Wow, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS Just Reported Up To 35,000 Troops Could Be Deployed..

[spanone]

Didn't this start out 10 to 20 thousand?

Seems like it goes up every day, like the current gasoline prices.

[partylessinOhio]

1. And none of the 35,000 will be related to the deployers/deciders.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Lucky for them, in an odd sort of way.

Who the hell would want to be related to that bunch of misfits?

[Karenina]

24. 25,000 of them need to learn a new/old chant

"HELL NO, WE WON'T GO!"

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Well, that's just great.

I'm sure this will make victory for glorious nation of US and A.

[tularetom]

3. Let me guess - this is somehow OK with them

Don't these people have even a rudimentary spine? Anyone with an IQ larger than their shoe size knows this is a ploy for * play for time and dump the whole Iraq mess on whoever follows him into the WH. And yet they don't have an opinion on it. My blood pressure won't permit me to watch network news.

[Raine]

4. 30,000 is what I originally heard

last week but I've also heard it could go at least twice that.

[QuestionAll...]

5. well that makes perfect sense in the upside down Murka.

elections show that people want less war so what's to be done...

make it even bigger! ramp it up! but only for a short time, understand. believe us, come on, you know we wouldn't lie about something as serious as war.

bwahhahahahahahaha!
unfrickenbelievable.

who is screaming No No NO to this? somebody ought to be screaming blue in the face - names, come on, give me some names.

Dennis Kicinich doesn't believe this bullshit. he can't be the only one who never believed in this huge lie to begin with and doesn't want to support it any further.

[cali]

6. This makes me so angry

that I can't even begin to deal with it.

[H2O Man]

7. That is cause for concern.

I had assumed the calls for 10-15,000 were only to test to see what the response would be. The "surge" that is being considered (indeed, planned and set in motion) will require the 35,000 +/- that NBC mentioned. One might question if the will of the American public is being given any consideration.

[Waya]

8. One might question if the will of the American public is being given any consideration.

When was the will of the American People ever considered in the last 6 years? Why break a trend and start now. No big surprise, really. May Bush and his minions rot in the hell they so believe in so much !!!!

[KamaAina]

17. "Who cares what they think?"

That's the motto of Bushistan, now being carved out of a remote section of Paraguay.

[spanone]

11. I think of Cheney's words. Neither I nor the President are running for anything.(paraphrasing)

I truly don't believe they care much about the American public. In fact, they probably feel the public is not 'with' them and therefore 'against' them...and that makes us the enemy.

[aquart]

9. Uh, did they say from where?

Is Middle Earth contributing a battalion?

[badgerpup]

40. My question exactly...

Where are all these troops going to come from?

Wait! I know! :bounce:

He's going to hire mercenaries! :sarcasm:

[irislake]

10. This will backlash

on the Republicans big time. Voters will not forget that the Bush regime ignored the wishes of the people.

[WI_DEM]

12. I work with someone in the National Guard, I imagine she must be worried

[City Lights]

13. A co-worker's son just got called to active duty.

He's Navy. They're sending him into combat as a marksman on an 11-month tour. He had to get some sort of recertification on rifle shooting before shipping out.

[spanone]

14. My brother's son-in-law is over there. His daughter is living back home with two babies.

It's hard on families. She doesn't want to live on an army base where she knows no one.

[City Lights]

19. It is hard on families.

He also has young kids. My co-worker was in rare form today. She's usually polite and calm, but today she had a few choice words about the situation.

[malaise]

15. Bush's contemptuous Christmas present

to the electorate who told his ass EFuggingnough! He doesn't give a flying fugg what the electorate think.

[ReadTomPaine]

16. Bingo. Raw power play. "I've got your ISG recommendations right here" n/t

[spanone]

18. I think malaise has succinctly described the situation.

:toast:

[malaise]

21. Let's see how the Dems deal with this

I am truly pissed.

Sp.

[spanone]

23. We shall see. Bush* Must be Stopped.

[Zhade]

34. Who? Harry "Okay, send more troops, but just for now, even though we know you're a liar" Reid?

Or Hillary "I don't want more troops there except that I do" Clinton?

I told people that a mere Dem majority wasn't enough. But nooooooooo, I was being cynical.

Bullshit. I was right on this, just like I've been right about this illegal war the whole damn time, and people STILL won't listen!

[malaise]

46. This is their last chance too

I don't think either party realizes that the people are unto the con. Too many on both sides are owned by special interests. The day of reckoning is coming. As Sean Penn said Georgie the people are downstairs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2943121

[tom_paine]

27. Correct. Still an arrogant child-emperor, a coward and a criminal

Exactly what it is. He's reminding us that it's HIS country and he owns us, like he owns the horses he is too afraid to ride.

[malaise]

29. Sadly you are 100% correct n/t

[opihimoimoi]

38. That guy owns a couple of Small Ponies....he ain't a man...he is a POS

:toast:

[OneBlueSky]

22. BushCo again getting ready to violate the "Rule of Holes" . . .

when you find yourself stuck in a deep hole -- STOP DIGGING! . . .

[spartan61]

25. Ummmm, didn't the idiot in chief get the memo from the voters

on Nov. 7? I thought we told him that we want the troops home NOW!! Silly me, I was under the impression that the president worked for us. He doesn't give a damn for this country or it's people. I'm so sick of him and his arrogance and his stupidity. January, 2009 can't come soon enough.

[RDANGELO]

26. Senseless

More ducks for the shooting gallery.

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. Lli'l George Dubya Told the Nation

He decides on Surge-alation
Though he'll never go out to the boonies
And though it isn't civil war
He's sending 50,000 more
To help keep the the damn Shia from the Sunnis


(with apologies to Tom Paxton...)

[Glimmer of Hope]

30. When will it end? Anyone have a plan yet?

[ritziecracker]

31. Custer's last stand.

What does Bush care if more of are troops die!!! One last big push to save him from being the worst president ever!!!

[coffeenap]

32. I believe this is what DUer Joe for Clark was "not" telling us

weeks ago.:scared: :cry:

[soothsayer]

33. "surge" is the new buzzword, as opposed to 'escalation' or other

words we're familiar with.

[OzarkDem]

35. And how will we pay for it?

With cuts to health care, education, and ever-mounting debt.

The GOP and their stupid war are sucking the marrow out of our country.

[theHandpuppet]

36. Georgie boy got his marching orders from the Saudis, folks

He doesn't give a flying fuck what the American people think... but when the Saudis come a-callin', their wish is his command!

[opihimoimoi]

37. Hey, them Idiot GOPers voted for the guy....They are to Blame for this CRAP

08 will get them assholes outta office so the real Party can fix this crap by them Pubs...

Can the Dems do it?? Shit yeah...at least they will TRY....the PUBs are almost intentionally fucking with our Nation through poor ill advised choices...now look, 35K gatta saddle up and face shit over there....Bush and his GOP Buddies gonna pay through the nose for this...

[Jack Rabbit]

39. I've heard 50K

The number keeps changing. And once they are in place, so will the duration of their mission and the mission itself.

Defund and impeach.

[Renew Deal]

44. They need 250,000 additional over the next 2 years.

It's going to take at least 400,000 troops to fix this. Anything less is delaying the inevitable.

[MindMatter]

41. Those poor piccolo players

This is not a good time to have joined the army to play in the army band.

Seriously, where in the f--- are they going to find 35,000 combat-ready soldiers, let alone 35,000 sets of body armor.

OK, I'll admit, they have a plan on the body armor -- deploy without it. But if there were 35,000 soldiers trained and available, then we wouldn't be sending the current batch on their 4th tour in 3 years.

But everything else about this adventure has been the product of fantasy, why stop now?

[lebkuchen]

42. How does this help the GOP in 2008?

The dems had better take ten big steps back, away from this plan, or they could get themselves spanked.

[Renew Deal]

43. It's feeling drafty in here.

35,000 isn't enough. We don't have enough.

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. It's been feeling drafty for years

they have been able to avoid it... I have to wonder for how long?