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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (50870)	9/4/2006 3:44:19 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

Democrats call for ouster of Rumsfeld By Michael McAuliff New York Daily News (MCT) WASHINGTON - A movement is picking up steam among Democrats to demand Bush dump Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "There are growing doubts about how competently he's conducted the war, whatever your ideology," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Democrats and some Republicans have said before that the combative defense secretary should quit. But Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., proposed a formal resolution last week after Rumsfeld compared administration critics to Nazi appeasers, saying they don't understand the fascist threat of Islamic terrorists. Rumsfeld was one of several administration officials, including the president, who hit the trail last week talking up their national security strategies - the one area where Americans consistently side with the GOP these days. Both sides insist they're not playing election-year politics, but most polls find voters favor Democrats on just about every other issue, making it in the party's interest to discuss Iraq - and to make Rumsfeld the lightning rod. "I think he should resign. He's fundamentally incompetent," Democratic party boss Howard Dean said on CBS' "Face the Nation." One of Rumsfeld's defenders, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., responded on the show that Democrats want to "wave the white flag" in Iraq, and he portrayed the Democrats as weak. "I think Secretary Rumsfeld has done an excellent job," he said. "He'll be remembered as one of the great secretaries of defense." But Schumer said the momentum was growing for the nonbinding resolution to ditch Rumsfeld. "There's a lot of discussion," he said. "I'll probably support it," Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., said on ABC's "This Week," calling Rumsfeld an "impediment" in the war. "He is not someone who is offering answers, and the rest of the world looks at what he has to say and continues to lose confidence in our ability," Biden said. mercurynews.com

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (50870)	9/4/2006 3:46:17 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Genius, did you vote for Bush both in 2000 AND in 2004? Kurdish leader threatens Iraq secession YAHYA BARZANJI Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq - The leader of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq threatened secession Sunday as a dispute over flying the Iraqi flag intensified. Massoud Barzani on Friday ordered the country's national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish one, sparking harsh words in Baghdad. "If we want to separate, we will do it, without hesitation or fears," Barzani, president of the Kurdish region, said during an address to parliament. He tempered his comments slightly by saying that Kurdish leaders already have voted to remain in a united Iraq. But government leaders in Baghdad fear the Kurds are pushing for independence from the rest of Iraq. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a terse statement Sunday. "The current Iraqi flag is the only one which must be hoisted on each bit of Iraq's land until a decision is adopted by the parliament according to the constitution," the statement from his office said. President Jalal Talabani's office on Sunday denounced the flap over the flag as an "exaggerated noise." Talabani, a Kurd, defended Barzani's move, saying there had been a "constitutional vacuum" over the flag issue. Iraq's first interim Governing Council that came after the fall of Saddam Hussein decided to change the flag but no official version has been adopted yet. "What made the Kurdish parliament take this step is this blunder," the statement said. It added that the flag the Iraqi parliament will adopt will become "sacred" and will be flown throughout Iraq, "including Kurdistan's mountain tops." The Kurdish region gradually has been gaining more autonomy since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, a worrying development to many Iraqi leaders, especially Sunni Arabs. If the Kurds were to become independent along with the Shiite majority in the oil-rich south, the Sunnis would be left with little more than date groves and sand. On Saturday, Sunni Arab lawmaker Saleh al-Mutlaq slammed Barzani's decision. "What will be taken by force today, will be returned by force another day," he said, without elaborating. "We can defend our dignity, our people and our land ... and no one should be under the illusion that he could take a tiny bit of somebody else's land." Speaking to parliament, Barzani said the national flag does not represent Iraqis. He said the Kurds would use an early version of the Iraqi flag that was flown after the end of the monarchy in 1958. The Kurdish area had been out of Saddam Hussein's control since the 1991 Gulf War, when the Kurds set up their autonomous region under the protection of U.S. and British warplanes. After the U.S.-led invasion, Kurdistan was the only region that did not witness major changes. Iraq's new constitution recognizes Kurdish self-rule and provides a legal mechanism for other areas to govern themselves but within the Iraqi state. mercurynews.com

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (50870)	9/4/2006 3:51:11 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Stupid is as stupid does!" You should have that printed on your forehead. Hezbollah lost the fighting war and is losing the propaganda war inside Lebanon, genius. Why do you think its leader essentially apologized to the Lebanese people for starting the war and handed out $12k wads of cash to those whose houses his blunder destroyed? The primary group of people suckered in by their propaganda is left-wing blame America first dopes like you. You really have no choice but to trash Hezbollah. After all, they've gotten more rebuilding done in Lebanon since the war ended in August than Bush has done in New Orleans during the 12 months that have elapsed since Hurricane Katrina. Got any other brilliant thoughts, o wise one? Can't wait...........NOT!