wrinkle, but with a US defense pact, bet they'd do okay, defensively and in the counter attack.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170113052662751152007-01-29T18:24:00.000-05:002007-01-29T18:24:00.000-05:00It's not so much the arrivals, I think, as much as...It's not so much the arrivals, I think, as much as the extenders. The Extenders are what is creating the "Surge". <BR/>The Units going were already scheduled, with logistical constraints mandating the tempo of deployment. <BR/>So the incoming will arrive a month or two early. <BR/>The fellows scheduled to leave in Feb, Mar, on through to May and June, the ones staying beyond their previously scheduled departures, they are the backbone of the "Additional" troops. <BR/>The length of their extensions in Iraq, the limiting factor.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170112786088900982007-01-29T18:19:00.000-05:002007-01-29T18:19:00.000-05:00Here is one Bush quotePresident Bush said the batt...Here is one Bush quote<BR/><BR/><B>President Bush said the battle was an indication that Iraqis were beginning to take control. <BR/><BR/>"My first reaction on this report from the battlefield is that the Iraqis are beginning to show me something," President Bush told NPR. <BR/></B><BR/><BR/>I don't have all the facts, but to me this sounds more like a turkey shoot, and one which was done largely by US air power. <BR/><BR/>A relatively small number of enemy were trapped in an open place, with no hope of reinforcements. It's no surprise they were beaten.<BR/><BR/>This doesn't prove the Iraqis could beat an insurgency, or an Iranian invasion.Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170111595152729322007-01-29T17:59:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:59:00.000-05:00On FOX the NPR fellow, Juan Williams, was discussi...On FOX the NPR fellow, Juan Williams, was discussing his interview with Mr Bush.<BR/><BR/>Says Mr Bush saw yesterdays battle as a turning point, a leading indicator. Very up beat, proving that the Iraqi are standing up. Have not looked for a transcript.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170111020491977322007-01-29T17:50:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:50:00.000-05:00He'll get the troops, wu, that's not in question. ...He'll get the troops, wu, that's not in question. For how long, that is.<BR/><BR/>Mr McConnell, he also discussed a six month timeframe, didn't he?<BR/><BR/>McConnell, Warner, Coleman, Brownback ...<BR/><BR/>Six to eight months, next November at the latest. The window, to win on the ground is even shorter, there will have to be 60 days of reasonable security. <BR/>Also six monts is about the max the military will want to extend a Units tour incountry.<BR/><BR/>The numbers and statements all come together, a benchmarked timeline for success, six to eight months.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170110183338820232007-01-29T17:36:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:36:00.000-05:00The General points out they've had a lot of succes...The General points out they've had a lot of success, but still have a ways to go. That's why they need the additional 4000 Marines the President asked for, plus our support.<BR/><BR/>The General says he can stop Al Qaeda if we give him the reinforcements. Will we? Or will we give bin Laden a second chance?<BR/><BR/><B>Although sectarian violence is not the threat in Anbar that it is in the capital Baghdad to the east, some 4,000 Marines will be sent to the region under President Bush's plan to quell violence in the nation, Zilmer said.<BR/><BR/>"What these additional Marines (will) provide to us is an ability to reinforce the success that we've seen in the last couple of months," the general said. "It allows us to get to some of the areas that we haven't been able to establish the presence we would have liked."<BR/><BR/>He added that the extra forces "will provide that additional time for us to develop the Iraqi army and the Iraqi police, which, as I said, at the end of the day are essential to the long-term security and stability in Anbar province."<BR/></B>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170109713937330362007-01-29T17:28:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:28:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170109677437288142007-01-29T17:27:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:27:00.000-05:00There are a million people in Anbar, at most there...There are a million people in Anbar, at most there are 3,000 foreigners, nonnative fighters. If ALL of those were allocated to aQIraq, then we a talking about .3%, three in one thousand.<BR/><BR/>But the General says that these fellows are almost all locals, rejecting the Shia dominated government and the US occupation.<BR/><BR/><I> Most insurgents who are battling U.S.-led forces in Iraq's Anbar province are local Iraqis loyal to al Qaeda, and not foreign fighters, the U.S. commander in the region said Monday.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>He went on to say<BR/><BR/><I>"If we need to go any place in that city, we will go there," he said.<BR/><BR/>"The enemy still has the ability to move around (Ramadi) and he will go where we are not and we understand that," Zilmer explained. "But, if we must go someplace then, again, there is no challenge to us that prevents us to go anywhere we need to go."<BR/><BR/>Other areas of Anbar are lacking in police presence and Zilmer said there are still some 3,500 positions yet to be filled for the Iraqi police force in the province.<BR/><BR/>He also said there are "many slots out here available for the development of the Iraqi army forces." </I><BR/><BR/>Many slots. 40% unemployment but few volunteers, more slots open as have been reported filled, the men voting with their feet.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Same briefing different analysisdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170108852794773862007-01-29T17:14:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:14:00.000-05:00State Department spokesman Sean McCormack describe...<I>State Department spokesman Sean McCormack described the information as a "mountain of evidence." </I><BR/><BR/>And if the State Department (and Defense Department) was worth a shit, there would only be a molehill of evidence on Iranian activities in Iraq, because we would have squashed that bug early.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170108778948878552007-01-29T17:12:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:12:00.000-05:00This interview with the General in charge of Anbar...This <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/anbar.security/index.html" REL="nofollow">interview</A> with the General in charge of Anbar sounds like the "smoking gun", <I>the proof that we need to stay in Iraq.</I><BR/><BR/>The General flat out says that native Iraqis, under the control of Al Qaeda, are attempting to set up a caliphate, another Taliban state. Anyone who says we can leave Iraq would need to explain why if training camps in Afghanistan led to 9/11, why Iraqi camps wouldn't do the same?<BR/><BR/>If the Iraqis really want to partition their country, that would leave <I>an independent and purely Al Qaeda-run and Taliban-like Sunnistan</I> as a seperate country. That situation does not exist anywhere else in the world, including Pakistan.<BR/><BR/>Also, the General says that the Iraqi Al Qaeda is led by global Al Qaeda, in other words, bin Laden, etc. So if we allow Sunnistan to form, we are providing safe haven to bin Laden and the rest of the Al Qaeda group responsible for 9/11.<BR/><BR/>Since we are working with local Iraqi Sheiks who want our help, there is no excuse that we are "occupiers".<BR/><BR/>If this is really the case, and the General is very clear, then I don't see what the excuse would be to not provide the help Iraq wants. If we can't stop another bin Laden-led Al Qaeda country from forming, then what does preventing another 9/11 mean?<BR/><BR/>Quotes below in bold:<BR/><BR/><B>During a video news conference from the provincial town of Falluja, Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer said the insurgents intend to create a <I>strict Islamic state, similar to Afghanistan's Taliban regime</I> before the U.S.-led invasion toppled it in 2001.<BR/><BR/>They want "<I>a caliphate state out here</I>," he said. "They want to turn back the hands of time. It is antithetical to progress and, again, any positive future." ...<BR/><BR/>Most insurgents who are battling U.S.-led forces in Iraq's Anbar province are local Iraqis loyal to al Qaeda, and not foreign fighters, the U.S. commander in the region said Monday...<BR/><BR/>He added that the extra forces "will provide that additional time for us to develop the Iraqi army and the Iraqi police, which, as I said, at the end of the day are essential to the long-term security and stability in Anbar province."<BR/><BR/>Although local insurgents make up the lion's share of fighters in Anbar, Zilmer said there are "certainly foreign fighters who are part and parcel" of day-to-day rebel operations.<BR/><BR/>He said foreign fighters are not "the overwhelming driving force that causes al Qaeda to function out here."<BR/><BR/>But Zilmer did say that Anbar's Sunni insurgents are "largely led by al Qaeda" and <I>take their direction from the larger al Qaeda organization</I>, which he described as "absolutely ruthless."<BR/></B>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170108669079977732007-01-29T17:11:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:11:00.000-05:00We had to listen to them say "Bushitler" for six y...We had to listen to them say "Bushitler" for six years. Roll out the welcome mat to Hitlary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170107965492508572007-01-29T16:59:00.001-05:002007-01-29T16:59:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170107690134430472007-01-29T16:54:00.000-05:002007-01-29T16:54:00.000-05:00If it was a "blockbuster" or policy changing it wo...If it was a "blockbuster" or policy changing it would not be released in the normal flow, not by a PR savy Administration.<BR/><BR/>So, maybe, that's how they'll do it. Sounds more like a molehill, as far as the Congress will be concerned. If it is about to be released in a military briefing to the public, the Senators already know.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170107334874134312007-01-29T16:48:00.001-05:002007-01-29T16:48:00.001-05:00We may know just how bad Iran is by the end of thi...We may know just how bad Iran is by the end of this week. This <A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,247147,00.html" REL="nofollow">article</A> says "<B>State and Defense department officials said that the "dossier" on Iranian activities will be released sometime next week [this week, since the article was last week] in one of the regular military briefings from Iraq.<BR/><BR/>State Department spokesman Sean McCormack described the information as a "mountain of evidence." </B>Herr Wu Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439448704543478131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170107171118461602007-01-29T16:46:00.000-05:002007-01-29T16:46:00.000-05:00Did I not hear him say this was also the "last cha...Did I not hear him say this was also the "last chance"?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170106390046542642007-01-29T16:33:00.000-05:002007-01-29T16:33:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170104872294034082007-01-29T16:07:00.000-05:002007-01-29T16:07:00.000-05:00Well, this deal is really subsectioned, when you l...Well, this deal is really subsectioned, when you look into it. Seems we get to self select our generational grouping, all within the same time cycle.<BR/><BR/>Now I'll just have to decide, Boomer, Beat or <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones" REL="nofollow"> Jonesin'</A>.<BR/>How soon until the deadline, when we get to decide?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170104369841850062007-01-29T15:59:00.000-05:002007-01-29T15:59:00.000-05:00To be honest, in life everything is an illusion an...To be honest, in life everything is an illusion and nothing ever changes at all. You play musical chairs and one day you get no chair.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170104174489566252007-01-29T15:56:00.000-05:002007-01-29T15:56:00.000-05:00And Ms Brintey, she goes out on the town sin panti...And Ms Brintey, she goes out on the town sin panties, not at all hard to slide off.<BR/><BR/>Ahh, to be young in the Generation X or the MTVers time and space.<BR/><BR/>No panties at all, micro mini skirts, gettin' it done in the mosh pit.<BR/><BR/>Now that's a generation to be proud of.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170103751975427072007-01-29T15:49:00.000-05:002007-01-29T15:49:00.000-05:00I know I will regret this.I know I will regret <A HREF="http://www.adclassix.com/images/53pantygirdle.jpg" REL="nofollow"> this. </A>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170103671952448672007-01-29T15:47:00.000-05:002007-01-29T15:47:00.000-05:00The "Culture"?That the culture whose popular enter...The "Culture"?<BR/><BR/>That the culture whose popular entertainment that went from Lawence Welk and Mitch 'Follow the bouncing ball' Miller, representations of Ozzie & Harriet families hosting the Cleavers.<BR/><BR/>To one that enjoys watching Bobbie Brown and Whiney Houston's family in dysfunction. <BR/><BR/>Cannot be laid at the feet of those the embraced the views of the beat generation, no siree bob.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1170103573841203552007-01-29T15:46:00.000-05:002007-01-29T15:46:00.000-05:00why would Hilary bring that to mind?why would Hilary bring that to mind?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com