Update: Youtube now shows this message if you try to access the video — This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by The Walt Disney Company. WTF?
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 250 gunmen in a fierce battle involving U.S. tanks and helicopters on the outskirts of the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf on Sunday, a senior Iraqi police officer said.
The day-long battle was continuing after nightfall, Colonel Ali Nomas told Reuters, as tens of thousands of pilgrims converged on the nearby city of Kerbala for the climax of the Ashura commemorations.
A U.S. helicopter was shot down in the fighting, Iraq security sources said.
When the ROE let us go after the insurgents, jihadis and Mahdi folks, it is no contest.
If the hate America first politicians on the left would stop trying to force us into defeat, stories like this would be a daily occurance and a peaceful Iraq would be in our near future. Instead, our enemies are emboldened by the defeatist attitudes of the democrats and keep pouring cannon fodder into Iraq.
Thanks to Hot Air commentor Limerick for the idea for the post title.
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.
Kerry said the Bush administration has failed in addressing a number of foreign policy issues.
“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy,” Kerry said.
“So we have a crisis of confidence in the Middle East — in the world, really. I’ve never seen our country as isolated, as much as a sort of international pariah for a number of reasons as it is today.”…
Kerry’s memory is as selective as his choice in billionaire widowers, the Kyoto accord was first rejected under Clinton.
Economists from the Clinton White House now concede that complying with Kyoto’s mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases would be difficult — and more expensive to American consumers than they thought when they were in charge.
That reassessment helped fuel Bush’s decision to reject the Kyoto treaty, said Lawrence Lindsey, the president’s economic adviser. Instead of embracing binding limits on greenhouse gases, Bush pledged on Monday a modest package of actions to combat global warming. They include a research initiative to fill gaps in scientists’ understanding of climate change and increased use of renewable energy. But he didn’t call for new money.
As for the Africa claim:
No other country has spent more money at any other time on AIDS research and support to Africa than during the Bush administration — not even close. The Clinton administration did almost nothing. That would have taken the impossible task for Clinton of taking a stance on something.
President Bush’s new $15 billion AIDS-fighting initiative for Africa will triple U.S. spending on the crisis. It is a “work of mercy,” says Bush-a mission-one undertaken by a “blessed country” that recognizes its moral responsibility to help the wretched of the earth.
Bush TRIPLED U.S. spending to Africa — moron.
John Kerry was almost elected President of the United States. If you voted for this “America last” coward, I hope you are taking a closer look at your reasons.
A few months ago, Kerry said he botched a joke when he denigrated our troops by calling them stupid and uneducated — John Kerry is the botched joke.