Report on Iraq to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs >> Thread II

[sabra]

http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=965

Full Committee
Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman
You are respectfully requested to attend the following OPEN hearing of the Full Committee, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building .
Date:
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Time:
1:30 PM
Subject:
Report on Iraq to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
witnesses:
General David H. Petraeus
Commanding General
Multi-National Force – Iraq
U.S. Department of Defense

The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker
United States Ambassador to Iraq
U.S. Department of State

Thread 1 here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3131715&mesg_id=3131715

[bobthedrummer]

1. Thank you. K&R

[spanone]

2. thanks!!!

[sabra]

3. here we go... Crocker talking Iran

[Subdivisions]

4. Bullshit delivered five minutes at a time! FUCK! n/t

[bdamomma]

5. thank you for the threads.

[bobthedrummer]

6. Crock O Crap dissembling on Iraq and Iran...Rep from Samoa Faleomavega up

[sabra]

8. Faleomavega: we fight for the Constitution!

[pberq]

14. Crocker attempting for the nth time to justify the idiotic Bush policy

[Subdivisions]

11. They are going to attack Iran. I just know it. This sort of rhetoric is way too

remenicsent of the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

21. I was trying to stay away from politics the last couple of days, but,

these hearings, and the relevance to our Iran policy, has dragged me back in.

We must avoid an invasion of Iran at all costs.

BTW, :hi:

Edit: speelin

[Subdivisions]

25. The clencher is that it's not politicians doing the ratcheting, it's the military this time. n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

32. I think political will (ChimpCo) is behind the posturing.

The loss of Fallon is a huge liability, as I see Patreaus as little more than a flunky deigned to carry out the neocon agenda.

[Subdivisions]

36. Sure it is. You can almost see cheeeney standing behind them as

they testify. But the difference is that this time the military is the mouthpiece for the POST-justification of such an attack.

[bdamomma]

28. we must avoid an invasion on Iran, but you know we are dealing

with maniacs here, it's all for the oil, and we all know that. Cheney plays a big part in this, his a$$ needs to be thrown out, it is pitchforks and torches time for us yet.

[Subdivisions]

34. Pitchforks and torches if they do attack Iran or if boosh orders

martial law and suspends November elections.

Any one of those two things and Americans will snap and go apeshit.

[bdamomma]

42. people wil go "off" if they consider doing either of those things.

[Subdivisions]

44. Here's some indication to back up that premise:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3132503&mesg_id=3132503

[bdamomma]

7. I wish someone would just say this invasion is immoral and is a war crime.

[spanone]

9. oooh i like this guy.....

[bdamomma]

10. add another Admiral Fallon

[bobthedrummer]

12. Rep Faleomavega wailing on civilian authorities...(Feith et al.)

[bobthedrummer]

16. Gauleiter Trancredo up

[ClayZ]

17. Bravo! Rep Faleomavaega

K and R

[spanone]

13. crocker needs speech therapy

[HCE SuiGeneris]

18. Uh, uhmmmm, spanone, uhhh, ____ uhmmmm, what do you uhhh, uhmmmm, mean?

[bdamomma]

muting tancredo.

[sabra]

15. Crazy Tom now up...

[sabra]

19. actually calling Bush lies about one of his SOTU address claims

that in 2007 Iraqi gov't will take full control

[bobthedrummer]

20. Ryan Crocker's incredible profile from Source Watch ahh...ehhhh

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ryan_Crocker

[bobthedrummer]

22. Khalilzad is "retiring" maybe Crocker is going back to Afghanistan

[sabra]

24. there are rumors Khalilzad might try for president of Afghanistan (no joke!)

[bdamomma]

23. no mention of benchmarks anymore huh?

[bobthedrummer]

26. Rep. Eliot Engel is a New Democrat member

[pberq]

27. Crocker attempting to justify the "benchmarks"

"A risk of focusing too much attention on the benchmarks."

What BS!!

[bobthedrummer]

29. Ron Paul time

[sabra]

31. this should be interesting..

[bobthedrummer]

35. He seems to be going against the attack Iran plan

[bobthedrummer]

38. Petraeus and Crocker both state they only know Iraq

[sabra]

39. meaning this could happen...

[bobthedrummer]

41. Yep

[HCE SuiGeneris]

43. Completely steered away from any possible outcome regarding Iran.

You can just feel the threat of retribution from Dick and his organ grinder should they provide any indicator of the mis-administration's real plans.

[pberq]

30. Ron Paul - this should be interesting

[bdamomma]

33. Ron Paul up.

[bdamomma]

37. what a pussy answer from betrayus.

[bdamomma]

40. Delahunt up he's good too.

[pberq]

45. Mike Pence - talking about the "tremendouse success of the surge"

Yeah right!

[pberq]

46. Lynn Woolsey up

92 Rep's signed a letter in opposition to the open-ended war

[spanone]

47. there is no defining success...period