I am so dumb. Bill Kristol expains it all to me...

[Hissyspit]

How silly of me. I have this all completely wrong... I am getting a subscription to the Weekly Standard right away! (NOTE: sarcasm)

http://thinkprogress.org:80/2007/02/04/kristol-worried/

Kristol: Iraq Chaos Shows That Insurgents Are ‘Worried,’ Recent News Is ‘Slightly Optimistic’

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said on Fox News this morning that the recent surge in Iraqi violence is a sign that the extremists are “worried.” Kristol said, “If I were a Sunni extremist and was worried, which I would be, about a doubling of U.S. forces in Baghdad, what would I do? I would try to convey an impression of chaos.”

He added, “On the whole over the last two weeks, some of the news for Iraq is slightly optimistic.” Watch it:

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In fact, recent reports from Iraq note that the escalation is “failing to bring results.” Here are some of the deadly acts of violence that have taken place in the last week alone:

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February 3: A suicide bomber killed 135 persons yesterday in the deadliest single explosion in Iraq since the 2003 war began.

February 4: For the first time, the U.S. command publicly acknowledges that four downed U.S. helicopters were lost due to enemy fire.

Transcript:

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"On the whole over the last two weeks, some of the news for Iraq is slightly optimistic. It’s going to be tough, but I see nothing that persuades me that the surge can’t work quite well."

TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AT LINK

[annabanana]

1. "convey an impression of chaos"?

"convey an impression of chaos."? ? ?

That's some pretty damn fancy "conveyin' yer doin there, kid...

[PassingFair]

2. Easily confused with "birth pangs" of a new nation.....n/t

[Hosnon]

3. I feel bad for Kristol...he's flailing. nt.

[AlCzervik]

4. Kristol lives an alternate universe. People like him have never done an honest

days work in their entire life. He is an Elitist ass.

[democrank]

5. Yes, Bill.....

I`m also very optimistic. It started with those flower petals and just got better and better each day. You`ll never hear me say it`s a civil war. Nope. We`re absolutely winning over there in spite of the "impression of chaos."

[XOKCowboy]

6. Why would anyone listen to this guy?

He's been consistently WRONG about everything concerning Iraq. Plus looking at him gives me the creeps.

[Ishoutandscream2]

7. Okay, that proves it

Kristol meets Cheney at the secret bunker and they drop some serious acid. They've turned on, tuned out, and dropped out. They really don't mingle with reality types.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. That sounds ominously like Chimpy saying the increase in violence means...

....we are winning.

That was in 2004 when the idiot son claimed that.

[atre]

9. Up is down, left is right, peace is war

Unbelieveable.

[pscot]

10. Has anyone noticed the way his eyes dart around

when he defends the surge? And he kind of cocks his head as if he's trying to avoid looking directly at the camera. I feel no compassion at all toward him. I hope he ends up in a rubber room where he won't be able to hurt himself or inflict furthur damage on the rest of us.

[Turbineguy]

11. Maybe somebody

should tell the Sunnis and the Shias that Bill Kristol and his gang duped them into killing eachother. They are not eachothers enemies, Bill Kristol and his Little Buddies are.

[Mz Pip]

12. It's amazing that Kristol

is able to channel the innermost thoughts of the insurgents. How does he do that? Did he take lessons from Miss Cleo? Perhaps he's missed his true calling - his own show on the Psychic Network.

Of course his predictions have been wrong about 100% of the time. Just guessing would result in a higher percentage of accurate results. He's like a little kid who so wants to believe in his own fantasies.

I had an imaginary friend when I was 3. Then I turned 4 and got some real friends. Kristol needs to grow up and listen to something other than the chatter in his own head.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Hissyspit]

14. Miss Cleo!

I hadn't thought about her in several years. Funny how she didn't foresee the trouble she was going to get into...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Cleo

The Psychic Readers Network
In the late 1990s Harris had a career as a television infomercial psychic in which she claimed she was originally from Jamaica. The Psychic Readers Network sent spam e-mails, which stated, " been authorized to issue you a Special Tarot Reading!... it is vital that you call immediately!..."

Starting in 2001, Access Resource Services d/b/a Psychic Readers Network was sued in various lawsuits brought by (among others) Missouri and Florida, and the Federal Communications Commission. Ms. Harris herself was sued only by the State of Florida because Florida law allows a "spokesperson" to be sued as well as the company, however the case was dismissed on the condition that Ms. Harris waive her ability to sue the State of Florida regarding the case. The company owners, Steve Feder and Peter Stolz, purposely marketed the company to appear that Miss Cleo owned and operated the Psychic Readers Network. Later in 2002, a Florida newspaper reported Miss Cleo's birth certificate identifies her as Youree Dell Harris, and that she was born in Los Angeles.

She was paid $1700 for her first infomercial with the company, and was paid a flat fee for each commercial she appeared in thereafter. The company coined the title "Miss Cleo". Ms. Harris used her middle name Cleomili or Cleo when she worked on the psychic line. At the time of the lawsuit, Ms. Harris had severed ties with the Psychic Readers Network. Harris did not have any ownership interest in the Psychic Readers Network and was indeed a paid spokesperson for the network. For more than a year, Ms. Harris worked on the actual "hotline" before appearing in any of the company's commercials.

Long before becoming "Ms Cleo" the psychic advsor, Harris had several run-ins with the law.<2> In 1999, lawsuits against Harris and her promoters concerning the psychic network were filed.<6> In 2002, the FTC Charged Harris' promoters, Steven Feder and Peter Stotz, with deceptive advertising, billing and collection practices, though Harris was not indicted. <7> Her promoters agreed to settle for a fraction of the amount they took in.<8>

The "associates" that gave psychic readings read from a script, made available by Court TV here.

[KoKo]

13. Yep...and his NeoCon Buddies have articles out saying it's all the Iraqi's fault

that they aren't "grateful" for the "Feedom & Democracy" we "Sacrificed" to GIVE THEM! AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

[WindRavenX]

15. damn--I want some of the shit he's smoking

NT

[tularetom]

16. There is nobody smarmier or smugger anywhere

and nobody else I'd rather punch out, but forunately, I've discovered the best way to deal with him. I don't watch Fox, and nobody else will have the little weasel on. Viola, I never have to see or hear him.

[neoblues]

17. More from the "Don't Worry, Be Happy"...

school of Republican thought. Everything's just great in IRAQ, especially if you're thousands of miles away from there.

Nothing that thirty million trained U.S. special forces can't take care of... It's sad, but I figure that until just recently, Bush was only vaguely aware that we don't actually have so many million people in the military. He imagined we were "the masters of the earth" like some kind of Saturday morning cartoon. What a painful discovery, being pulled back to reality like that after having gotten us in this shituation.