**********Petreaus Armed SVCs Hearing thread 5****************

[Beaverhausen]

Thread 4 here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1785602#1786520

[Beaverhausen]

1. watch live here

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[trashcanistanista]

2. Thank you!

[ClayZ]

3. Thanks, K and R

[Neecy]

4. just an aside

Dole has an abnormally huge head.

[rucky]

7. Not another Viagra joke! n/t

[lyonn]

8. Just commented on other thread what a dreadful lady she is

But a swell facelift. She is the worst of the worse.

[trashcanistanista]

11. She's a living

bobblehead.

[WinkyDink]

5. Longest blathering of B.S. ever.

[rucky]

6. MiniMe gets a pottie break. n/t

[whistle]

9. What if Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan all joined to form a United Arab State?

[trashcanistanista]

10. OK Evan let's hear what you have to say.

[trashcanistanista]

12. Over these

last few years people have given their poli reps the benefit of the doubt, and now, only doubt remains. Bayh

[trashcanistanista]

13. Bayh sez

CIA says we are creating more terrorists than we are eliminating! We have a net gain in terrorists!

[whistle]

14. Another reference to moveon.org ad thsi time by Cornyn R-TX

[trashcanistanista]

15. OMG Cornyn "shocked and chagrined"

by move on ad! Wants everyone to join together and condemn the ad!!

[percussivemadness]

18. the reaction to the ad is interesting

I personally feel because it has hit the nail on the head. The best thing the reslugs could have done was ignore it, but by focusing on it so much, it has reminded people that noone in the Bush administration gives a flying fvck about the US people...

peace

[trashcanistanista]

50. This is good PR for move on. Everyone will want to

find that ad and take a look at it!

[rodeodance]

37. HOOT

[rodeodance]

41. slow taker today

[blogslut]

16. Sorry about John Cornyn folks

He's a goon and we hope to replace him come Novemeber 2008. Expect him to say a lot of stupid things, smattered with the typical repub talky points.

[goodgd_yall]

20. I'm sorry he's the OTHER embarrassment from Texas

[lyonn]

45. We can only hope the Cornys and Inhofes of the Senate bury

themselves. Inhofe is my Senator and the biggest buffoon in the Senate. He truly believes in a flat earth.

[HughMoran]

17. I flipped off Cornhole immediately

I know he is hate embodied...

[ClayZ]

19. Sorry Cornhole, it is not good news!

You got it all wrong!

[gateley]

21. K&R nt

[Wheezy]

22. Hillary is up

[ClayZ]

23. Clinton is up!

[goodgd_yall]

25. I like the way she looks when she's pissed

[trashcanistanista]

31. She looks excellent today.

I love watching her when she's mad. (and I am not a hil fan). She can command a room.

[whistle]

24. Hillary is up

[gateley]

30. She's starting out with some zingers! Keep it up! nt

[Wheezy]

26. Please Rec, peeps!

[percussivemadness]

29. k&r

[ClayZ]

27. She is going to give it to em'!

[gateley]

33. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of her probing (NO double entendre intended) nt

[Breeze54]

28. K & R'd-- Senator Clinton speaking now!

I have to hear this!!

[rodeodance]

34. she is talking of troop deaths

[trashcanistanista]

35. Clinton

Iraqi pub opinion shows since escallation began, Iraqi opinion has starkly turned against US occupation. 65-70% Iraqis say occupation has worsened security.

[Wheezy]

32. Hillary is talking about the 9/11 memorial this morning, and bin Laden

Listening to the nearly 3000 names being read this morning in the rain, she said we are still seeing bin Laden on our tv sets. Said something about them asking us to buy into an alter-reality.

Charts don't tell the whole story.

Civilian deaths up. Car bombings up. American casualties up in 2007 from 2006. 739 killed this year so far.

[goodgd_yall]

36. Finally---Iraqi public opinion is brought up!

[percussivemadness]

38. yeps - she is doing a good job

peace

[Wheezy]

40. asking about a contradiction in testimony

don't you think the american people deserve a specific answer in regard to the failure of the Iraqi gov't?

[goodgd_yall]

39. "I give you credit for"

spinning. A grim reality that he gives a positive view of.

[goodgd_yall]

42. Our government not only the Iraqi government is failing Iraq

[whistle]

43. Give'em Hell Hillary...no wonder the repukes are terrified of Hillary

...becoming president :bounce:

[trashcanistanista]

46. I wanted more fire and brimstone but I respect that

she started right out saying she spent the day in New York in the rain at the memorial and did not start with thanking everyone for their service and kissing up to them like the rest.

[goodgd_yall]

48. I liked that she just did her job without trying to impress what a great president she'd be

[trashcanistanista]

49. Yes,

She rattled off statistics quickly and simply which pointed out the complete bullsh&t Petraus is trying to present And she did her job efficiently and without a lot of fanfare and drama.

[journalist3072]

56. Agreed. W/ some of the others (i.e. Obama, McCain..) it seemed they were just reciting their stump

speech.

I have noticed that when she's in the Senate, Sen. Clinton is not all about pontificating and just revamping her stump speech.

She's very serious, thoughtful, and presents the facts as they are.

[goodgd_yall]

44. Yuck, now it's Thune

[rodeodance]

47. Iraq Insurgents Attack U.S. Headquarters

Forum Name Latest Breaking News
Topic subject Iraq Insurgents Attack U.S. Headquarters
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2987017#2987017
2987017, Iraq Insurgents Attack U.S. Headquarters
Posted by bemildred on Tue Sep-11-07 05:04 PM

Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Insurgents fired rockets or mortars Tuesday at the sprawling garrison that houses the headquarters of American forces in Iraq, killing one person and wounding 11 coalition soldiers, the U.S. command said.

The command said the person killed was a "third country national," meaning someone who is not an American or Iraqi. Most troops stationed at Camp Victory are American but other coalition soldiers are based at the complex near Baghdad International Airport. No further details on the attack were immediately released.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-09-11-17-40-16

[trashcanistanista]

51. All righty then.

The surge must be working.

[goodgd_yall]

52. "The goal posts keep moving"---Dem from Arkansas

[whistle]

53. Mel Martinez another embarrassment from Florida...who are we fighting in Iraq

[whistle]

54. Mel got what he wanted, Cuban mafia are safe in Iraq

[ClayZ]

55. He asks, "Who is the enemy in Iraq"

P answers again, "it the biggest wolf is Alcaida Iraq."

Many Dems pointed out that Alciada was not in Iraq until we got there.

[whistle]

58. War profiteers are also safe

[ClayZ]

57. Web is up again!

[trashcanistanista]

59. The Webbster!

Situation in Anbar turned around before surge began. My son is a marine they were knocking back Ramaddi street by street and they deserve credit!

[Breeze54]

60. Is this a repeat from today or are they still going?

I got distracted and lost count! ;)

[trashcanistanista]

64. Still going at it. Armed Services Committee hearing.

[Breeze54]

66. I thought C-Span was re-running it from today!

Thanks!

[trashcanistanista]

70. No, the one you are thinking of is Foreign Relations Committee

hearing (it was before this one) hopefully that will be rerun later. Right now we are still live in Armed Services Com Hearing.

[ClayZ]

61. also a little we TOLD YOU SO at the onset.

[trashcanistanista]

62. Webb wants

safety net under troops. He never will give up on that. His daughter's boyfriend is a 4 year marine did 2 tours, more tours in afgi then he gets called back again to Iraq.

[Breeze54]

63. YES!! Webb mentions Stop-Loss!! Woot!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

"This is the kind of thing people aren't seeing!" :woohoo:

[whistle]

65. Jim Webb asks for a safety net for the troops don't leave them in theater

...until they are wounded, killed or break down

[whistle]

67. Crocker is stymied by Webb's question that compares Iraq to Lebanon

[trashcanistanista]

68. Crocker is losing it on Lebanon

Webb makes one more point. When US picked a side, even though it was Lebanese army, all other factions decided we were fair game and that could be argued to be cause of destruction of the airport and deaths of 240 marines.

[ClayZ]

69. Webb ends, "It is dangerous to be in a 5 sided argument."

[whistle]

71. Wow, what will bring the Iraqis together is soccer

:yoiks:

[whistle]

72. Doesn't Ambassador Crocker report to Condi Rice?

...Warner is suggesting diplomatic relations and Crocker is agreeing, but wouldn't Condi Rice have final say?

[ClayZ]

73. Where is Condi? (Shopping for shoes?)

[trashcanistanista]

74. Clair McCaskill

Reminds the group how she got elected. Feels a mandate from her election to disagree and challenge and ask questions.

[ClayZ]

75. McCaskill is up!

Explaining how she got there. She is asking what leverage we have? Clearly is it not working, she says.

[trashcanistanista]

77. She asks them do we even have the leverage to get the

Iraqi gov. to come back from vacation? LOL. They couldn't give her a straight answer.

[trashcanistanista]

80. McCaskill says the cost of one month in Iraq could

pay for health care for 80,000 American children. She is talking money, fraud, stealing money from the American people, overspending, and what is being done on a day to day basis to address this and making sure money is being spent wisely.

[goodgd_yall]

84. Good for her! More of our Dem senators should grill them on contractor budgets

[Cameron27]

76. Thanks for keeping up with this,

K&R

[ClayZ]

78. She is bringing up the $$$ spent in the conflict

expecially the Privitization!

[Cameron27]

79. Half a trillion dollars, right?

[ClayZ]

81. In debt!

[ClayZ]

82. Crocker says most of security is Private Contractors.

[spanone]

83. mid-march my ass....will they trust them again?

[trashcanistanista]

87. I sure as hell hope not.

It's over. Adjourned.

[ClayZ]

85. Thanks for these threads!

[spanone]

86. thanks beaverhausen

[trashcanistanista]

88. Thank you!

and to everybody who participated!:hi:

[bdamomma]

89. thanks again you guys, now I have to go back to read the

commentary I missed.