Question? Is this airstrike going on because of *'s poll numbers?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

I wouldn't be surprised if it is......

[Inland]

1. Everyone feels a Red Alert coming, don't they? nt

[VolcanoJen]

11. Naw. They wore that one out.

Everyone is onto them on the Terror Alert Level, I think. After the 2004 Election, even Tom Ridge came clean on its misuse.

[Atman]

30. Not a red alert...a feather-covered alert

Human terra won't work any more. Americans just laugh at Bush when he tries it anymore. So they're moving on to "natural" phenomenon, so Bush can swoop in and protect us like a great, strong leader, and we'll all swoon from under our tuna-laden beds and toast him with warm reconstituted milk.

[Jacobin]

2. The neo-con fucks have not faced the reality that Iraq is LOST

and are going back to fucking carpet bombing thinking (I use the term loosely) that they can 'get rid of the last few insurgents'.

Remember, many of these same hacks 'did' Viet Nam.

Freaking war criminals is what they are.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

3. He's got to get

an erection somehow!

[hang a left]

4. what airstrike?

just logging on

[OKNancy]

7. here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2170752

[havocmom]

5. Yep. Gotta make more people hate America so we are too busy

dealing with all the terrorist bushco policies are sure to create and have no time to clean our own government

[NVMojo]

6. yep, bush has to spew splooge to appear manly again...slooge bombs

[napi21]

8. I'm sure that's a big part of the reason!

The Admin. is going to try everything they can think of to see what works.

[tgnyc]

9. The answer to you question is here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x675902

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. Excellent catch. There it is, in plain sight. eom

[VolcanoJen]

10. Answer: Yes.

They can't really rely on raising the colorcoded "Terror Alert Level" anymore, because everyone is pretty much onto that.

So, today, the administration launched the largest air strike on Iraq since the war began. Also, he conveniently "reaffirmed" the pre-emptive use of force, vis-a-vis Iran, known as "The Bush Doctrine."

Both actions have little to do with substance and everything to do with a sinking presidency.

It's a sickening shame.

[blogslut]

12. Here come the planes

They're American planes
Smoking or non-smoking?

[TahitiNut]

13. The cable news channels (CNN and MSNBC) are having a WARGASM.

They just love to 'thrill' at these military operations, a little like the folks who gathered on hillsides to 'enjoy' watching civil war battles nearly 150 years ago. MSRNC is in FullWhare Mode ... framing the "window of opportunity" for Democrats as Junior's "performance on the ground" in Iraq. It's really breathtaking ... back to the days where everything and anything was an "Act of God" except now it's all about an "Act of GOP." Everyone and anyone else is merely supporting cast on the GOP stage.

[VolcanoJen]

16. Rush Limbaugh's girlfriend is all giddy and breathless.

She has this evil grin on every time CNN plays it's "BREAKING NEWS" music.

This is so "Fahrenheit 9/11" it's creepy. The adrenaline, the rallying, the lack of mention about Bush's sagging, pathetic popularity...

[TahitiNut]

20. I hate to say it, but she really does seem aroused ...

... by a certain class of story -- this being one of them. She really has a very disturbing manner ... so dissonant with some of the stories she 'reports.'

I have to wonder how they miss the totally BIZARRE nature of a fullscale military operation in a country that's had 'democratic' elections and nearly three years of the gentle, parental hand of US intervention. Isn't it two years and ten months since "Mission Accomplished"??

BTW... Hi, Mod Squad All-Star! :hi: :pals:

[VolcanoJen]

22. Soledad O'Brien actually had the guts to bring it up this morning.

Soledad said, "And this has nothing to do with the President's poll numbers?"

Her coanchor, Space Whore Miles O'Brien (no relation, of course) shot her a "STFU" look the likes of which I'd never seen.

No mention of Bush's poll numbers since. They've been blown off the radar by Hurricane Airstrike!!

BTW... What UP Mod All-Star!! :hi: :hi:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. I'm surprised that she did considering her inept lambasting of Feingold

the other morning. I wonder if Keith is going to mention it too. After all, he is keeping track of terror alerts and *s poll numbers.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. Yes, they are all creaming.... Isn't it like Wag The Dog? They even have

talking heads lined up and gabbing away.

[Neil Lisst]

28. WARGASM is right.

My God, the kids don't get this excited when it's time to get snowcones after the little league game.

They are all aflutter with pseudo urgency.

[donkeyotay]

32. Thank you for the report from the propaganda front - I can't watch

I'd shoot my television.

[bowens43]

15. I don't think so.

I think that the idiot mistakenly believes that the opposition to the war is based mainly on the number of US dead.With air strikes they can continue to murder Iraqis while minimizing US casualties.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. Except, given their record, what Iraqi's are they murdering? Graphic Pic.

Are there really "insurgents" in this area that would harm our troops, or is it all a dog and pony show?

[tgnyc]

18. Is the Pope Catholic?

[Clark2008]

24. Actually, the Pope's a Nazi.

But, I get your point. ;)

[DanCa]

21. Yep but at best it will only be a momentary band aid.

The insurgents will melt away and reform elsewhere. What's that saying you trying to take flies with a bazooka instead of a fly swatter? I have got a bad, bad feeling about this.

[smomfr]

23. Does a hobby horse have a hickory dick?

[Neil Lisst]

25. Clearly, this is to help Bush at home by giving a sense of COMBAT

They love to put on a TV show, with all the suspense of Reality TV.

It's Survivor Samarrah!!

ooooo Black Hawks!

ooooo Night Vision

ooooo Explosions!

Mommy, can we watch this channel?!


This is such a bad knockoff of that earlier movie - what was it called? Oh yeah, THE VIETNAM WAR.

[madokie]

27. I would say more than likely the answer is, A, yes, final answer

[LuCifer]

29. Must have got their new shipment of depleted uranium

"Ok, start bombing, pull up G-12 Billybob"

GOTTA GO PLAY WITH OUR TOYS IN THE SAND! GOTTA GO PLAY WITH OUR TOYS IN THE SAND!

Fuck impeachment, send these bastards to THE HAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lu

[sable302]

31. If it is

Then it's a stupid more of the same sort of thing. If the people are sick of the war, and all the pundits say that the prez needs to chnge the message and renew his image, then the answer is not more war.

At best, it only appeals to his own rapidly eroding base of support. For the other 60% of us, it mostly illustrates why we think this guy's an idiot.

[Norquist Nemesis]

37. Yes. Idiot or Liar

Neither opinion bodes well for him.

[sable302]

39. I vote for idiot

His people probably say 'sir, Americans want to see a leader who is tough on the terrorists and resolute' so he says "yep, lets git 'em"

Maybe they don't even have a clue that what Americans really want to see is a way out of this war, at least 60% of Americans, that is, enough to can his ass in November.

[Neil Lisst]

33. it's got multiple purposes, among them poll numbers

First of all, it's designed to knock off the air all the other stories, from Feingold's Censure Motion, to the debt ceiling increase, to WH staff issues.

Second, it's designed to help lay the groundwork for the Iran war. We will find out about weapons caches with Iran connections. We will find out about Iranian agents operating in the area.

Third, it's to set up a major post northwest of Baghdad, in anticipation of the Iranian conflict.

Fourth, it's to field test the US and Iraq troops.

Fifth, it's to help Bush at home by getting Americans to follow the live warfare, which always has great currency.

Clearly, the main objective is to help Bush in the polls, however.

[Norquist Nemesis]

34. If it is, they've miscalculated and he'll dip lower

This all out, largest offensive will tip the remaining supporters because it simply doesn't fly with what Bush etal has been telling the 'Marekin peeple. The administration has insisted Iraq is not in a civil war. What was it Bush said a few days ago...That the Iraqi people are at a moment of choice (or some such threat)?

Bush etal has been touting ever-growing strength of the Iraqi forces, too. And then "the largest offensive since '03" is launched?

We've also been hearing this requires a political, not a military solution. Not to mention a LOT of talk with the term "Iraqi Unity Government". You can't square that while watching bombs drop from US airplanes.

The tipping point has arrived.

[sable302]

40. Why is it that the largest operation since 03

takes place 3 years later? This is all about escalating the war.

What the hell have they been doing for the last 3 years if we're only just now getting around to this?

Also, the photos look a hell of a lot like Apocalypse Now. I guess we could use napalm if there was anything left to burn.

[VolcanoJen]

35. Fascinating... CNN's Kyra Phillips and Suzanne Malveaux...

... are actually talking about Bush's low poll numbers, vis-a-vis today's Iraq airstrike, as well as Bush's reaffirmation of the preemptive "Bush Doctrine."

I'm a little surprised they even brought up the question. Wow.

[DanCa]

36. It's the law of averages catching up to them (nt)

[VolcanoJen]

38. Do you think it's possible they've figured out...

... that Bush is wildly unpopular among their viewership?

That... can't... be... :D

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

41. OMG! I'm going to look out my window now to see if there are fish flying!