"THE MOST POWERFULL WOMAN IN AMERICA"

I thought Oprah held that title.

"PELOSI: MOTHER AND SPEAKER"

So?: "GEORGE W. BUSH: FATHER AND PRESIDENT", trumps a meager "speaker" everytime.

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

It is definitely America's War and if liberating a country from a dictatorship is a "historical blunder" then we need to keep making those kind of blunders.

Yes, it's the President's war when it is to your political advantage to be a critic from the sidelines.  Now what happens when the Surge succeeds as it already seems to be doing with the change in tactics just with the existing troop strength?  How will you spin that one? You can't be both a critic and a player.  When the Dems try to claim credit for the success to come, we should be replaying that interview over and over again to say: No Thanks to You!

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius

Pelosi repeated the line later: "It's the president's war, and he's the one without a plan."

Gotta hand it to Nancy.  She summed up the entire problem with the Democrats in one, short, concise sentence.

As Mark Finkelstein points out, it’s not the President’s war, and saying so is a complete abdication of responsibility.  So true with her and the rest of her party.

And the President is the one without a plan???  Excuse me??  The President does have a plan.  Just because it doesn’t entail surrender, you can’t simply choose to ignore it.  Besides, didn’t the Democratic party get their election day “mandate” by promising change and a new direction in Iraq??

This isn’t even close to reporting.  It’s a public relations statement cloaked in a report.

I am holding out hope that even those people in this country who lean left can see through this plastisene excuse for a representative.

And while I am on the subject, how can the Democrats say they support the troops when they push for a non binding referendum denouncing the President’s plan??  And why is it non binding??  First, because they have no constitutional authority to make it binding, and two, it gives them the political wiggle room to play both sides of the argument.

This country is in its final days.  I’m certain of it.

Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speach and treason"

Oh, ho. So now we have "his war". Well, what's good for the goose -  "the Democrats' social security mess" or "the Democrats' domestic oil supply shortage"...

The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

- Arabian Proverb

How can the Speaker of the House sit and say that the President does not have a plan?  It is both unconscionable and incredibly and shamefully duplicitous to say something like that which can only be construed as a statement meant to curry political favor from the American public.  No plan?  There is most certainly a plan and it is detailed and multi-faceted.  Most specifically, it is a foil to the global terrorist organization Al-Qaeda’s stated plan.  Those who, like trained monkeys, repeat the tired and idiotic line that the war in Iraq is not the war on terror are also either completely ignorant or intentionally lying.  As stated in Zarwahiri's strategy letter to Zarquawi in Iraq (before we killed him), Al-Qaeda’s global terrorist strategy is as follows (emphasis mine):

The first stage: Expel the Americans from Iraq.

The second stage: Establish an Islamic authority or amirate, then develop it and support it until it achieves the level of a caliphate- over as much territory as you can to spread its power in Iraq, i.e., in Sunni areas, is in order to fill the void stemming from the departure of the Americans, immediately upon their exit and before un-Islamic forces attempt to fill this void, whether those whom the Americans will leave behind them, or those among the un-Islamic forces who will try to jump at taking power.

There is no doubt that this amirate will enter into a fierce struggle with the foreign infidel forces, and those supporting them among the local forces, to put it in a state of constant preoccupation with defending itself, to make it impossible for it to establish a stable state which could proclaim a caliphate, and to keep the Jihadist groups in a constant state of war, until these forces find a chance to annihilate them.

The third stage: Extend the jihad wave to the secular countries neighboring Iraq.

The fourth stage: It may coincide with what came before: the clash with Israel, because Israel was established only to challenge any new Islamic entity.

Iraq is CENTRAL to Al-Qaeda’s global strategy.  The fact that all Americans don't know this by heart by now is a testament to the effectiveness of the MSM in pushing their bias on all of America.  That our elected members in Congress do not either know this or do not ever address this and its implications is unforgivable, IMO.  Our national and military strategy in fighting the GWOT is not classified and is easily understood by anyone caring to look for and read it.  It can be effective if properly implemented.  The one thing that can reduce it effectiveness or cause it to fail, is what the Democrats are doing.  Think about that - the one thing that can cause us to lose this war is something that the Democratic Party (and even now some cowardly Republicans) is relentlessly pushing for.  It is contemptible and shameful.

Here is the link to a good description of our National Strategy. 

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/jcs/jcslongwar_12jan06_j5.pdf

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!´´
--Patrick Henry

Ah, the Wicked Witch of the West ~ too bad Nancy wasn't asked about all the blunders she has made; since being Granny Speaker; like the Sonoma Tuan Company; supporting Murtha for majority leader and the new head of the intell committee; she's so pathetic; she thinks she is so powerful - well if she really was the funding for the troops would be withdrawn;

Let's really talk about blunders; Nancy's!