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Comments: Maybe He Meant "Crusades" After All

Can the "higher Father" be sued for lack of full disclosure to dangerous simian?

Posted by TIKI AL at April 24, 2006 03:47 PM

If the new half billion dollar embassy in Iraq is not a sign of "permanent presence", I don't know what is.

Posted by Cookie Monster at April 24, 2006 03:49 PM

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Posted by scout at April 24, 2006 04:51 PM

If the new half billion dollar embassy in Iraq is not a sign of "permanent presence", I don't know what is.

This is. The US government has translated "Survivor" and "American Idol" into Arabic. In addition, Jessica Simpson posters are available in Baghdad, with the caption "How may I serve you...

Posted by tempus at April 24, 2006 04:53 PM

Damn it, there are 14 "enduring bases," not "permanent." Let's get our permanence...uhh, non-permanence, in perspective.

Posted by phidipides at April 24, 2006 05:25 PM

Call me cynical, but inflammatory slips such as this are hardly accidental in a relentless, forward neo-con press.

They are intended to piss off viewers who are Arab and/or Muslim who hear them on Arabic news sources.

Neo-cons are fully aware of the history in the region.

Posted by Poprocks at April 25, 2006 12:09 AM

"Army of liberation". Uh-huh. That's why the Bush Administration invaded Iraq. Such noble altruism. Those gosh-darn bleeding hearts.

Posted by KM at April 25, 2006 05:27 AM

"Army of liberation". Uh-huh. That's why the Bush Administration invaded Iraq. Such noble altruism. Those gosh-darn bleeding hearts.
Posted by KM at April 25, 2006 05:27 AM
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Excellent point. Right on target. And to think, they are spending OUR money to do it, without our informed consent. What a bunch of sweethearts, always thinking about the other guy, no matter the cost...to the other guy.

Posted by oppressmenot at April 25, 2006 05:49 AM