We usually go for the last half hour of the group discussion. Would have been nice had NBC provided the names as they were talking. I recognized Ford, Schmidt and Ruth Marcus, but not Cuccinelli.

"And the time was also signing a Status of Forces Agreement and having forces in Iraq"

I do like that David Gregory pointed out Romney's flip-flop about pulling out of Iraq.
That would have been fun to watch.

Romney is a slightly smarter Palin, but he still is a Teflon BS artist.
He uses buzz words in a such a way it almost sounds like he made a complete thought.
Almost.

that are more like their own tribalism. The Kurds have control of a large area of oil and would probably want to be their own state allied with Turkey. The other tribes are close enough to areas that have a similar religion and would be willing to join them. I do not see the fighting stopping if we continue to insist that these very unlike groups meld into one. We saw that happen in our own country when reservations were created and enemy tribes were expected to live peacefully together. They still do not always do that - why do we think it will work in other countries.

The British and the French did it after WWI to keep the Arab nations constantly each others' throats and constantly fighting amongst themselves. It was done so that a large Pan-Arab Nation would not emerge from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, and to make it easier to get at all that oil.

After 9/11, Osama bin Laden was talking about, by way of his videos, "80 years" of interference by the West. That's what he was referring to.

That being said, I do think it would be the best thing to break up Iraq. And some of the other fake nations in the region. I don't like the idea of a Pan-Arab Superstate. But then, I don't like the idea of an American Superpower either.

good ole General Electric...how war like their name sounds now.

GENERAL ELECTRIC --(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)

Television Holdings:
* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
The "MS" in MSNBC
means microsoft
The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected.

Other Holdings:
* GE Consumer Electronics.
* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.
* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.
* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.


WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
whos #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than:
Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)

Television Holdings:
* CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US.
* CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.
* Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks.
* Group W Satellite Communications.
Other Holdings:
* Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry.
* Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US.
* Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance.


More news owners here:

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php

now to mitt romney. who has absolutely no foreign policy experience whatsoever.

i repeat, mitt romney has absolutely no foreign policy experience whatsoever.

Maybe get a frigate to haul them over the watery stuff.