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Mark E. Smith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:04 AM
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Dick Cheney: "The Iraqis Are Stabbing Iraq In The Back."
AP 11/23/05

by Henry R. Malificent: Senior Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON -- Responding to calls by Iraqi authorities for the U.S. to establish a timetable for withdrawing its armed forces from their country, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke out today and made his feelings clear. "The Iraqis are stabbing Iraq in the back. We will never abandon the Iraqi people to themselves. These people are have infiltrated their own country, and they cannot be allowed to dictate terms that will deny them the freedom to do what it is they don't want to do."

Cheney, seen by many as the driving force behind our military involvement in Iraq, is rumored to have been personally stunned by what he views as "Iraqis betraying Iraq."

"Perhaps it is time for the Iraqis to begin considering withdrawal from Iraq as the best possible guarantee for Iraqi freedom," he added.

In what is widely being seen here in Washington as a carefully orchestrated media offensive designed to counter the call by Iraqi governing factions to regain military sovereignty over Iraq, President Bush, speaking from his Crawford Texas ranch, had this to say, "These Iraqis are traitors to America. And by telling us to remove our troops from Iraq they are endangering the brave American men and women fighting there. They are only encouraging themselves to do things that are not in the best interests of Iraq."

http://www.moderateindependent.com/v3i12worst.htm

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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:05 AM
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1. Which is making Cheney jealous, cause that's his job
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:09 AM
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2. I thought bush said that we would leave if they asked us to.
I guess that , like everything else concerning this war against the people of Iraq, was bullshit.
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Maggie_May Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:10 AM
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3. Cheney you stabbed them in the back
They want us to go home. Its pretty simple there Dick. We need a timetable for withdraw thats what there asking for. Whats the problem Dick? You really need to go back in your hole. Wait a minute who would I make fun?
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:10 AM
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4. How does one infiltrate his own country?
Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 10:12 AM by mutley_r_us
:shrug:

Who is Cheney to tell these people what they want? They've been living a certain way for thousands of years, what the hell makes Cheney and the rest of those clowns think they'll be able to change it in just a few years, or even a few decades? What if the majority of Iraqi's don't want a Democracy?

They are so big on democracy in Iraq; why don't they hold a vote on whether they want continued US presence in Iraq? If they hold a vote, and over 50% of Iraqis vote for the US to stay -- I will shut my hole on the war permanently.
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90-percent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:15 AM
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6. uhhhh
real link, please?

this sounds awfully satirical.

-85%
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:16 AM
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8. link for what?
Where am I going to get a link on my opinion? :shrug:
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hwmnbn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:13 AM
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5. That's so silly....
There are more efficient ways to kill them. White Phosphorous comes to mind. Random shooting at civilians. Shock and awe. Detainee fatigue.

Stabbing in the back is so Roman Empire. We do killing right!
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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:15 AM
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7. Is this for real?
For that matter, is the Moderate Independent a serious site?
A Google search does not turn up the quote.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:17 AM
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9. of course not. Its amateurish and unfunny.
Onion-clones never seem to do it right.
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Mark E. Smith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 11:50 AM
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12. Awww, I was just trying to have some fun.
Mean ick.
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nickyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:22 AM
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10. It's a joke. Nothing these people say could surprise any of us anymore,
but it's definately not "for real" - YET!

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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 10:25 AM
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11. Damned Scots! They ruined Scotland!
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 11:53 AM
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13. Yeah, treating the Iraqi leaders like children, that'll work
Same way it worked with the Diem brothers in Vietnam.

Before we had them both whacked, that is.
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 12:24 PM
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14. he should know. Cheney is stabbing America in the back
and fuc..ing freedom.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 12:26 PM
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15. "sometimes you have to destroy a country, and kill or imprison its people,
in order to save it."
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