Fred Sanders
Fred Sanders's JournalMemory Shocker For The Media: November 17, 2008, Bush Admin., Iraq Ratify End of U.S. Incursion
November 17, 2008: U.S. and Iraqi Parliament ratified a status of forces agreement that mandated the end of 2011 as the date by which American troops must leave Iraq.
BAGHDAD With a substantial majority, the Iraqi Parliament on Thursday ratified a sweeping security agreement that sets the course for an end to the United States role in the war and marks the beginning of a new relationship between the countries.
Baghdad Bureau:
The pact, which still must be approved by Iraqs three-person presidency council, a move expected in the next few days, sets the end of 2011 as the date by which the last American troops must leave the country.
Its passage, on a vote of 149 to 35, according to a parliamentary statement, was a victory for Iraqs government as well as for the often fractious legislative body, which forged a political compromise among bitterly differing factions in 10 days of intense negotiations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/world/middleeast/28iraq.html?_r=0
Text of agreement:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20081119_SOFA_FINAL_AGREED_TEXT.pdf
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The memory hole also contains evidence Obama wanting to keep troops in Iraq after 2011 for now and even then, obvious reasons, and being refused by Iraq. The Google is your friend, journos.
"He needs to call off the dogs and turn off the fire hoses"; Wisconsin County clerk to anti-gay A.G.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/12/1306500/-County-clerk-to-Wisconsin-Attorney-General-call-off-the-dogs-and-turn-off-the-fire-hoses"Not sure of the legal theory behind the notion that Wisconsin Attorney General's thoughts are more binding than the U.S. Constitution, but he seems to be arguing that since the judge did not issue an "injunction" ordering clerks to follow the ruling that nobody has to. All of that, however, is just buildup to a delightful smackdown by one of the more prominent county clerks being threatened by Van Hollen."
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There are a lot of people out there who exercise their freedom of speech is these special ways, what they say matters as much as the screeching of Hate Media and Stupid Media.
Bergdahl's "Rat Out Platoon" member allegations newsworthy; Domestic Terrorism not so much.
The unhealthy obsession of the non hate media, especially CNN, on texts and journals of a released soldier, the last American soldier in captivity, even as the rats in his platoon spread gossip and hearsay to anyone who cares to spread their shit, it all contrasts markedly with the complete media non interest in the mass murdering Millers, mass murderers of 3 people, 2 cops, real domestic terrorists shouting revolution, lovers of the Gasden flag, the stolen symbol of the recently triumphant tea party in Virginia, beloved of the Moocher Militia, and they left tons and tons of interesting journals and writings and videos and audios.......why the crickets on that?
Because the hurt feely-weelies of a few Congresscritters is more important than domestic terrorism?
After Secretary Hagel's surgical removal of all the propaganda points yesterday, that is all these propaganda masters have got in the tank to run on? The fumes of interpreting journal writings?
Chuck Hagel is Rocking The House - dignified, passionate, feisty, knocking down all the tea party
and Fox News propaganda. You can literally see the air coming out of the propaganda balloon.
Daring to suggest that 5 year prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is in Germany for anything other than professional medical care was a what the frack moment that Hagel handled with grace and the perfect amount of WTF are you yammering about?
America leaves no man behind, what part of that do the assholes not understand?
Brat Is An Ayn Rand Idiot With Delusions of Religious Grandeur; Judge For Yourself:
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/06/11/3447557/david-brat-cant-answer-basic-policy-questions-during-msnbc-interview/Man Who Just Beat Cantor Won't Answer Basic Policy Questions
"Though Brat ran significantly to the right of Eric Cantor, blasting the 7-term Congressman for supporting amnesty and being too closely associated with crony capitalism, the issues section of his website is just as vague as his MSNBC interview. Stretching just 871 words, the site is filled with generalities about restoring the relationship between doctor and patient, broad-spectrum energy approach that relies on the free market and ending our reliance on foreign oil.
As-salamu Alaykum: America's Shameful Ignorance
The fascist media outlet of the now fascist, terrorist organization known as the GOP wants you to be reprogrammed to ignore the definition of "terrorism"' which is gender and color blind, it means only the mixture of violence and political intent.
Both the homegrown terrorist acts committed in America this week at opposite ends of the country for the same reasons are going to be ignored as terrorist acts clearly meeting the definition because in America the definition now needs the act to include a brown or Muslim person. The American definition of terrorism specifically excludes anyone claiming to be Christian. But only the right kind of Christian, not the fake ones covering for their love of Muslims.
Or, if you are Fox News, scary sounding foreign words, which are actually translated as "May peace be with you", uttered by a long haired bearded white person with a ponytail, or by a scary black President right there on the TV, like a secret terrorist handshake.
All this ignorance purposely encouraged by Hate Media and aided and abetted by the sorry excuse of mainstream media that is as complacent as it is homogenous.
Remember Major Nadal? What did all America immediately call that? Or the Boston Bombers?
I rest my case.
ter·ror·ism noun \ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm\
: the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal
(Websters)
Does NOT require any brown people or scary sounding words!
"It is dangerous to be a leader in Washington", CNN's Gloria Borger's Analysis of Cantor upset.
Idiot. Every penny she is paid is overpaying her.
The whole CNN political team is as idiotic as her.
Let the secret Tea Party/Republican war begin out in the open.
Alex Jones probably just came in his Depends.
Time to Open Carry Our Disgust For Republicans and their Enablers in the Media.
Whole bunch of them are terrified cowards too afraid to face up to or even own up to the domestic terrorism that is staring them in the face with its obviousness. Are they also terrorized into silence and deflection? Do they need more Gadsden flags draped over still warm corpses to figure it out? How many more school and workplace and mall shootings will it take?
The Bergdahl/Taliban prisoner exchange has caused celebration in Talibanland, but threats of death to anyone daring to celebrate in America. America no longer needs foreign terrorists to make it cow in fear, it has home grown its own version and they are the base of one party in a two party state.
A soldier is held hostage by the Afghan Taliban only to return home and be held hostage by the American Taliban, how precious.
Which bunch of people are showing more humanity on this issue?
The rest of the world should issue a travel alert for America due to its rising domestic terrorism and domestic random gun violence.
(Note: keeping post short so the people who think this a post favouring Taliban read it all the way through before propping up some straw men for attack.)
U.S.Today/Pew poll question was not: "Do you support the exchange of an American soldier POW
caged and tortured for 5 years for five Taliban POW's imprisoned and tortured for 12 years?"
"If your answer is no, what freaking country do you live in?"
Any other question is a push poll.
Edit: not to mention, the freaky media refusing to call domestic terrorists domestic terrorists, how is that even explainable? The freaking cop killers draped a political flag over the still warm bodies and issued a manifesto for freaking sake, and the man had a beard once, complete give away.
Black Man, 2008-2016, White Woman, 2016-2024, Transgender Black Woman 2024-2032 - next?
It freaks them out, it freaks them out no end, they are dangerous because they are freaked out by the fevered nightmares of what America will make so many of them in the near future - full of fear outcasts, strangers in their own strange land.
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