Tag: Iraq

If this is Tuesday, Joe Biden must have said something stupid

Joe Biden told the troops in Iraq, “As corny as it sounds,” he said, “Damn, I’m proud to be an American!”

Joe Biden spoke at a naturalization ceremony in Bagdad on July 4
Joe Biden spoke at a naturalization ceremony in Bagdad on July 4

OK, Joe actually said this on July 4th, but it was a holiday weekend and we were busy gorging ourselves on hot dogs at our neighbors’ Independence Day barbeque and just got to this story. But in our defense, it doesn’t really matter when Joe said it because any day is a good day for a bon mot du Joe.

Biden stopped in at a ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad where 237 U.S. servicemen and women from 59 countries were proudly being sworn in as new American citizens.

Can you imagine what a thrilling, emotional moment that must have been for those brave men and women?

That’s when Joe Biden, the Vice President of United States of America, got up to add a few special words to the occasion.

“As corny as it sounds,” he said, “Damn, I’m proud to be an American!”

BigHollywood.com summed it up perfectly:

If there’s one person, in one scenario, who should never, ever feel that it’s corny to be proud to be an American, it would be:

• The Vice President of the United States.
• Surrounded by hundreds of U.S. servicemen and women.

• Who have just become U.S. citizens.

• In a war zone.

• On Independence Day.

• You stupid moron, you.

Source: BigHollywood.com

New Iranian protest signs warn clerics, “Do not forget what happened to Saddam Hussein”

George Bush’s establishment of a democracy in Iraq is inspiring democratic movements in other Muslim nations like Iran. Sign in Iran: “Do not forget what happened to Saddam Hussein”

Do not forget what happened to Saddam Hussein sign

That poor, deluded George Bush. He actually thought the establishment of a democracy in Iraq would inspire democratic movements in other Muslim nations.

But Bush was apparently wrong. Barack Obama credits his own Cairo speech for inspiring the Lebanese voters’ to reject Hezbollah. And he’s probably equally confident that this new Iranian protest sign was inspired when he said spoke those powerful words, “It’s not productive given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations to be seen as meddling.”

Perhaps the following slogan would serve as a warning to Barack Obama:

“Do not forget what happened to Jimmy Carter.”

Source: Gateway Pundit

Understand what we’re dealing with: Iraqi terrorist mom blows up herself and her child in food line

How does a terrorist mother choose which child to take to Paradise?
How does a terrorist mother choose which child to take to Paradise?
According to the old saying, there are none so blind as those who will not see. And according to the new saying, there are none so nuts as those who will blow up their own children.

In this case, the left is blind. Because they refuse to see the insanity that guides our enemies.

Here’s how Jonathan Kay describes it in Canada’s National Post:

Having spent this morning catching up on my weekend reading, I came across this Page 4 article from Friday’s New York Times. Here’s the lead paragraph: “BAGHDAD — At least 80 people died and 120 others were injured Thursday in three bombings, one by a female suicide bomber in Baghdad who, Iraqi officials said, held a young child’s hand as she set off her explosives among a group of women and children receiving emergency food aid.”

We think this is one of the moderate terrorists President Obama wants to negotiate with. had she been one of the extremists she would have blown up her whole family.

Good luck with that strategy, President Obama.

Source: National Post

Happy birthday: Harry Reid’s greatest stupidity is now two years old.

Can someone explain why Harry Reid is the leader of the United States Senate? For God’s sake, man, is this really what passes for a leader in today’s America?

Nevertheless, this Caspar Milquetoast of a man decided two years ago today that the war in Iraq was lost. He announced it to the world.

If you’re still in an explaining kind of mood, can someone please explain why this clip wasn’t shown time after time after time on every TV network and independent station in America during the last election?

Yes, we hate the media.

Iraqis bury victims of Saddam genocide, American media yawns


Thousands of Kurds attended the burial ceremony for victims of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi genocide.
Thousands of Kurds attended the burial ceremony for victims of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi genocide.
Saddam Hussein slaughtered more than 180,000 Iraqis during the early 1980s. Iraqi Kurds recently held a ceremony to bury 187 of his victims, but the American media was so busy reporting on the new first dog that they missed the ceremony.

In case anyone in the American media is interested, here’s how Iraq’s Aswat Aliraq News reported it:

Ceremonies on Tuesday were held in Kurdistan’s southern area of Kermyan to mark the burial of the remains of 187 victims of al-Anfal campaign in the presence of thousands of local residents.

The coffins carrying the bodies were wrapped in the Kurdistan region’s flags and prayers were offered for the souls of the victims in the midst of an increased security presence.

The Kermyan mayor, Tareq Rasheed, had told Aswat al-Iraq news agency that the remains of those victims will be buried in the area of Dibin in Kermyan on Tuesday (April 14) in ceremonies to be attended by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani.

Representatives of the two presidents attended the ceremonies.

The former Iraqi regime launched a series of campaigns codenamed Anfal during the early 1980s, which resulted in the death of thousands of Kurds, most of them were buried in mass graves all over Iraq.

According to figures released by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), more than 182,000 persons were killed in the Anfal campaign.

Sad that the American media thinks Barack Hussein’s dog is more important than Saddam Hussein’s 180,000 innocent victims.

Source: GatewayPundit

Military commanders met with resistance when they tried to get the troops to meet with Obama

We all saw the photos. We all saw the new clips. President Obama went to Iraq and the troops greeted him warmly.

“Army officers had intended to have at least 1,500 troops from Camp Victory and nearby Camp Liberty,” The Wall Street Journal reported, “but the secret trip happened faster than expected, beating most of the troops by a couple of hours. Only 600 made it.”

Are the cameras all the same? We can't tell. But that what one report suggests.
Are the cameras all the same? We can't tell. But that what one report suggests.

But was the enthusiasm real or was it staged? Here’s how one sergeant who was on the ground in Iraq reports it.

“We were pre-screened, asked by officials “Who voted for Obama?” And then those who raised their hands were shuffled to the front of the receiving line. They even handed out digital cameras and asked them to hold them up.”

GatewayPundit notes that all the soldiers in the AP photo are using the same model camera, which seems to validate the sergeant’s claim.

C’mon, they were enhancing the moment, like when Hillary stuffs her face with Botox. And with the same result. A much better photo op.

Source: Chisum via GatewayPundit

Democrats demanded Bush exit strategy, timeline for Iraq. Couldn’t care less about Obama and Afghanistan.

Murderous U.S. soldier battling mob of angry Afghanis who hate our troops
Murderous U.S. soldier battling mob of angry Afghanis who hate our troops
The Obama administration has admitted it has no Afghanistan exit strategy. And then announced that the strategy it does have sounds remarkably similar to Bush’s strategy in Iraq.

Of course, while the Bush strategy left the left quivering with anger, the Obama strategy was greeted with virtual silence by the same critics.

One thing we do know – Obama’s adding another 4,000 troops on top of 17,000 troops he previously okayed.

“The only exit strategy will be to leave the Afghan people to deal with their security problem,” said Richard Holbrooke, one of President Obama’s foreign policy advisors. He also said Obama’s priorities include training the Afghan army and the national police force, reducing corruption, and reducing violence throughout the country.

Huh? Doesn’t that sound exactly like what Bush said about Iraq?

Sure, there have been a few small protests here and there, but we’re still waiting for John Kerry to announce that American soldiers in Afghanistan are terrorists. We’re still waiting for John Murtha to announce that American soldiers in Afghanistan are killers. We’re still waiting for Harry Reed to announce that we’ve lost in Afghanistan.

And we’re still waiting for Nancy Pelosi to get back from her latest Botox session.

Source: CNSNews.com

Bill Maher takes potshots at military. Decorated former Staff Sergeant fires back.

Is there anyone on television more distasteful than Bill Maher?

The liberal HBO talk show host has done it again, this time insulting the U.S. military

Here’s what the so-called comedian had to say on his March 27 HBO show:

“Forget about bringing the troops home Iraq – we need to get the troops home from World War II,” Maher said. “Can anybody tell me why in 2009, we still have more than 50,000 troops in Germany and 30,000 in Japan? At some point these people are going to have to learn to rape themselves.”

The insults continued, but let’s get to the response from former Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, author of “House to House.” He’s already won a Silver Star and a Bronze Star and has been recommended for the Medal of Honor.

“While Democrats want to accuse the right in America of being hijacked by the talking points of Rush Limbaugh and talk radio,” Bellavia noted, “it is more than a little odd to me that the greatest minds on the left today are community organizers, washed up former sports commentators and stand up comedians. It’s insensitive and hurtful.”

“The fact is that the German people would be the first to protest our leaving their country,” Bellavia continued. “Areas like Vilseck would have no economy without American business and young foolish soldiers emptying their bank accounts on the German local scene.”

The Fallujah veteran said he wasn’t surprised by Maher remarks and explained many on the left like Maher don’t understand the concept of military service.

“Maher’s comments are nothing surprising to me,” Bellavia said. “Newsflash – the left doesn’t get the military. They don’t understand how a person can see something bigger then themselves. And the vast majority of liberals have zero idea of what we face overseas and moreover, cannot understand any situation that could possibly involve taking the life at war. They never have. And they never will.”

Funny thing is, there’s probably some Taliban with a satellite dish outside his cave in Waziristan keeping track of which western “comedians” will be the first to be eliminated when they take over.

Maher’s only hope is that he’s so completely unfunny that the Taliban never figure out he’s a supposed to be a comedian.

Source: Culture & Media Institute

128 gays sentenced to death in Iraq, executions set to begin next week

On July 19, 2005 two teenage boys, Mahmoud Asgari, 14, and Ayaz Marhoni, 16, were hanged in Iran for the crime of homosexual activity. It's okay though, it's their culture, not ours.
On July 19, 2005 two teenage boys, Mahmoud Asgari, 14, and Ayaz Marhoni, 16, were hanged in neighboring Iran for the crime of homosexual activity. It's okay though, it's their culture, not ours.

One would hope this story would sound a very loud alarm in Hollywood: More than 100 prisoners in Iraq face execution after reportedly being convicted of the crime of “being gay.”

According to Ali Hili of Iraqi-LGBT, Iraq will begin executing them in groups of 20 starting this week. The London-based group believes 128 executions are imminent. They’re asking the UK Government, human rights groups and the UN Human Rights Commission to step in and stop “this tragic miscarriage of justice.”

“In 2008, at least 285 people were sentenced to death, and at least 34 executed,” Mr Hili said in an interview with UK Gay News. “In 2007 at least 199 people were sentenced to death and 33 were executed, while in 2006 at least 65 people were put to death.

“The actual figures,” Mr. Hili added, “could be much higher as there are no official statistics for the number of prisoners facing execution.”

Uh-oh. Obama Justice Department nominee Harold Koh wants the United States to accept Sharia Law, which calls for shooting or beheading gays and drug addicts.

Who’s going to be left in Hollywood to make movies?

Source: InfidelsAreCool.com

Iraq’s making progress everywhere except the American media

photo credit: James Gordon
photo credit: James Gordon

The results of a new poll conducted by ABC News, the BBC and Japan’s NHK must make editors and reporters around the nation take a big gulp and say, “Didn’t see that comin’.”

It shows big progress everywhere they looked. But you probably won’t read about it anywhere except an editorial in Monday’s Investor’s Business Daily.

Check out these numbers:

85% of Iraqis said their neighborhood security was “good,” up from 62% a year ago and 43% in August of 2007.

Those who support democracy jumped to 64% from just 43% in 2007.

58% feel “very good” or “quite good” about the state of affairs in Iraq. That’s up from just 22% in 2007.

When asked what their main concerns are, war, security and terrorism took a backseat to jobs and prices.

“In short, it sounds like we not only won the war, but the peace as well,” IBD concluded. “And for those who cast a skeptical eye on the idea that any Islamic country could ever be democratized, it turns out the former President Bush is winning that debate too.”

Some results IBD didn’t mention:

96% of Iraqis think John Kerry is a pompous liar. 98% think Harry Reid is a pathetic liar. And 100% of Iraqis think John Murtha is a big, fat liar.

Source: Investor’s Business Daily

The clouds have parted: NY Times says victory possible in Iraq 


After beating the drum of defeat for the last six years, the New York Times has reconsidered. After countless articles filled with words like lost cause…civil war…boondoggle…hopeless…Vietnam…quagmire… the Times has finally seen the obvious.

“This is what victory in the war in Iraq was supposed to look like,” said an article called America’s Scorecard in Iraq.” “Fifteen million Iraqis voting in free and fair (largely) elections, emerging from their polling stations with their purple-stained fingers in an atmosphere that was free (largely) of intimidation or violence.”

In other news, the Times announced that it foresees an imminent victory over Japan in World War II.

Bush says rendition, Panetta says retraction

In the words of SNL’s Roseanne Roseannadanna, “Never mind.” Looks like another misstep – or misstatement – from those wild and crazy guys in the Obama administration.

Leon Panetta was forced to retract a previous statement in which he said the Bush administration sent terrorism suspects overseas to be tortured.

“I am not aware,” Panetta confessed, “of the validity of those claims.” What that means in plain English is, “I lied and got caught. Now get off my back.”

Panetta admitted that the Obama administration would continue the Bush policy of sending foreign detainees to other countries for questioning, but only with assurances they will not be tortured.

So let’s see. Obama’s pulling out of Iraq, but not really. Obama’s closing Gitmo, but not really. Obama’s stopping rendition, but not really.

We believe everything this administration says, but not really.

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