Our boys and girls are coming home folks, get ready for the parade!!!

[Nimrod2005]

Bush agrees to speedy turnover and Maliki said it is June!!!

Iraq PM: ‘Our forces will be ready by June ’07’

Al-Maliki, Bush agree to speed up security handover, dismiss partition idea

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15946832/

Bush Agrees to Speedy Turnover in Iraq

snip

Bush acknowledged that pressure and said he wanted to start troop withdrawals as soon as possible.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/30/D8LNERLG0.html

[HereSince1628]

1. Well, that's too far out front for me to hold my breath...

It would be great if they came home in the last half of 2007.

[nomo]

2. What parade?

They've accomplished exactly NOTHING. And that's being generous.

[Nimrod2005]

4. I think they deserve one for being victimized by *

[quispquake]

5. I'm with you...I think they deserve a parade for being victimized by * too...

Our people did their best, but in a hopeless quest...It's not their fault, it's the fault of the assholes who put them in this no-win situation...

[Lisa]

6. I hope it has a big float, featuring a 3-seater dunking tank

For Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. The organizations who provide services for disabled vets can raise more funds by selling special embossed balls, which the onlookers along the parade route can throw at the tank in an attempt to dislodge the threesome from their perches.

[Nimrod2005]

11. Lol.....Yes!

[tridim]

7. I think we all believe that, but that's not the parade they'll get

The official parade will be all about stroking *'s psychotic ego.

[Forrest Greene]

21. Sad

...but true.

[FyurFly]

8. Do you blame the troops for this?

Our troops deserve a parade AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS EVER!!!!!!!!!

[ronnykmarshall]

10. and what do YOU suggest?

They deserve a parade for being sent over to there. These people are going to have to live the rest of their lives with this. Iraq is a mess (not their fault) and they were sent over there for the wrong reasons (not their fault).

Our returning service people need to know that we love them and support them. They've got a long hard road ahead of them when they return and try and deal with this bullshit.

[LynneSin]

12. I think "THEY" = the troops, which really do deserve one

not the administration - the only parade they deserve is the one leading them to the hague

[John Gauger]

3. How long have they been saying that

they are going to turn over authority? How many times have they done it? This has nothing to do with troops coming home. This is all for show. A turnover means nothing. We still have fourteen permanent bases in Iraq, not to mention the world's largest embassy. Our troops aren't going anywhere.

[MrCoffee]

9. June 2007? yeah right.

Maliki's full of it.

[Nimrod2005]

13. The point is that a date or a deadline is being veribalized now...On purpose!!!

And it is not too different that the 4-6 months we have been hearing about

[MrCoffee]

16. al-Sadr has Maliki up against the wall

the PM has to say something about getting the Americans out if he has any hope at all of holding his "government" together.

the purpose of his saying that is to placate al-Sadr; no more, no less.

[MADem]

18. Yep, and see 17, below. Like those militias are gonna roll up and go home...not! NT

[Coventina]

14. I'm against the parade idea. Here's why:

I know good-hearted DUers want to honor our brave soldiers for having to do something they never should have had to do.

But a parade would *I feel* glorify the war more than the soldiers. And I think many of the soldiers would probably feel slightly embarrassed by such a spectacle.

What I think should happen is that we actually SUPPORT the troops LONG TERM after they return. I want to make sure they get the medical, emotional, and spiritual care that they will need. Virtually every single one is going to need care on some level.

I want their families to be supported as well, given the tools they need in order to assist their loved-one back to civilian life.

That would truly be honoring the troops, for who they are and what they pledged. But it would not be a glorification of the mission.

my .02

on edit: clarity

[maxsolomon]

15. even the last place soccer team gets trophies now

how about no parade, impeaching bush + cheney, and halving the pentagon's budget?

then we can have a party because the republic will be saved.

[MADem]

17. Here's the stumbling block, the Persian Proxy Pals

Hezb'allah East--they won't go without a fight, mark my words:

Request to disband militia
Later Thursday, Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed al-Maliki to disband a heavily armed Shiite militia blamed for much of the country's sectarian violence and were told by al-Maliki that controlling the group was no "big deal."

There's the roadblock, there. Just sayin'....

[MrCoffee]

19. bingo. this is all an act.

[warrens]

20. I'll be there throwing confetti

The sooner the better. That said, Bush has been known to lie from time to time. Like every time he opens his punkass mouth.

[Nimrod2005]

22. Now add the ISG saying start getting out...etc.

We are leaving folks, but as usual * has to prove himself wrong again...Oppose it before he agrees with it!!!