Senate to go into closed session over Iraq

Really, steppenwolf? Why not?

You are obviously unaware that Henry Kissinger has just advised that we NOT withdraw from Iraq quickly.

I am of the opinion that his considered judgment based on experience and knowledge, trumps yours by miles.

Do you always try to rebut an argument with one word or a phrase?

It doesn't work!!!!!

No one is getting killed in South Korea? No one? Do you know that for certain?

Are you so lacking in knowledge of History that you are unaware that we lost 30,000 soldiers in Korea in a police action to "contain Communism"?

Are you unaware that there have been violent protests by South Koreans concerning our presence there?

I read that Henry Kissinger counsels that we hold our troops in Iraq. I agree. Someone states that Kissenger's hands are not clean.

He said nothing about CLinton or Kennedy. I did.

If he wishes to hold "clean hands" as a criterion, I am pointing out that certain saints of the left wing church have far far dirtier hands than Kissinger.

I know that the left wing is stung when someone with the reputation of Kissinger comes along with a recommendation to keep troops in Iraq. This, is of course, detrimental to their efforts to regain power. Therefore, they must smear Kissinger.

I am sick to death of the hypocracy of the left wingers. Those who decry our Iraqi policy may not know that John Kennedy lied outrageously about his efforts to solve the Missle Crisis. It has been reported and documented that he lied. Username speaks of the "rosy statements made by the "Bushies" (sic) about Iraq".

What Username will not admit is that the Iraq situation is still in play and that there will be an election on December 12th which MAY bring a gradual change for the better.

The left wing is praying that a large scale withdrawal of troops occurs. I am sure that they hope that this will cause political instablity in Iraq so that they can regain power in November's elections.

I have some news for them. It won't happen.

It is clear that historical patterns of congressional losses in an off year no longer apply because of the congressional district gerrymandering( done by both sides).

There is nothing more pusillanimous than political operatives jockeying for advantage. They will lie egregiously.

Pat Roberts flip-flopping covering your ass
Meet Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Stonywall), the guy who's been doing everything he can to impede the aforementioned investigation. As I'm sure you can imagine, it's been a real top priority of his for the last year or so.

The investigation is known as "Phase Two" because it's the second part of the Senate's look at how America ended up invading Iraq. The first part - the Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq - was completed last year. Phase Two is far more politically sensitive because it deals with the way the Bush administration used that intelligence, and with a majority of Americans now favoring impeachment for Bush if he lied the country into war - well, let's just say Pat Roberts has got his reasons for stalling.

Unfortunately for Pat he appears to have gotten himself caught in his own spin machine. Last week Media Matters pointed some rather glaring discrepancies in his statements over the past year or so.

For example, on July 9, 2004, Roberts called the investigation "one of my top priorities." Then on July 13, 2004, he said the investigation would focus on:

1) "what the intelligence community said in regards to what would happen after the military mission was over"; 2) the role of the Defense Department's Office of Special Plans, led by undersecretary Douglas Feith; and 3) "the use question" in which the committee would "look at the public statements of any administration official and public official ... and compare it with the intelligence and what we have found out in regards to the inquiry."

So much for that. In March, Roberts said that the investigation was "on the back burner," and wrote that, "I don't think there should be any doubt that we have now heard it all regarding prewar intelligence. I think that it would be a monumental waste of time to replow this ground any further."

Finally, in April, Tim Russert reminded Roberts that he had made a "firm commitment" to complete the investigation. Roberts replied, "Yeah, we're going to do that, Tim."

So you see? It's right at the top of his list of things to do. Just underneath "fly to the moon," "win an Olympic gold medal," and "star in a Broadway musical."

The left is transparent. They do not care whether American soldiers are killed and/or wounded in Iraq

I will never forget the massive turnouts against the Vietnam War in which the unwashed scumbags piously parroted the line--War is immoral. We are for Peace. Jesus is for peace.

As soon as the draft stopped, the pious "principled" protest against the war stopped.

Arguing with myself? I did not say that Kissinger's hands were not clean. User did. My posts were written to rebut him.

The left is transparent. They do not care whether American soldiers are killed and/or wounded in Iraq. It is all a political ploy to regain power in the House in 2006. As I said, it will not happen.

I will never forget the massive turnouts against the Vietnam War in which the unwashed scumbags piously parroted the line--War is immoral. We are for Peace. Jesus is for peace.

As soon as the draft stopped, the pious "principled" protest against the war stopped.

The left has no principles except a lust for power.