Iraq, the United States, terrorism and other funny things

The Iraqi government offered a national reconciliation program which includes amnesty to groups in Iraq that agree to lay down their arms.  The Mujahedeen Shura Council has issued a statement declining that offer, saying:

The statement said Sunnis in Iraq were facing aggressive attacks by the government and the Shiite militias and called for resistance.

"The Shiite attacks on the Sunni people have been intensified these days especially in the northern parts of the capital which included mortar shelling and burning of mosques that coincided with the increase of assassination and kidnapping campaigns," the statement said.

"You the Sunni people, you have no other choice but to fight those who ... legalized the shedding of the Muslim blood. The reconciliation efforts are futile with those who adopted lies as a religion and betrayal as worship."  source

Chad points out that this offer of reconciliation was never offered to the Mujahedeen Shura Council.  Now that's funny.  But there more that doesn't make sense about their statements, go read it.

In a strange article at the Washington Post, William M. Arkin basically accuses President George W. Bush and his administration of, well, ...acting like Democrats.  Whaaaa?

. . . it is possible that Bush and company are opening a vital debate, that in fact we are witnessing the beginning of a monumental clash and that we need to face up to that reality before we make decisions about the future.

Alas, the Bush administration's actions don't actually support their rhetoric.

If Bush were serious, why would the administration be willing to leave Iraq before the totalitarian enemy was defeated?  Why would they be so willing to "handover" security to an uncertain Iraqi government?

In other words, the Bush administration is promoting the very policy of retreat and weakness that it claims to condemn.  source<

In a comment left at the Arkin article, there is a link to an old article, "Electronic Voting: The Stolen Election of 2004" by Larry Chin at Global Research.  I suppose there is a connection somewhere, but you've got to love this part:

What, if any, silver lining can be found in the wake of this new goose-step in the abyss? Perhaps only that the same bellicose, predictable and clumsy villains remain right where they have been for the last four years: right in front of us. Better that than a crafty and likeable neoliberal John Kerry administration that lulls the world to sleep before poison is administered.

Come on, you got to laugh at that description of a Kerry administration.  And what if Al Gore happened to be president today?  Care to imagine our situation under his administration?

Fore Left has a good article, "The Global War on Bush":

A'jad sees the personal attacks on our political leadership and he'd be truly stupid not to exploit the situation, just like Chavez has tried to do. He knows a dearth of attacks here has led the American people into a false sense of security while the war fatigue about Iraq grows stronger by the day--all of this according to script, by the way. He's established himself as the top commander in the Global War on Bush (GWB), which as we saw today is in full swing.

Spain has agreed to send 'up to 1,100 troops to the strengthened U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and lead one of its multinational brigades'.  I find this very interesting, since the 'Socialist government that took power in 2004 immediately withdrew forces from Iraq.  What was their reasoning?  'This new deployment is legitimate because it has a U.N. mandate and Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a peacekeeping force' and 'the Iraq invasion was illegal because it had no U.N. mandate', the deputy prime minister said.  source

How much power and authority are we supposed to surrender to the United Nations?  They want to have one global government; they want to have the final say on how we defend ourselves and how we punish criminals and terrorists; they want to tell us how to raise our children and what forms of discipline we can use...

. . .  the Committee on the Rights of the Child has recommended prohibition of physical punishment in the family and institutions

I guess that's why U.N. 'peacekeepers' rape women, children, they don't get any real discipline.

For a final bit of fun, think about sending a Christmas card to the ACLU, and be sure to wish them a 'MERRY CHRISTMAS'.  via Western Wisdom

ACLU 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004

Two tons of Christmas cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn't know if any were regular mail containing contributions. So spend 39 cents and tell the ACLU to leave Christmas alone. Also tell them that there is no such thing as a "Holiday Tree". . . . It's a Christmas Tree

Happy Labor Day Weekend.

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Comments

[Angel]

Hiya Debbie!..I wont hold my breath for how long the ahem.."ceasefire" lasts..the Hezzies are aching to toss katyushas...grr!