Update 13: Bush Takes Blame for Iraq Invasion, Intel –

Forbes.com

Bush has repeatedly noted that the decision to go to war was his responsibility. And he has acknowledged for more

than a year that most of the intelligence behind the claims of Saddam’s weapons programs turned out to be faulty. But he has

never linked the two so clearly and so personally.

Aw, he’s so noble. All if forgiven,

Duhbya. So what if the same team that misread and misled is still running the show — and as badly as ever. So what if before the

election you never recognized a single mistake in your presidency. Now a little humility/humanity plays well. mjh

Read the following polls of

Iraqis and Americans (3 different polls). Note that half of Iraqis say the US invasion was wrong; about the same number of Americans

agree. But more than 2/3rds of Iraqis oppose our continued presence (77% according to the DOD).

Yet, we will stay and continue

dying and killing — adding to the ranks of those who hate us. Maybe BushCo shouldn’t be allowed to fuck things up further. Impeach the

whole incompetent gang. mjh

ABC News: Poll: Most Iraqis Oppose Troops’ Presence

More than

two-thirds of those [Iraqis] surveyed oppose the presence of troops from the United States and its coalition partners and less than half,

44 percent, say their country is better off now than it was before the war, according to an ABC News poll conducted with Time magazine

and other media partners. …

Half now say the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was wrong, up from 39 percent in February 2004. …

A fourth of those surveyed, 26 percent, say U.S. forces should leave now, and another 19 percent say troops should leave after those

chosen in this week’s election take office. …

The poll was conducted by Oxford Research International face-to-face with 1,711

Iraqis age 15 and over from Oct. 8 to Nov. 22. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

DefenseLINK News: Poll Shows Nine in 10 Iraqis Want to Vote Dec.

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A total of 77 percent of those [Iraqis] surveyed oppose the presence of coalition forces in Iraq, and almost half said they

believe there is a rationale for attacks on coalition forces, with 40 percent saying there is no excuse for such attacks.

CNN.com –

Poll: U.S. can win war, but won’t – Dec 13, 2005

Forty-eight percent of those [Americans] polled said they thought it was a

mistake to send U.S. troops to Iraq, as opposed to 54 percent of those polled last month. Fifty percent said it was not a mistake,

compared to 45 percent last month. …

The poll, released Tuesday, was conducted with 1,003 Americans who were interviewed by

phone. The sampling error varied from question to question, but none had a margin of error exceeding 4.5 percentage points.

Beyond The War Spin By E. J. Dionne Jr.

[T]he Democrats’ problem is not

just one of political tactics. It’s also rooted in a simple reality: Democrats in both houses of Congress have been divided on this war

from the very beginning. House Democrats are, on the whole, more dovish than Senate Democrats. And the party’s rank and file are, on the

whole, more dovish than its congressional wing.

There is no magic solution to this problem, and Republicans will continue to

exploit it. But if they do nothing else, Democrats have to stop being defensive in the face of Republican attacks. …

In any

event, why shouldn’t Democrats be divided on the war? So is the rest of the country. And so are Republicans.

What’s gone largely

unnoticed is that while Democrats show their divisions on the war in Congress, Republicans are more divided at the grass roots. …

class="mine">Obviously, I don’t agree with Lush Limbaugh’s political views. More importantly, I consider him an odious, vile being —

beyond a scoundrel. That anyone hangs on his words shocks me and saddens me about my fellow citizens. Dittoheads might as well tattoo

“moron” on their foreheads as allow this chump to shape their worldview. If you get all of your “information” from Lush and/or Fox,

you’re filling your mind with shit.

When I heard that peace advocates had been kidnapped by a previously unknown group, I

considered it might be the US government engaged in some PsyOps. See what happens when you govern through lies and deception? mjh

Christians Kidnapped in Iraq; Rush Limbaugh

is Pleased

Well, here’s why I like it. I like any time a bunch of leftist feel-good hand-wringers are shown

reality. So here we have these peace activists over there. I don’t care whether they’re Christian or not; they’re over there,

and as peace activists they’ve got one purpose. They’re over there trying to stop the violence. [mjh:

in reading this, you’re missing the appalling “fag” lisp Lush affected. He’s a pig.]

Follow the

link below if you want to read some comments. In particular, from the dittohead who marvels that Lush foresaw that people would quote

him. Duh.

Media Matters – Limbaugh on kidnapping of peace

activists in Iraq: “I’m telling you, folks, there’s a part of me that likes this”

It’s comical how all of these people can

get so worked up when they hear he said/she said bunk. It’s perpetual, and doesn’t hurt him in the least bit. If I were him I wouldn’t

give it a second thought either, I mean, who are you people anyway? – pharmd