Iraq five years later: 'Flowers, ruins'

On March 19, 2003, George W. Bush announced that the war in Iraq had begun:

My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger - Bush

...and each year since, has marked the anniversary with a speech.

One year:

There are still violent thugs and murderers in Iraq, and we're dealing with them - Bush

U.S. Fatalities: 583

Two years:

Iraq's progress toward political freedom has opened a new phase of our work there - Bush

U.S. Fatalities: 1,522

Three years:

We are implementing a strategy that will lead to victory in Iraq - Bush

U.S. Fatalities: 2,319

Four years:

There's been good progress - Bush

U.S. Fatalities: 3,224

And now, five years:

No one would argue that this war has not come at a high cost in lives and treasure ­ but those costs are necessary when we consider the cost of a strategic victory for our enemies in Iraq - Bush

U.S. Fatalities: 3,990
U.S. Casualties: 40,229
Iraqi Fatalities: Unknown
Iraqi Casualties: Unknown
Cost: $504,000,000,000.00

Over the course of five years, George Bush has gone from saving the world from a nonexistent danger to not wanting to lose.

Mission Accomplished?
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...and this clown want's to do more of the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqtL-P8kzo

I like the war because it makes me feel tough and because I don't have to actually go fight in it myself.
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Nothing has posted for two hours.

Hire an intern to cover meal time or get Zell involved in 'customer service' meetings. Call it a study group, or commission to investigate out of the box ideas to implement new paradigms to maximize synergies that affect efficiency, share value, and posting time 'awareness', or something...

Is the Swamp off the air?

"THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY SPEAKS"

? SHOULD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR WAR WITH IRAQ MR. PRESIDENT? (office of the White House Press Secretary 9/2002)

"The American People must understand the serious threat which Iraq places on America. We've learned after September 1th that oceans no longer protect us from an enemy.".......
"THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND SAYS HE DOESN'T" (Office of the White House Press Secretary, remarks of George W. Bush, September 19, 2002."

FIVE YEARS LATER, THE UNITED NATIONS PROVED TO THE WORLD THAT THEY WERE RELEVANT AND NOT A LEAGUE OF NATIONS, IRRELEVANT.

4100 MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES DEAD, AND 35,000 WOUNDED AND STILL IN "SHOCK AND AWE"!

3.6 TRILLION DOLLARS LATER AFTER "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" AND AMERICA IS NOW A "NO BID ECONOMIC" QUAGMIRE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY.

SO BASED ON "INTELLIGENCE" AND "ASSESSMENT OF THREATS"

IT WAS ALL A LIE! WHY!

PATRIOT ACT
HOMELAND SECURITY
"NO CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT" 107TH AND 108TH CONGRESSIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL SCAMS
ASSAULT ON "AMERICAN" TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES
TO EAVESDROP, WIRETAP, DATAMINE, VOTERS, SENATORS, STAFFERS, INSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT A "COURT ORDER"
THE REAL ID ACT OF 2005
(EEVS)
CONSOLIDATION OF ALL FOUR BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT UNDER "HOMELAND SECURITY"
END OF "CONGRESSIONAL CHURN" ON THE HILL, AKA NO MORE OVERSIGHT.
PROTECT AMERICA ACT, AKA PROTECT ME, PROTECT AT&T, PROTECT MCI, AND BOTH FORMER CEO WHO NOW HAVE RAN THE UNITED STATES MORTGAGE INDUSTRY INTO THE HANDS OF NO BID CONTRACTS WITH "FOREIGN INVESTMENT" COMPANIES FOR $2.00 A SHARE.

BUT WE ARE FREE PEOPLE TODAY, ONLY BECAUSE S BILL 1639 FAILED TO PASS.

NO 11 MILLION "Z" PEOPLE INSTEAD OF GREENCARD HOLDERS MEANT NO 11 MILLION PEOPLE WITH A REAL ID AND A "SKYWATCH" TATOO ON THE BACK OF THEIR NECK PAYING INTO "GEORGE BUSH"S NEW SOCIAL SECURITY FOREIGN INVESTORS ACCOUNTS.

NO "BLACKWATER" ON THE BORDERS OF SAN DIEGO BURNT RESIDENCES, NO BLACKWATER ON THE BORDERS OF TEXAS, ARIZONA.

JUST THINK OF ALL THE "DETENTION FACILITIES" FILLING UP WITH NEW "HISPANIC/MEXICANS/ WOMEN/CHILDREN SITTING THERE WAITING FOR A LOVED ONE TO PAY $5,000 FOR THEIR RELEASE AND A MISDEAMEANOR CITATION.

"MUST AMERICA KEEP SHOUTING" BEFORE THEY ARE HEARD.

And now, Mcbush shows us his indepth understanding of the the true situation in Iraq, by confusing Sunni and Shia, Al Quaeda and Iran, not one, not twice, but three times in two days.
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Sen. John McCain has done it again.

For the third time in two days, the Arizona Republican has pushed the definitively false statement that the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was getting assistance from Iran, even though he was publicly ridiculed for the same false assertion on Tuesday.

This time, in a statement from his campaign honoring the fifth year anniversary of the war, McCain wrote:

"Today in Iraq, America and our allies stand on the precipice of winning a major victory against radical Islamic extremism. The security gains over the past year have been dramatic and undeniable. Al Qaeda and Shia extremists -- with support from external powers such as Iran -- are on the run but not defeated."

On Tuesday, the senator, appearing in Israel, made a nearly identical assertion that al-Qaeda was leaving Iraq to retool and regroup in Iran.

It was, he said, "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known. And it's unfortunate."

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who was accompanying McCain on the trip, was forced to lean over and whisper in McCain's ear that it was Shiite extremists, not Sunni al-Qaeda, that was going to predominantly Shiite Iran.
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So the man that claims he needs more education in Economics (kind of inportant, now that shrub's "stewardship" has destroyed the US economy) now can't even ge foreign policy right? Oh yeah, he's going to make a heck of a President folks.

mcbs,

Once the tale is repeated enough, the vast majority of Americans will believe that AQ is a Shiite organization instead of a Sunni group supported by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pak, among other allies of ours.

Iran and the Shiite government in Iraq are friends.

"NO COMMENTS SPEAK"

IT'S TOUGH RECONGNIZING REALITY, BUT IT'S EASIER TO READ BECAUSE "ARCHIVES DON'T LIE"

A MANS' TRUTH TO BE; TOLD IS JUST THAT TO BE; OR NOT TO BE.

AL QUEDA, QUEADA, KYDA! WEREIN A MAN TOOK VOWELS AND MADE THEM TO BE THE "AXIS OF EVIL IN AMERICAN LANGUAGE."

IF I COULD NOT READ, "READING WOULD BE THE ONLY "AXIS OF EVIL" THAT KEPT ME FROM BEING ABLE TO POSSIBLY READ."

IF I COULD READ, "MISSION ACCOMPLISH" WOULD MEAN, "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" EITHER IT BE "FELLAS" OR "GALS," A DONE DEAL IS A DONE DEAL RIGHT.

286 BILLION NO BID AT AT $2.00 U.S. PRICE!

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY IT ISN'T WHAT HE SAID, IT MIGHT BE WHAT SHE SAID!

SO AFTER FIVE (5) YEARS, WHY NOT ASK, 'GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHO IS THE REAL AL QUEDA?

SUNNI, SHIA, OR.....?

BECAUSE JOHN MCCAIN, AND AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW.!
BOTTOM LINE!