Obama Visits Troops in Iraq … “You have given Iraq the opportunity to Be a Democracy”, Even though Obama Opposed It

I was against the Iran Democracy before I was for it …

There is never a time, whether I voted or supported a president’s policies, that I would ever discourage any President from visiting US military troops. As a matter of fact, it should be a prerequisite that President visit our military at least 3 times a month to show thanks for what our brave men and women do for us and protect us every day. The full text of President Obama’s speech can be read here .

Ok all things previous said regarding Presidents visiting the troops to thank them, how exactly does Obama say the following with a straight face? This coming from the man who opposed the war and opposed the surge. A man who consistently said along with his part that the war in Iraq was a failure. In other words, had Obama been elected President in 2000, Iraq would still be under the rule of dictator Saddam, free elections would not have taken place and Iraq would not have been in the position to be a Democracy. This is head scratching.

Under enormous strain and under enormous sacrifice, through controversy and difficulty and politics, you’ve kept your eyes focused on just doing your job.  And because of that, every mission that’s been assigned — from getting rid of Saddam, to reducing violence, to stabilizing the country, to facilitating elections — you have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country.  That is an extraordinary achievement, and for that you have the thanks of the American people.  (Applause.)  That’s point number one.

Or you can read [with editor’s notes] can be read at Flopping Aces.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008 FROM SCARED MONKEYS

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL FROM SCARED MONKEYS

Scared Monkeys

Scared Monkeys wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas. A special wish to those who will not be spending Christmas with their families. A special thanks to the men and women of our Armed Forces. God bless them, everyone.

A special Christmas wish to those families also who have lost loved one’s. May you find peace during this Christmas season and that you find comfort from your pain. A Christmas wish to those who have sacrificed for others understanding that it is greater to give than receive.

Our favorite scene from Its a Charlie Brown Christmas …

Luke 2:10-17

And the angel said to them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David;  a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord This will be a sign to you: You wilt find a baby wrapped in strips of cloths and lying in a manger.

UPDATE I: Iraq Declares Christmas an Official Holiday

Iraq’s Christians, a small minority in the overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly celebrated Christmas on Thursday with a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday for the first time.

Iraqi Christians buy a Christmas tree in central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP)

If you think God is not at work this Christmas season, go to the Gateway Pundit and see how Christians will be celebrating Christmas without fear in the predominately Muslim country of Iraq.

UPDATE II: Pope decries selfishness in economic crisis

Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Wednesday, December 17, 2008 – Shoe-Flinging Journalist Claims Abuse While In Custody

• Dana comments on the media treatment of the “shoe incident”

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Barack Obama Tried to Delay & Stall Troop Withdrawals from Iraq? Saying One Thing and Doing Another … NEVER, OBAMA!!!

Thinks being Commander & Chief is more than just reading a teleprompter? Maybe, just maybe it has to do with properly handling foreign policy.

So much for politics stopping at the waters edge or interfering in US diplomacy for that fact. Since when is a campaigning Senator for President, Mr. Obama, allowed to interfere and meddle in on going foreign policy? Was Obama trying to play political games with troop withdrawals from Iraq?

Did Barack Obama as a candidate running for President try and stall troop withdrawals from Iraq while publically campaigning for a speedy withdrawal? According to accounts in the NY Post, Senator Barack Obama tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence. Did Obama actually try and delay an Iraqi agreement until after the November election when he made his now well publicized trip to Iraq?

According to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Obama made his demand for delay a key theme of his discussions with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad in July.

“He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington,” Zebari said in an interview.

Obama insisted that Congress should be involved in negotiations on the status of US troops – and that it was in the interests of both sides not to have an agreement negotiated by the Bush administration in its “state of weakness and political confusion.”

“However, as an Iraqi, I prefer to have a security agreement that regulates the activities of foreign troops, rather than keeping the matter open.” Zebari says.

According to the Obama camp, they are denying that he tried to delay a withdrawal agreement. However, others are stating that the story is confirmed, Obama Did Try to Postpone US-Iraq Agreement on Troop Draw-Down.

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MSNBC Political Bias … Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough and David Shuster Free For All

Following the MSNBC on-air confrontation between Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough and David Shuster in Denver during the Democratic National Convention, MSNBC President Phil Griffin actually tried to defend the network as not being bias. I do believe your nose is growing. As Red State also writes … MSDNC Claims it has no bias.

The MSNBC Free For All

 “MSNBC does not have an ideology,” Griffin said. “We hire smart people who are passionate about their love of politics and love of news.”

“Do I want them to have squabbles?” Griffin asked. “No. But I understand they’re human.”

The pot seems to be coming to a boil at MSNBC as Joe Scarborough lashed back at the libs at MSNBC calling them out for the fictions middle of the road pretence.

But Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida, became enraged when Shuster made a reference to “your party.” Asked by Scarborough what his party was, Shuster said he was an “independent.”

“I feel so comforted by the fact that you’re an independent,” Scarborough said, in a mocking tone. “I bet everybody at MSNBC has independent on their voting cards. Oh, we’re down the middle now.” (Shuster left the set, but returned later to hug it out, “Entourage”-style.)

More conflict at MSNBC… When Ego’s Attack