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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77146)	6/15/2006 9:42:10 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

I can understand what even BUsh's best friend, Rep Jack Murtha is advocating cut and run. If Bush shows the finger to all then reciprocating that gesture is fair enough. Even his base has abandoned him and isn't that why he is talking about gay marriage when he should be focusing on Iraq with 135,000 troops are in harm's way. He like flying onto the deck of a aircraft carrier and flying into war zones. He didn't do so when he was required to some 30 years ago. He chickened out then. Wonder what he is trying to prove now. Doesn't realize his actions are laughable stuff.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77146)	6/15/2006 10:41:40 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,500 Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:13 PM BST15 By Omar al-Ibadi BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq has reached 2,500, the Pentagon said on Thursday, more than three years into a conflict that finds U.S.-led forces locked in a struggle with a resilient Sunni Arab insurgency. The news came after a senior Iraqi official in Baghdad said his country's security forces had seized al Qaeda in Iraq documents giving key information about the militant group's network and the whereabouts of its leaders. ...contd at today.reuters.co.uk

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77146)	6/16/2006 9:04:33 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

The following brings out the fact that while the Bush Administration is beating up on Murtha and Kerry for advocating "cut and run", they themselves are preparing to do so through some hasty arrangements such as the transfer of prisoners etc. Militias hold sway in prisons, Iraqi says U.S. asked to halt transfer as militants free some inmates, abuse others By Jonathan Finer and Ellen Knickmeyer BAGHDAD - Iraq's prison system is overrun with Shiite Muslim militiamen who have freed fellow militia members convicted of major crimes and executed Sunni Arab inmates, the country's deputy justice minister said in an interview this week. "We cannot control the prisons. It's as simple as that," said the deputy minister, Pusho Ibrahim Ali Daza Yei, an ethnic Kurd. "Our jails are infiltrated by the militias from top to bottom, from Basra to Baghdad." As a result, Yei has asked U.S. authorities to suspend plans to transfer prisons and detainees from American to Iraqi control. "Our ministry is unprepared at this time to take over the facilities, especially those in areas where Shiite militias exist," he said in a letter to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John D. Gardner, the official in charge of American detention facilities. ...contd at msnbc.msn.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77146)	6/17/2006 2:46:21 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The democrats are the only ones with a plan on Iraq. And Bushies are slyly, slowly stealing the Dem plan. They just don't want to be obvious about it. Bush had no plan after the initial invasion. None at all except to steal oil for him cronies (but not us). And Saddam had nothing to do with 9-11 or Al Qaida. Nothing.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (77146)	6/17/2006 11:19:52 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

I guess Japan and Britain are beating Murtha and Kerry in the "cut and run" game!!! Happy reading. Iraq withdrawal plan due before summit with Bush 06/17/2006 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan this month will officially announce plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq after the new Iraqi government takes over security operations in Muthanna province, sources said Friday. The 500 or so members of the Ground Self-Defense Force are currently on a humanitarian mission in Samawah in the province. They could first finish moving to Kuwait within a month, followed by a full withdrawal from the region completed possibly in August, the sources said. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will announce the pullout before June 29, when he meets with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington, the sources said. Britain, which is in charge of security in Muthanna province along with Australia, has expressed its intention to transfer its security authority to the Iraqi government on June 19 at the earliest. Australia and the United States have accepted Britain's decision. For that reason, Japan concluded that the four conditions for a GSDF withdrawal from the war-torn country have nearly been met. "I must say it depends on the region, but it is true that security is being restored (in Iraq)," Foreign Minister Taro Aso told reporters Friday. "I think that the situation is now being arranged to be able to pull out from Iraq earlier." After Bush made a surprise trip to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday, officials from Japan, the United States, Britain and Australia held working-level talks in London about the withdrawal of their troops, officials said. The Japanese government concluded that two of the four conditions for the GSDF pullout have already been met-- development in the Iraqi political process and reconstruction progress in the country. Another condition is a change in the composition of the multinational force in Iraq. Such a change would occur when Britain and Australia withdraw their troops. Japan intends to bring the GSDF members home at the same time. The final condition is substantial progress in the transfer of security-related authority to Iraqi forces. The Iraqi government on June 8 appointed three ministers in charge of security issues. A committee comprising the three Iraqi ministers, commanders of the U.S. and British forces and others is expected to endorse the security transfer to the Iraqi government as early as next week. In a meeting with Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga on June 4, Adam Ingram, the British security minister, said Muthanna province is a candidate site for a security authority transfer to the Iraqi government. However, it is unclear if such a transfer would take place considering the worsening situation in Baghdad and Basra.(IHT/Asahi: June 17,2006) asahi.com