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	<title>Comments on: Obama&#8217;s Meddling Undermines Future U.S.-Iraq Relationship</title>
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		<title>By: KPM1642</title>
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		<dc:creator>KPM1642</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Iran was our ally in the 50s,60s and 70s. Power shifted in the Middle East Iraq became our ally against Iran. Power shifted again and Iraq became our enemy. 

Now Iraq is our friend again and Iran is our enemy? 

Does not seem to make sense thinking long term relationships are going to last in the ever shifting sands of the Middle East. Our time, money and effort would be better spent on the US and the close allies we already have. Not some crap shoot in the Middle East where all previous money seems to have been wasted.

And I am not certain one trip to Iraq could be considered interferring when taken in context of the whole Middle East Issue. We interferred with 175,000 troops. Can&#039;t get much more interferring.

If they want to kill each other let em. But lets not keep American targets in close range. 

Let em go back to hating each other not us. They take our money but hate us. A great relationship. Hmm!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iran was our ally in the 50s,60s and 70s. Power shifted in the Middle East Iraq became our ally against Iran. Power shifted again and Iraq became our enemy. </p>
<p>Now Iraq is our friend again and Iran is our enemy? </p>
<p>Does not seem to make sense thinking long term relationships are going to last in the ever shifting sands of the Middle East. Our time, money and effort would be better spent on the US and the close allies we already have. Not some crap shoot in the Middle East where all previous money seems to have been wasted.</p>
<p>And I am not certain one trip to Iraq could be considered interferring when taken in context of the whole Middle East Issue. We interferred with 175,000 troops. Can&#8217;t get much more interferring.</p>
<p>If they want to kill each other let em. But lets not keep American targets in close range. </p>
<p>Let em go back to hating each other not us. They take our money but hate us. A great relationship. Hmm!</p>
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		<title>By: NS</title>
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		<dc:creator>NS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom W,
             Thank you for posting that kick ass video from LiveLeak. That and the Kidrock sound track was intense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom W,<br />
             Thank you for posting that kick ass video from LiveLeak. That and the Kidrock sound track was intense.</p>
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		<title>By: davod</title>
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		<dc:creator>davod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama&#039;s interference in Iraq may be bad, but his interferrence in Kenya was even worse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#8217;s interference in Iraq may be bad, but his interferrence in Kenya was even worse.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom W.</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obamas-meddling-undermines-future-us-iraq-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-128969</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom W.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;As a republican who intends to support Obama, I, for one, do not believe the politics of elections in the US is dictating the Treaty efforts in Iraq... 

In reference to Iraq, we, as a nation, are not willing to publicly match the intensity of the insurgents in Iraq. We simply do not have the stomach for that level of aggression. I have yet to hear Obama speak those words. I have only heard talk of a responsible, timely withdrawal from an embarrassing war that has cost lives, money and resources (ignoring the fact the war started based on lies and half-truths by our own government).&lt;/i&gt;

How many of you believe that a Republican wrote this?

&quot;As a concerned conservative just like you, I&#039;m voting for the lying, incompetent, corrupt socialist who sics the government on people who dare criticize him.&quot;

As for the stupidity of saying we don&#039;t have the stomach for aggression, the main reason we won in Iraq is because General Petraeus loosened up the rules of engagement and authorized special operations forces from all over the world to kill as many terrorists as possible.

At least three Iranian &quot;diplomatic&quot; convoys were ambushed and all their occupants killed.  That caused the Iranians to withdraw most of their Qods Force terrorists.

The British SAS carried out operations inside Iran, killing the EFP runners and manufacturers.

The SAS and the Delta Force killed or captured 3500 terrorists in Baghdad alone.  The Delta Force took 20 percent casualties in the process, an astronomical number. 

If &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; have the stomach for it, watch this video. It shows what happened after General Petraeus eased the rules of engagement.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f55_1218548389

Those are unarmed terrorists being blown into chunks by high-explosive cannon shells. General Petraeus allowed our troops to kill people who dropped their weapons and tried to run away.

Petraeus and our troops realize that some people just have to be killed.  We can&#039;t show them mercy.  Obama doesn&#039;t believe that.  He thinks he&#039;s so dang smooth and persuasive, he can talk terrorists into behaving like human beings.

And yet...

Obama admits that he has absolutely no ability to persuade American Republicans to do anything.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5922487

&quot;I don&#039;t think me calling House Republican members would have been that helpful, I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the aisle.&quot;

So he can&#039;t even persuade Republicans to pass a bill, but he claims he can talk Iran into becoming peaceful.

Anyone who supports Obama is--I&#039;m sorry--an imbecile. He lays all his weaknesses and incompetence right out on the table. He is a complete fraud, a nothing, an actor blowing hot air.

That&#039;s why he&#039;ll lose.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>As a republican who intends to support Obama, I, for one, do not believe the politics of elections in the US is dictating the Treaty efforts in Iraq&#8230; </p>
<p>In reference to Iraq, we, as a nation, are not willing to publicly match the intensity of the insurgents in Iraq. We simply do not have the stomach for that level of aggression. I have yet to hear Obama speak those words. I have only heard talk of a responsible, timely withdrawal from an embarrassing war that has cost lives, money and resources (ignoring the fact the war started based on lies and half-truths by our own government).</i></p>
<p>How many of you believe that a Republican wrote this?</p>
<p>&#8220;As a concerned conservative just like you, I&#8217;m voting for the lying, incompetent, corrupt socialist who sics the government on people who dare criticize him.&#8221;</p>
<p>As for the stupidity of saying we don&#8217;t have the stomach for aggression, the main reason we won in Iraq is because General Petraeus loosened up the rules of engagement and authorized special operations forces from all over the world to kill as many terrorists as possible.</p>
<p>At least three Iranian &#8220;diplomatic&#8221; convoys were ambushed and all their occupants killed.  That caused the Iranians to withdraw most of their Qods Force terrorists.</p>
<p>The British SAS carried out operations inside Iran, killing the EFP runners and manufacturers.</p>
<p>The SAS and the Delta Force killed or captured 3500 terrorists in Baghdad alone.  The Delta Force took 20 percent casualties in the process, an astronomical number. </p>
<p>If <i>you</i> have the stomach for it, watch this video. It shows what happened after General Petraeus eased the rules of engagement.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f55_1218548389" rel="nofollow">http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f55_1218548389</a></p>
<p>Those are unarmed terrorists being blown into chunks by high-explosive cannon shells. General Petraeus allowed our troops to kill people who dropped their weapons and tried to run away.</p>
<p>Petraeus and our troops realize that some people just have to be killed.  We can&#8217;t show them mercy.  Obama doesn&#8217;t believe that.  He thinks he&#8217;s so dang smooth and persuasive, he can talk terrorists into behaving like human beings.</p>
<p>And yet&#8230;</p>
<p>Obama admits that he has absolutely no ability to persuade American Republicans to do anything.</p>
<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5922487" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5922487</a></p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think me calling House Republican members would have been that helpful, I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the aisle.&#8221;</p>
<p>So he can&#8217;t even persuade Republicans to pass a bill, but he claims he can talk Iran into becoming peaceful.</p>
<p>Anyone who supports Obama is&#8211;I&#8217;m sorry&#8211;an imbecile. He lays all his weaknesses and incompetence right out on the table. He is a complete fraud, a nothing, an actor blowing hot air.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why he&#8217;ll lose.</p>
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		<title>By: AbuBaerSmith</title>
		<link>http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obamas-meddling-undermines-future-us-iraq-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-128200</link>
		<dc:creator>AbuBaerSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This should be treated like what is, TREASON. Why has no one initiated an investigation and filed charges. It was bad enough that they voted to strengthen AlQueda&#039;s &quot;Islamic State&quot; in Iraq by trying to defund the war but now this is absolute proof they are Political Agents acting on behalf of AlQueda whether by design or as dupes the fruits of their labor would be the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This should be treated like what is, TREASON. Why has no one initiated an investigation and filed charges. It was bad enough that they voted to strengthen AlQueda&#8217;s &#8220;Islamic State&#8221; in Iraq by trying to defund the war but now this is absolute proof they are Political Agents acting on behalf of AlQueda whether by design or as dupes the fruits of their labor would be the same.</p>
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		<title>By: AdrianS</title>
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		<dc:creator>AdrianS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Video that could cost Obama the election:

http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=68

Poll finds American reject redistribution of wealth as suggested by Barack Hussein Obama.

PRINCETON, NJ -- When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today&#039;s consumer, Americans overwhelmingly -- by 84% to 13% -- prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Americans.

Read: http://www.gallup.com/poll/108445/Americans-Oppose-Income-Redistribution-Fix-Economy.aspx

Americans Oppose Income Redistribution to Fix Economy

[Note: Elect John McCain for a free America and economic growth.]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Video that could cost Obama the election:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=68" rel="nofollow">http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=68</a></p>
<p>Poll finds American reject redistribution of wealth as suggested by Barack Hussein Obama.</p>
<p>PRINCETON, NJ &#8212; When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today&#8217;s consumer, Americans overwhelmingly &#8212; by 84% to 13% &#8212; prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Americans.</p>
<p>Read: <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/108445/Americans-Oppose-Income-Redistribution-Fix-Economy.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.gallup.com/poll/108445/Americans-Oppose-Income-Redistribution-Fix-Economy.aspx</a></p>
<p>Americans Oppose Income Redistribution to Fix Economy</p>
<p>[Note: Elect John McCain for a free America and economic growth.]</p>
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		<title>By: poodlebunny</title>
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		<dc:creator>poodlebunny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just became aware that Mr. Obama will not release his BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!  Could it be possible he is NOT a U.S. Citizen?  Who would know since no once can verify???? Let&#039;s get real NOISY on this one, folks.  As you well know, if not a US citizen, the Presidency if OFF LIMITS.  After all, they questioned Sen. McCain&#039;s birth because he was born while his Dad was stationed in the Panama Canal zone.  Why not question Obama&#039;s birth as well?  I bet they are really jumping around trying to manufacture all the &quot;evidence&quot; as fast as they can.  I can&#039;t imagine a singe reason why anyone running for the highest office in the land would be allowed to get by with not revealing basic information such as a birth certificate and his records from Columbia Univ.  Does anyone know any of his classmates?  Has anyone seen a yearbook with his picture in it?  Has anyone seen a diploma?  Or are we being fed a lie here too? And I thought he was so dirt poor.  How did he travel all over the world and end up going to Columbia without having worked any job prior to college? A---ND (as he loves to say)how come we don&#039;t get equal coverage of the white side of his family?  Just questions rolling around in my head.  Maybe someone can answer them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just became aware that Mr. Obama will not release his BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!  Could it be possible he is NOT a U.S. Citizen?  Who would know since no once can verify???? Let&#8217;s get real NOISY on this one, folks.  As you well know, if not a US citizen, the Presidency if OFF LIMITS.  After all, they questioned Sen. McCain&#8217;s birth because he was born while his Dad was stationed in the Panama Canal zone.  Why not question Obama&#8217;s birth as well?  I bet they are really jumping around trying to manufacture all the &#8220;evidence&#8221; as fast as they can.  I can&#8217;t imagine a singe reason why anyone running for the highest office in the land would be allowed to get by with not revealing basic information such as a birth certificate and his records from Columbia Univ.  Does anyone know any of his classmates?  Has anyone seen a yearbook with his picture in it?  Has anyone seen a diploma?  Or are we being fed a lie here too? And I thought he was so dirt poor.  How did he travel all over the world and end up going to Columbia without having worked any job prior to college? A&#8212;ND (as he loves to say)how come we don&#8217;t get equal coverage of the white side of his family?  Just questions rolling around in my head.  Maybe someone can answer them.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc Malone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc Malone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris in Toronto - Thank you.  I&#039;m good for a week, now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris in Toronto &#8211; Thank you.  I&#8217;m good for a week, now.</p>
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		<title>By: Lie, Big Lie, Big Fat Lie, Lies, Lies and More Lies &#171; Obi&#8217;s Sister</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lie, Big Lie, Big Fat Lie, Lies, Lies and More Lies &#171; Obi&#8217;s Sister</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] what they always say&#8230; if you WANT to be President, you should act Presidential. That includes mucking about in foreign affairs. Look Ma, no hands! [Emphasis admin] While Iraqi and American negotiators and decision makers are [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] what they always say&#8230; if you WANT to be President, you should act Presidential. That includes mucking about in foreign affairs. Look Ma, no hands! [Emphasis admin] While Iraqi and American negotiators and decision makers are [...]</p>
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		<title>By: centra</title>
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		<dc:creator>centra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is a say anything man.  He is determined to get elected.  He has lied so much it is pitiful, what&#039;s more pitiful is, the media continues to allow it.

For example:

He never said those things while he was  in church.  Maybe he missed those sermons but he was his mentor, his friend, like an uncle Obama said.  Then he was caught spewing his hate toward Obama and Obama threw him under the bus, kind of.   Rev. Wright,  a outspoken political man who Obama was with for 20 years as a friend, like an uncle and Obama didn’t know his politics???    

He hides behind his supporters, his advisers.  Oh don’t say than ,wink, wink.  

How many of  his Muslim out reach reps had to quit because they had ties to the enemy our soldiers fight.

He says he thought a terrorist who blew up the pentagon was reformed.  A person would have to  be totally ignorant to believe this man had reformed.  Especially on 9/11/01 when he said he wish he had done more.  He said this at the very same time Obama was in the thick with him.  Ayes his neighbor, the man that handed over millions to Obama.  I wouldn’t hand over  $50.00 to someone I didn’t trust.  Ayers is a very politically outspoken man.  But Obama had no idea he still hated America.  OHHH-K.  I’m an idiot and I believe that too.

I could go on and on but the truth is this man who we know nothing about, like his college years,  Harvard and Columbia can not release his records, may be leading the FREE world.

 Do I want such a poor judge of character or such an outright liar as my next President.  The lies Senator Obama has told are numerous.  His many alliances are troubling to say the very least.  

I started working before I got out of high school, I did both and made it during very hard times, the Carter years .  I started at the bottom as a kick press operator, learned how to weld parts, learned how to read a blue print, use measuring equipment, setup and run machines and I became an inspector 27 years ago.  I learned all of this on my break and lunch, while working a second job as a bartender to pay my rent.

 I give to the charities I wish to support Mr. Obama , not the ones your say I must.  

An Obama presidency will make me give to people who grew up in the same conditions I did, but who chose not to better themselves.    By thirty we owned a home of our own with 1 acre of land. We both settled down to 40 hour a week jobs making a decent wage.  We did it all on our own, we made it because we lived in America, the place where having individual responsibility was a must and  THE contributing factor to our success.

The only people I should be helping are the elderly, the children and truly mentally and physically despaired.  

You Senator Obama who preaches we should spread the wealth, you declare every deduction, contribution and tax credit you can.   You could easily pay more taxes by declaring nothing at all.  But instead you and your ilk use a lawyer to find every hole in the tax laws you can find, to get out of paying more taxes.  Where we the average Joe plumber use a $50.00 guy to pay  ¼ of the wealth WE earned to pay for the socialist, nanny state policies your ilk has labored upon us.  As my taxes go up my charitable contributions go down.  As my bosses taxes go up the number of employees and benefits go down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is a say anything man.  He is determined to get elected.  He has lied so much it is pitiful, what&#8217;s more pitiful is, the media continues to allow it.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>He never said those things while he was  in church.  Maybe he missed those sermons but he was his mentor, his friend, like an uncle Obama said.  Then he was caught spewing his hate toward Obama and Obama threw him under the bus, kind of.   Rev. Wright,  a outspoken political man who Obama was with for 20 years as a friend, like an uncle and Obama didn’t know his politics???    </p>
<p>He hides behind his supporters, his advisers.  Oh don’t say than ,wink, wink.  </p>
<p>How many of  his Muslim out reach reps had to quit because they had ties to the enemy our soldiers fight.</p>
<p>He says he thought a terrorist who blew up the pentagon was reformed.  A person would have to  be totally ignorant to believe this man had reformed.  Especially on 9/11/01 when he said he wish he had done more.  He said this at the very same time Obama was in the thick with him.  Ayes his neighbor, the man that handed over millions to Obama.  I wouldn’t hand over  $50.00 to someone I didn’t trust.  Ayers is a very politically outspoken man.  But Obama had no idea he still hated America.  OHHH-K.  I’m an idiot and I believe that too.</p>
<p>I could go on and on but the truth is this man who we know nothing about, like his college years,  Harvard and Columbia can not release his records, may be leading the FREE world.</p>
<p> Do I want such a poor judge of character or such an outright liar as my next President.  The lies Senator Obama has told are numerous.  His many alliances are troubling to say the very least.  </p>
<p>I started working before I got out of high school, I did both and made it during very hard times, the Carter years .  I started at the bottom as a kick press operator, learned how to weld parts, learned how to read a blue print, use measuring equipment, setup and run machines and I became an inspector 27 years ago.  I learned all of this on my break and lunch, while working a second job as a bartender to pay my rent.</p>
<p> I give to the charities I wish to support Mr. Obama , not the ones your say I must.  </p>
<p>An Obama presidency will make me give to people who grew up in the same conditions I did, but who chose not to better themselves.    By thirty we owned a home of our own with 1 acre of land. We both settled down to 40 hour a week jobs making a decent wage.  We did it all on our own, we made it because we lived in America, the place where having individual responsibility was a must and  THE contributing factor to our success.</p>
<p>The only people I should be helping are the elderly, the children and truly mentally and physically despaired.  </p>
<p>You Senator Obama who preaches we should spread the wealth, you declare every deduction, contribution and tax credit you can.   You could easily pay more taxes by declaring nothing at all.  But instead you and your ilk use a lawyer to find every hole in the tax laws you can find, to get out of paying more taxes.  Where we the average Joe plumber use a $50.00 guy to pay  ¼ of the wealth WE earned to pay for the socialist, nanny state policies your ilk has labored upon us.  As my taxes go up my charitable contributions go down.  As my bosses taxes go up the number of employees and benefits go down.</p>
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