Bush: Fallujah offensive to assure Iraq January vote

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Less than a week after his own re-election, George W. Bush launched an offensive on rebels held up in Fallujah to assure that Iraq elections set for January will be held.

The US president OK'ed the huge mobilization on Friday at a National Security Council meeting.

On Monday he met with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at the White House before US and Iraqi troops launched the attack.

"Success in Fallujah will deal a blow to the terrorists in the country and should move Iraq further away from a future of violence to one of freedom and opportunity for the Iraqi people," Rumsfeld said during a press conference later Monday.

"I think it's a tough business, and it's going to take time."

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041109/pl_afp/us_iraq_fallujah_bush&cid=1521&ncid=1480

[acmavm]

1. Hey george, wanna bet?

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[cthrumatrix]

19. one way to silence any resisters...kill them all and hold an election

and George refers to this as "business"...how about the effing business of why in the hell we invaded Iraq?

[justjones]

2. MIght not be any Iraqi citizens left alive to vote.....

but damnit, that's not the point!

</sarcasm>

[spinbaby]

8. Iraqis?

What Iraqis? There was never anyone living here. It was always a field of rubble. Why look, we found oil!

[maddezmom]

3. so did * give the go ahead or Allawi??

ah, nevermind :shrug:

[eleonora]

4. ok, let's kill all men above 15 and below 50 who happen to be in the city

we'll move away from the violence.......

[maddezmom]

5. and then we'll call them 'insurgents'

at the hospital we were quick to take with the Iraqi forces. :eyes:

[eleonora]

6. Hahaha! How sad that is, it made me laugh

[HuckleB]

7. Hey, Bubble Boy, try reading history sometime.

If you knew the first thing about Iraqi history, especially when it comes to "occupation," a person with an average IQ would have thought twice before invading. Oh, and a person with an average IQ would know that you might be able to conquer various outposts, but you can never hold 'em for long.

History, Bubble Boy, history. We're repeating it. The hilarious thing, of course, is that the foolish Brits are repeating it right along with us. The Limeys sure are slow. I suppose that's why you get along with them so well.

[bleedingheart]

11. this post made me laugh if it weren't so true and so sad...

[bemildred]

12. Limeys are smart enough, Blair is a moron. nt

[Cocoa]

9. If Bush and Rumsfeld say the massive assault will reduce violence...

then it's good enough for me. /sarcasm

[Coconut Buddha Ape]

13. War is Peace

Man, these next four years are going to be AWESOME.

:: sigh ::

[whistle]

10. That may be the neo-cons rehersal for the next election in 2006....

...just blow the sh*t out of all of the blue states

[flordehinojos]

14. is bush changing his "reasons" for his assault in Fallujah with the same

ease and frequency with which he changed the reasons for invading Iraq?

Isn't Bush just really invading Fallujah for the pleasure that his own carnage brings to him? the man is a sicko!

[ze_dscherman]

15. Steve Bell cartoon

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,1346817,00.html

[LynnTheDem]

16. WMD...MUSHROOM CLOUDS...MUST DISARM...CAN STAY IF HE DISARMS...

All total bullshit. Just like this "spreading democracy" is BULLSHIT.

This "liberation" is BULLSHIT.

A study published by the Lancet found that the risk of death by violence for Iraqi civilians is now 58 times higher than before Bush began to "liberate" them in April 2003.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/110904A.shtml

[Skittles]

17. these people are just f***ing delusional

WTF is wrong with so many g.d. voters in this country that they cannot see thought this f***ing charade??????????????

[llmart]

18. They're ignorant.

Period.

[bullimiami]

20. Well isnt that just about the most cynical of headlines.

We will kill them all to assure their freedom.

Under Bush that is.

[cubsfan forever]

21. Yes, it's real "hard work" subjugating

a sovereign nation under the guise of liberation. MORONS!

Professor 2

[midnight armadillo]

22. Voting will commence once we have leveled the cities!

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[maddezmom]

23. Ramadi will be next

:eyes: than Sammarra, then .......

[highnooner]

24. Will they be using paper ballots

or those fancy machines used in the swing states? Will there be a lend-lease thingie going on?

[leesa]

25. Is this logical to anyone?? Blow people up to make sure they vote?

[devinsgram]

26. Hard work, takes time, hard work, takes time

Reminds me of a parrot I once knew.

[leesa]

27. I heard Hillary espousing this same nonsense. She is

a warhawk DINO.