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DiamondRain
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On 9/11/2001, Al Qaeda operatives infiltrated the United States and murdered 2,996 innocent US citizens, declaring war on this country.
Immediately after, both Republicans and Democrats vowed that they would take whatever measures were necessary to eradicate Al Qaeda and either kill or capture them so that they would no longer have the ability to ever commit such an atrocity upon us again.
The Republicans have tried to keep their promise. The Democrats have not.
We have been battling Al Qaeda for several years in Iraq. Iraq is the battle front of the war against these barbarians. Al Qaeda leaders have acknowledged the critical importance of a victory in Iraq and how devastating it would be to their agenda of evil if they were to lose the battle there.
But the Democrats have broken their vow. They have done all they could to yield to the enemy, to surrender Iraq to these murderers, to run like cowards in the face of a difficult fight for freedom.
Thank God some of us still remember 9/11, and still remember our vow to hunt these barbarians and their supporters down and go wherever we must to ensure they will never have a chance to murder again.
We are winning the battle against this scourge in spite of the Democrat cowardice. We bombed the hell out of some of these bastards in Iraq in the last couple of days. Let's keep our vow and keep it up until the job is done!
U. S. BOMBS AL-QAEDA IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
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| Jan 21 @ 12:41 PM |
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MinnieSoda
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Al Qaeda is a myth concocted by our government to fuel its war machine....IMHO of course....
~Peace
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| Jan 21 @ 1:03 PM |
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eastham
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Despite GWB, the Iraq Study Group and the 9/11 Commission all saying their was no link between Iraq and the tragedy of September 11th, you continue to link the two.
We went into Afghanistan to eliminate Al Qaeda, but did not finish the job. We took our eyes off the ball and went into Iraq.
Was Hussein a lovely individual, of course not. But he was not responsible for 9/11 and Al Qaeda was.
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| Jan 21 @ 2:01 PM |
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Bj864
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Al Qaeda is a myth concocted by our government to fuel its war machine....IMHO of course....
~Peace
In a way I agree with you. Al Qaeda as the media and the government presents it is a myth. However, as we know Al Qaeda means "The Base". The CIA was the agency that trained and provided weapons to get them started. Many people believe the CIA is still in charge and still funding them. Whats your opinion?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7787
On 9/11/2001, Al Qaeda operatives infiltrated the United States and murdered 2,996 innocent US citizens, declaring war on this country
Do you have proof of this? If show please share it with us.
Don't you realize that the U.S. uses the term Al Qaeda, even when it is inappropiate? It is mostly insurgents and innocent civilians that we kill in Iraq. Al Qaeda numbers were estimated to be under 5,000 even at the highest estimate. Do you know how many people have been killed over there?
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| Jan 21 @ 2:06 PM |
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MusicMonster
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There were many pseudo-justifications and gross fabrications involved in going into Iraq, but not a single one of them worthy. 
However I still believe to this day a lot of it was pure personal revenge. For Saddam Hussein having the unmitigated gall to actually make an attempt on the life of GWB's daddy!
After that, nothing short of Saddam hanging at the bottom of a rope, would ever do. It was personal.
Warped there's no doubt. But the whole thing has been warped from the outset.
That's the kind of mentality we've been dealing with.
-MM 
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| Jan 21 @ 2:58 PM |
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Paralegal_at_Law
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We went into Afghanistan to eliminate Al Qaeda, but did not finish the job. We took our eyes off the ball and went into Iraq.
We waged war on Afghanistan because they were providing sanctuary, aid and comfort to Al Qaeda, which after the 9/11 attacks left Afghanistani Taliban Mullahs on the wrong side.
We waged war on Iraq because it was authorized by the United Nations to invade and occupay a state sponsor of terrorism, because prior Democrat and Republican administrations had made it a priority to get rid of Saddam Hussein at first opportunity, because we wanted access to Iraqi oil when that resource is governed by a regime that is a US ally, and because we wanted to inject democracy into the Middle East.
All those are worthy goals. I would support going to war in Iraq again tomorrow, with the only priviso being if I was in charge, I would take everything we have in the way of armed forces and overwhelm Iraq in a few days, then cause an Iraqi census to occur, classifying the paroled Iraqis to house arrest- work release after their unconditional surrender, issue GPS chip imbedded color coded positive ID's through a voice stress and polygraph regimen that ferrets out the Fetayeen Insurgents and Al Qaeda in Iraq or Iraqi private militia members for stronghold detention and intensive re-education including hypnotic therapy, sleep suggestion, and hard labor.
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| Jan 21 @ 3:47 PM |
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iam7545
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dr - If Obama says that we are going to invade Pakistan and bomb AlQaeda - all the lefty whackos go goo goo and extol this empty suits deep understanding of foreign affairs.
When Edwards, Kerry and Billary appeared before the Senate to make a case for the War it was like film "The Day The Earth Stood Still" in the commie marxist world! Tongues wagging, liquid coming from the side of their mouths - the entire bit!
If we actually do something to thwart AlQaeda the lefty whackos spew the typical drivel -
Bush lied people died
There is no war on terror
AlQaeda is a myth
AlQaeda is growing as the result of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan
I got these quotes from the 2004 - election rhetoric. 
The American hating liberals are so predictable it is hilarious! Why bother?
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| Jan 21 @ 5:27 PM |
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DiamondRain
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All the irrelevant conspiracy theories and all the anti-American rhetoric whether advanced by our enemy sympathizers abroad or within our own country cannot change the essential fact that it is Al Qaeda and their supporters that we have been fighting, capturing and killing in Iraq. That is where the front in our battle against Islamic terrorism is and that is where it must be fought.
Al Quaeda is in Iraq. Where should we be going to kill them? Lichtenstein perhaps?
Democrats and other terrorist apologists have run through the litany of excuses: we can't fight the terrorists because we don't even know where they are; it's impossible to beat them because there are too many of them; we can't win through military force; bla, bla bla.
Now, after we know exactly where they are (in Iraq), began to turn the battle decisevly in our favor, and are kicking their asses with our military ... now it's "the terrorists never existed in the first place."
It's all a charade to cover up the fact that Democrats have abandoned their vow to protect this country against Islamic terrorism and in fact have given more support to the terrorists than to the country that provides them with the freedom and prosperity that they enjoy.
No wonder the terrorists endorse Deomcrats!
I don't know about you, but when I see the enemy sympathizers reduced to something as preposterous as that, I'd say it's check mate.
KICK ASS IN IRAQ! FINISH THE JOB! VOTE REPUBLICAN!
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| Jan 21 @ 5:51 PM |
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Nightowl001
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Let's see... we are eradicating a terrorist organization that came into a country after we had removed the greatest opposition to their being there before we attacked. Meanwhile, they are fluorishing in at least a dozen other countries and we never did find the titular head of the organization that our inept leader vowed to hunt to the ends of the earth. And we've only spent a trillion dollars and 3,000 American lives (and an unverifiable number of Iraqi lives) doing it.
In the spirit of more good news, Bush officially has less than 1 year go go now.
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| Jan 21 @ 5:57 PM |
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iam7545
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after we had removed the greatest opposition to their being there before we attacked.
Simply - a lie! Not even close to being true!
How about a link or something to prove this NO?
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| Jan 21 @ 6:10 PM |
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MusicMonster
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This should dispel some of the convenient rumors.
Nobody believes there was a link between 9/11/01 and Iraq, including this president!
-MM
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| Jan 21 @ 6:14 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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GlobalSecurity.org said:
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is defending its military presence in Iraq by warning the US public that Al-Qaeda remains a great threat intent on striking America again, even as early as this summer.
US President George W. Bush drew a close link Tuesday between the group known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq and the network headed by Osama bin Laden that attacked the United States on September 11, 2001.
He warned that victory was essential in Iraq to keep Al-Qaeda from delivering another blow on US soil, while insisting that Osama bin Laden pulls the strings of the Iraq group, which did not exist before the March 2003 US-led invasion. "Some say that Iraq is not a part of the broader war on terror," he said.
"They claim that the organization called Al-Qaeda in Iraq is an Iraqi phenomenon, that it's independent of Osama bin Laden and it's not interested in attacking America. That would be news to Osama bin Laden."
Bush spoke a week after the release of a US intelligence report stating that Al-Qaeda had been reinvigorated and was plotting new attacks from a safe haven in remote tribal areas of Pakistan.
The report, a National Intelligence Estimate grouping the consensus findings of the US spy agencies, also declared that the Al-Qaeda in Iraq group (AQI) was the terrorist network's "most visible and capable affiliate and the only one known to have expressed a desire to attack the homeland," meaning the United States.
But a day after Bush spoke, one of the report's authors, CIA official Edward Gistaro, refused to categorically say whether the Iraq branch was under Osama’s direct orders and insisted that Al-Qaeda was not a "monolithic" organisation.
"Al-Qaeda in Pakistan tries to provide strategic guidance and encouragement to AQI, but it also defers to AQI to make tactical decisions on the ground with regard to its operations inside of Iraq," Gistaro told US lawmakers.
By arguing the link between the Iraq war and Al-Qaeda, Bush seeks to regain support among Americans and Congress amid mounting calls for withdrawing the 160,000 US troops from a four-year-old conflict that has killed more than 3,600 soldiers.
Analysts say Bush has exaggerated the link for political reasons, although there is no question that Al-Qaeda overall has gained strength.
"It's both politics and reality," said John Pike, director of the Globalsecurity.org, a centre specialised in national security.
"I think that Mr. Bush may overstate it as usual, because while there is no doubt that this group in Iraq should be viewed as an Al-Qaeda affiliate, it probably makes a lot of its own decisions and it probably is not in most cases a major threat to the American homeland," said Michael O'Hanlon, a national security expert at the Brookings Institution think tank.
"I think it is primarily an Iraq-based group," O'Hanlon told AFP.
"But on the other hand, if they are victorious in Iraq, there is a chance that some of them will be emboldened to try to do the same sort of the things in other parts of the world," he said.
The Bush administration has warned that the summer could be a prime season for another terror strike on US soil, with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff saying this month he had a "gut feeling" the country was "in a period of increased vulnerability."
"I believe we are entering a period this summer of increased risk," Chertoff told the Chicago Tribune in an interview earlier this month.
Chertoff said that "in prior summers, we've had attacks against the West, which suggests that summer seems to be appealing to them."
He said his remarks were based on past patterns of attacks, recent statements by Al-Qaeda, "increased activity in South Asia," and intelligence reports.
But the Homeland Security Department did not raise the level of its terror alert and merely boosted police presence in US airports to ease travellers' concerns after the failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month.
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| Jan 21 @ 6:20 PM |
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Jankia
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No wonder the terrorists endorse Deomcrats! This statement reminds me of the hostages released the day Carter left office and Reagan took over.Lets not any further piss off anyone that might be serious about what they say.
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| Jan 21 @ 6:26 PM |
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iam7545
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mm - Think you may be a little "PREMATURE" here. No one says that Sadaam Huesein had anything to do with 9-11. Of course not.
However, he did support these extremists, allowed them to have training camps, gave several leaders free passage and medical care, and he paid bonuses to Palestinian families after their sons and daughter magically exploded in their search for virgins.
I know the latter does not upset the lefty whackos since they are in large part anti semitic.
Before you regurgitate the moveon.$hit talking points try to understand them.
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| Jan 21 @ 6:30 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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This statement reminds me of the hostages released the day Carter left office and Reagan took over.Lets not any further piss off anyone that might be serious about what they say.
Whoa!!!!!!!! Please remember that Jimmy Carter refused to deal with the terrorists, who insisted on being held innocent and bearing no liability for what they did, even in civil suits. Reagan backed down entirely and gave them what they asked for as soon as he got into office. I'm sure that if it were me, I'd have backed down too, I'd rather have my loved one back than collect money for what happened to them, but in actual fact it was Carter who took the tough stance, not Reagan.
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| Jan 21 @ 6:43 PM |
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Jankia
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 If I remember right heaven Carter imposed sanctions and an oil embargo. The Iranians released the hostages minutes after Reagan was inaugurated.They knew the American public wanted something done and Reagan would do it. Carters sanctions did have some effect on Irans economy,but that apparently wasnt enough.
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| Jan 21 @ 6:49 PM |
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iam7545
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Reagan backed down entirely and gave them what they asked for as soon as he got into office.
Just exactly what did he give them? He was President for 10 minutes
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| Jan 21 @ 7:15 PM |
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MusicMonster
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Not sure what right-wing extremists you're listening to this time iam, but there were no Al Qaeda Training Camps in Iraq prior to 9/11.. Saddam Hussein was not associated with Al Qaeda in any way.. Rumor has it he and BIn Laden didn't even get along.. But we attacked the wrong one of the two!!
Al Qaeda went into Iraq to engage the US, after "Mission Accomplished" was declared 'round the world..
Even your own president says that! Wake Up Boy!! Get your facts together!!  You'll be glad you did..
-MM
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| Jan 21 @ 7:21 PM |
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Nightowl001
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On Jan. 20, 1981, the day of President Reagan's inauguration, the United States released almost $8 billion in Iranian assets and the hostages were freed after 444 days in Iranian detention; the agreement gave Iran immunity from lawsuits arising from the incident.
Interesting to some of us was that this deal was apparently negotiated by as-yet-inaugurated Ronald Reagan who had no legal standing to speak for the United States and was thus dealing with a hostile foreign government against the express orders of the Carter administration. Can you spell "treason"?
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| Jan 21 @ 7:26 PM |
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Jankia
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Whats interesting was those frozen assets were frozen by Carter with the understanding they would be liquid after the hostages were released.Are you saying Reagan made those sanctions only negotiable with him? I'd like to see your verification or would that be under "apparently"?
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