You are the problem in Iraq!

It isn't quite a lie if you have absolutely no idea what is going on.

You are the problem everywhere .

Not that I'm trying to let anyone off the hook, but how can a person lie when he doesn't have the capacity for recognizing truth? Bush needs to be removed. He is stark, raving bonkers.

The way forward should be interesting given the fact that the president doesn't seem to know whom we are fighting. Perhaps Bush will send more troops because he doesn't like what the ones who are already there are telling him.

I'm going to assume all these responses are merely kidding.

Bush knows exactly who we're fighting. When he says obviously false stuff like we're fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq, *he's talking to the GOP base of voters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

That's all that's going on here. Bush is attempting, and probably with some success, to shore up the right-wing base of the party. He's staying with a consistent message. He doesn't care if we know he's lying. It's irrelevant to him.

If he tried to explain to the Base what's really going on, they'd be so confused they'd start to get suspicious, and that's the last thing Bushco wants at this point.

I expect they're *already* suspicious though, and that is why Bush says shit like this. To allay their suspicions that they've been had.

Remember, well over 50% of the American electorate is really profoundly ignorant. Bush is simply exploiting that, as he always has, for his own political profit.

And MSM is largely still supporting him in that effort, by obscuring the clear crimes he has committed against the American people.

Because if he called out the Madhi Army and the Badr Brigade on a regular basis, Americans would begin to wonder why we support a Prime Minister who relies on the militias and their leaders to stay in power.

Because if he called out the Madhi Army and the Badr Brigade on a regular basis, Americans would begin to wonder why we support a Prime Minister who relies on the militias and their leaders to stay in power.

I'm amazed that you don't see it, Junior can't beat on al-Maliki for relying on the the militias to stay in power when he himself relies on al-Qaeda and the "insurgents" (AKA Badr Brigades and Mahdi Army). It's a little thing called "professional courtesy"

OK everybody, it's time for someone new to fear and hate:

Forget about Osama Bin Ladin. (remember him?)

Forget about Al Zarkawi. (remember him?)

We got a new bogeyman now so get on board!

Yep. It's time to drag out our new WORST ENEMY IN THE WORLD! He's Muqtada al-Sadr.

But remember, you must never ever say his name on television without first saying, "the radical cleric."

As in "The Radical Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr."

Wolf Blitzer, what do you say?

"Uh, I say "the radical cleric."

Paula Zahn, what do you say?

"Me too! I say, "the radical cleric."

How about you, Brian Williams?

"Um hum, I always say "the radical cleric."

Everybody at Fox on board with the new bogeyman?

"I'm in! He's 'the radical cleric' for sure!"

Thanks Hannity.

How about over at Hardballs?

"Hey, I was calling him "the radical cleric" before anyone else!"

Good for you, Chris.

Now I want you to all repeat after me, night after night, in unison:

"The radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the greatest threat in Iraq."

Emphasize "THE GREATEST THREAT." Got that?

OK! All together now:

"THE RADICAL CLERIC MUQTADA AL SADR IS THE GREATEST THREAT IN IRAQ!"

Hey, before you invaded this place, I was just another guy in a turban. Now, thanks to you, I've got a whole army of pissed-off kids to blow things up and kill people with. I'm having the time of my life. Thanks, George. I owe you one.

Your Buddy,

Muqtada (you can call me Mookie)

“PERVERSIONS TO THE IMPERIALIST AMERICAN PIGS”

( cognitorex blogspot Sep 13, 2006 )

(a quite civil day in the life of a Baghdad family - Bashir, a young man, enters his family’s apartment)

Bashir: Greetings Father, Praise be to Allah.

Father: Praise be to Allah.

Bashir: It’s hot in here. Did we have any electricity today?

Father: One hour, tops. May Allah rain perversions on the Imperialist American Pigs!

Bashir: That sucks. A thousand perversions to the Infidels.

Father: What did you do today?

Bashir: Praise be to Allah, I put out one roadside IED and helped prepare a suicider for a Mosque mission at evening prayers.

Father: Praise be to Allah, but did you stop by the Coalition Forces Outreach Center like your Mother asked you to?

Bashir: Yes, Papa I did.

Father: And did you tell them that death squads have harassing and threatening your Mother, sisters and our neighbors?

Bashir: Yes Papa I did. They said that they already knew and intended to step up patrols. They were very sympathetic and really quite civil.

Father: A thousand perversions to the Imperialist Occupiers.

Bashir: Praise be to Allah, a thousand perversions.