bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-02-10 08:07 AM
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So, the president has linked the failed plane bomber with 'al-Qaeda' in Yemen
Edited on Sat Jan-02-10 08:07 AM by bigtree
. . . stepping out onto the same slippery slope the last administration eagerly dragged us down.
___ U.S. President Barack Obama, for the first time, has publicly connected the suspect who tried to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger plane on Christmas Day, December 25, to al-Qaida.
In his weekly radio and Internet address released early Saturday on the White House Web site, Mr. Obama said it appeared a Yemeni affiliate of al-Qaida trained the suspect, "equipped him with ... explosives, and directed him to attack" the plane "headed for America."
Mr. Obama said the group had attacked American targets before, including killing an American at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen in 2008. He said the U.S. government is strengthening its partnership with Yemen "to strike al-Qaida terrorists."
The president, who has been criticized by opposition Republicans for not taking strong enough action against militants and terrorists, defended his administration's efforts to end the war in Iraq and increase troop levels in Afghanistan. He said those actions are part of his strategy to "disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaida and its extremist allies."
read: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Obama-...
President Obama's weekly address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/weekly-address
http://www.democraticunderground.com//discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7377157Personally I was shocked that Obama did this. I was expecting the same old don't jump to conclusions bull shit.
madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-02-10 08:11 AM
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1. I don't think there were any falsehoods there
I'm trying to not use the ignore feature this year but best I remember you don't like my President at all. Is that true?
No American troops died in Iraq for this last month of '09, just in case in your hate you hadn't noticed. :hi:
Yet the deadliest months in Afghanistan happened during that time period.
Don Caballero (402 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-02-10 08:40 AM
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5. You are saying Al Qaeda is not in Yemen?
Our President is working with the Yemeni government unlike the Bush regime who would strike countries without notification. The President understands that consulting the Al Qaeda host countries is important for diplomacy.
OMG that is so stupid. Bush attacked countries out of the blue without notification.
Bush went to both the UN and congress before the first boot hit the ground in Iraq. Plus the media showed us marching into Baghdad.
rollingrock (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-02-10 08:53 AM
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15. Channeling Bush again?
its eery watching how Obama and Bush have completely morphed into the same person over the last year.
'I see no difference between Bush and Obama policies.'
-Danny Glover
Danny Glover is as dumb as the average DUmmy.
stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-02-10 10:06 AM
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29. Facts are pesky things - how dare Obama look for facts instead of listening to DU
