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#278661 - 07/12/05 09:37 AM Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
lupo Offline
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now that it is official that the white house has been lying thru their teeth about karl roves involvement in the outing of an undercove cia agent for political purpose, what are you conservatives going to say?

are you going to try and split hairs and redefine the meaning of the word "Is" like clinton or just admit that this is the most corrupt admin that has ever led or mis-led the coutry. and now we get alberto gonzales to investigate the Bush admin- what a crock of ****

Its time to trade in Bush's flight suit and oil for tar and feathers.

come on the king and other conservatives---- wiggle your way out of this one with the standard hypocricy and hair splitting and re-defining of what was said
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#278662 - 07/12/05 09:49 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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we will say:
1. Rove hasnt admitted anything. He may have talked to a reporter but, perhaps he wasnt the first to do so and therefor not the leak.
2. The person in question was not an operative, not an undercover operative, or was unkown to Rove as an undercover op.

and finally, best and most important of all, we will say:

3. So you'd rather have Saddam back in power?
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#278663 - 07/12/05 11:45 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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so the plan is to lie your way out. since everything you wrote is proven to be untrue....
besides bush said that he would fire anyone who was "involved" in the leak..... we now know that rove was "involved"

its fun to watch you hypocrites squirm under your own declarations
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#278664 - 07/12/05 11:56 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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what do you expect us to do?

Own up to our actions and statements?
Tell the truth?
Have a thimblefull of integrity?

You have not been paying attention to our adminstration for the past five years then if thats what yo are after.

Lower your expectations. Of course we will lie!
Or at best difuse and throw the blame elsewhere.

Actually we need not do anything at all because the american public has the memory of a gnat. Its comical to think Downing Stret or this Rove thingy will affect our support in any way. We dont care, or cant remember , or are sure its just a liberal smear campaign. WE are lucky to be wearing these blinders, lest our faith falter. teehee! If Bush told us poo was good food, we'd be eating it for lunch diner and breakie, asking for secnds, and sending our first born sons off to fight in a poo war.
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#278665 - 07/12/05 12:16 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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There is spin and truth. The truth is Karl Rove is a very intelligent man. He knew what he was doing. To say otherwise is to call him stupid. He is not stupid.
It is time for Bush to show integrity. Scott McLellan (who speaks for the President) said that anyone associated with the matter would be fired. Rove's attorney has admitted involvement. The Time magazine e-mails and notes are further PROOF. To out a CIA agent while the country is trying to fight foreign terrorists is reprehensible. To do so when the operative is working on matter of weapons of mass destruction is potentially treason.
The country has put up with the administrations failure to get Osama Bin Ladin "dead or Alive". We have put up with holding hands with the Saudi prince after 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were saudi's and over 70% of the foreign "insurgents" are Saudi. We have put up with over 9 Billion (that's with a B) dollars unaccounted for in Iraq. We have put up with an Iraq policy that has aliented the international community by not allowing them to bid on cotracts as well as alienated the Iraqi people who are still largely unemployed even as reconstruction goes on.
We cannot put up with anyone outing CIA agents. Bush 42 called such an act treason. I agree. Even if he can wiggle out and not be found guilty this is the most unpatriotic thing that any person can do, save for putting the brave men and women in the service in harms way over lies.
We must succeed in Iraq and quite simply this can't be done with an administration bullying and outing CIA agents.
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#278666 - 07/12/05 12:28 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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very well said
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#278667 - 07/12/05 02:18 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Well ol Karl is in a bit of a pickle!!! This story put me in mind of what the GM says about the manager who is about to be fired. Treason - pretty darn close if not all the way there. Do they still execute folks found guilty of treason? Now, that would be some irony!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8545657/
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#278668 - 07/12/05 02:34 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I thought one was required to be indicted and charged and then tried by a jury of his peers in this land? Every leagl mind in the US says based on the Email from newsweek it would be next to impossible to charge and even more remote to convict based on Rove's statements. I was unaware so many of you where tops in your legal professions ;\)
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#278669 - 07/12/05 02:58 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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TK - maybe all the leagal minds are in agreement - but what about you - do you think that Rove walked the tightrope but absolutely meant to out this woman?
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#278670 - 07/12/05 03:02 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I don't know enough about it Eddie. I know Rove is a smart puppy so it would not suprise me. I also know that the woman in question was revealed about 8 years prior by the Russians and the Isrealis so in this case its more likely about politics than a national security issue.
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#278671 - 07/12/05 03:05 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I don't know enough about it Eddie.
I suspect he will edited that comment, lest we all accuse him of accuracy for once.
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#278672 - 07/12/05 04:21 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I thought one was required to be indicted and charged and then tried by a jury of his peers in this land?
... and the Patriot Act said, "Yeah, hehe, right."
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#278673 - 07/12/05 04:27 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Rove: "If I'm convicted of anything, homosexuals will be allowed to marry."

There......problem solved.
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#278674 - 07/12/05 04:28 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Like I said about spin vs. truth
If Valerie Plame had been outed 8 years ago why would she still be a covert agent? She was a covert agent at the time of the outing by Rove. King, Your gonna have to provide a source for that fact and Hannity won't do. She has to be a covert agent or there would be no investigation due to the lack of a crime.
The puzzle fits neatly together. At this point it has to be asked which do you love more the country or your party.
As far as whether or not Rove has been found guilty yet, that is not important at this time. He has admitted to leading Cooper towards her to "steer him away from the story" The story regarding uranium cake from niger to Iraq was shown to be a lie that the president told the nation at the state of the union. This is not debated anymore. At best Rove was steering the press away from the truth and in doing so jeopardized the Nations security. That is so reckless that any President with integrity would fire him. At worst he outed a CIA operative on purpose. The preponderance (sp?)of the evidence shows this. If this is the case he jeopardized the safety and security of all Americans and our troops. This is anti-american, possibly treasonous.
Stilly cleanup on Sat. 10-1 meet at the Blue Stilly. Just another example of liberals cleaning up the country we hold so dear.
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#278675 - 07/12/05 04:43 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Salar,

"She has to be a covert agent or there would be no investigation due to the lack of a crime. "

Only if you assume that investigations are merit based and not politically motivated.

She was an analyst not a covert agent like Austin powers . It has been reported in many articles that her role was no secret since the 1996 outing by the Russians and isrealis. However if anyone reveled her name while she was still on the covert roles it would be a crime technically.
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#278676 - 07/12/05 04:51 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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It has been reported in many articles that her role was no secret since the 1996 outing by the Russians and isrealis.
I think it's being requested that you provide links to those articles. We have problems taking your word for things.

\:D
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#278677 - 07/12/05 07:31 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Originally posted by Elvis:
Only if you assume that investigations are merit based and not politically motivated.
Oh, look, Elvis has another conspiracy theory. Typical of the neocon.

:rolleyes:
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#278678 - 07/12/05 07:50 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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TK,

Rove is a sharp cookie. Most of us on both sides of the street agree to that, no problem.

But now he's implicated as a traitor to his country - - and you're defending the scumbag? What's in this for you, or is this just part of how you entertain yourself in this forum?

Sincerely,

Salmo g.

P.S. in all fairness, give him a fair trial with a jury of his peers before showing him the firing squad.

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#278679 - 07/12/05 08:03 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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WOW..I can't believe I even opened this forum....

same old ....same old...different day.
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#278680 - 07/12/05 08:21 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Parsing words, didn't that get all you 'R's in a tizzy once before? :p

If Rove leaked the name, in any form, then Bush said he'd fire him, as he is 'anybody', per bush's statements.
And we all know, as a good Texan, he's a man of word........

Oh-Oh , \:D we are screwed on this one too !!

Funny how statements from Scotty are no longer appropriate during an 'ongoing investigation', but were appropriate for almost 2 full years, even after Bush requested the name of the leaker. :rolleyes:
Looks like Rove may get off, but a bad taste will have a lingering effect on him, and his 'clients'.
It's like he got caught spankin' the monkey, and is claiming to have just 'shook it vigorously'........ \:D

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#278681 - 07/12/05 08:26 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Uhm I believe he was combing his hair!

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#278682 - 07/12/05 08:45 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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WOW..I can't believe I even opened this forum....

Well, television sucks and I'm not much for gaming, gambling, drinking etc... that others find entertaining.
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#278683 - 07/13/05 07:57 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
In Case You Missed It: Karl Rove, Whistleblower


From The Wall Street Journal

Review & Outlook
July 13, 2005


Democrats and most of the Beltway press corps are baying for Karl Rove's head over his role in exposing a case of CIA nepotism involving Joe Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame. On the contrary, we'd say the White House political guru deserves a prize--perhaps the next iteration of the "Truth-Telling" award that The Nation magazine bestowed upon Mr. Wilson before the Senate Intelligence Committee exposed him as a fraud.

For Mr. Rove is turning out to be the real "whistleblower" in this whole sorry pseudo-scandal. He's the one who warned Time's Matthew Cooper and other reporters to be wary of Mr. Wilson's credibility. He's the one who told the press the truth that Mr. Wilson had been recommended for the CIA consulting gig by his wife, not by Vice President Dick Cheney as Mr. Wilson was asserting on the airwaves. In short, Mr. Rove provided important background so Americans could understand that Mr. Wilson wasn't a whistleblower but was a partisan trying to discredit the Iraq War in an election campaign. Thank you, Mr. Rove.

Media chants aside, there's no evidence that Mr. Rove broke any laws in telling reporters that Ms. Plame may have played a role in her husband's selection for a 2002 mission to investigate reports that Iraq was seeking uranium ore in Niger. ... But it appears Mr. Rove didn't even know Ms. Plame's name and had only heard about her work at Langley from other journalists.

On the "no underlying crime" point, moreover, no less than the New York Times and Washington Post now agree. So do the 36 major news organizations that filed a legal brief in March aimed at keeping Mr. Cooper and the New York Times's Judith Miller out of jail. ...

In short, Joe Wilson hadn't told the truth about what he'd discovered in Africa, how he'd discovered it, what he'd told the CIA about it, or even why he was sent on the mission. The media and the Kerry campaign promptly abandoned him, though the former never did give as much prominence to his debunking as they did to his original accusations. But if anyone can remember another public figure so entirely and thoroughly discredited, let us know.

If there's any scandal at all here, it is that this entire episode has been allowed to waste so much government time and media attention, not to mention inspire a "special counsel" probe. ...
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#278684 - 07/13/05 08:01 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I also remember you pink tie wearing liberals defended Sandy Berger when he stuffed classified documents in his socks and underwear. You did so because you felt it was to the benefit of Kerry. So whomever is not guilty of partisan politics please cas tthe first stone.

Lupo,

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#278685 - 07/13/05 10:52 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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1. who is sandy berger
2. that makes this okay?
3. Im never gonna wear a tie, and Im never gonna tell a lie.

why everytime this admin is criticized do people scramble to find something wrong with Clinton or whoever? That has what all to do with the wrong currently being done?

In any case you can compare all you want...no contest.
I'll take a blowjob scandal over sending our boys to die for halliburton stock profits anyday.

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#278686 - 07/13/05 02:16 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Chives,

Sandy Berger did that last fall it has nothing to do with Clinton.

I love the Haliburton stock conspiracy theory it's all apart of the New World Order conspiracy theory. It is a sickness.
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#278687 - 07/13/05 02:23 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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well until the admin makes up its mind on why we are there I'll go with the most likely...occams razor and all that. It sure as hell aint for wmds. But your right, maybe its not for halliburton, maybe its the secret oil pipeline

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#278688 - 07/13/05 02:32 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Haliburton. oil , Pipleines, NWO, zionist plot take your pick.

Show me where more than two people know a seceret and it is kept for very long. Just not happen and is less likely to happen where politics and moeny are involved. Husbands and wives and friends,families will sell each other out over a few bucks. Yet we are to believe that all of the elements involved to pull off a Haliburton stock run up are going to be kept secert? If it was true someone has already been screwed or at least feels screwed and would be talking. One thing all the head shrinkers will tell you is that behavior is not isolated. GW and all his cronies would have had to of shown signs over the years that they where capable of this. There are a lot easier ways of making money than taking a country to war.
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#278689 - 07/13/05 04:46 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I dont think they've kept it a secret at all. They simply said we are awarding the contracts to our good friends, no one else may bid on them, the rest of the world can take a hike, and we dont care what you think about it.

Do I realy think the war is a halliburton money grab? No, not likely. Do I think its for oil? No not entirely. I dont know what the hell its for and it seems your boy dumbya dont either but if looks funny and smells funny and if thats all i got to go on, then Im guesing its for some alterior motive unkown to plebians like myself.

Ultimately i suspect its to gain foothold in the region for future expansion, both in terms of oil and military bases, and if we can make Dicks company a few billion richer in the process why not?

Heres a question for you Kingy. Why not at least open the contracts for bidding, if for no other reason to give some semblance of fairness and propriety?, cause the opposite gives one the distinct impression that cronyism is hard at work.

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#278690 - 07/13/05 05:14 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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I dont know what the hell its for and it seems your boy dumbya dont either
Sure he does. It may be childish, but revenge is his motivator. Over 3000 Americans died on 9/11 and he never really followed through with his promise to bring all those responsible to justice.

But let Saddam threaten his daddy with an assassination attempt..... And he'll make sure way more than 3000 innocent people die as long as he can get Saddam and his family.

As mentally unstable as he is... what did you expect?
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#278691 - 07/13/05 05:42 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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revenge for Daddy Dumbya is my least favorite of the semi plausible potential reasons for the Iraq mess.

One thing is for sure, they sure worked pretty hard to dupe the american public into beleiving we were in imminent danger from Iraqi wmds which every inspector told us were not there (this is afterall the root f this rove thing) and which ultimately proved not to be there. They must have some motive for this intentional deception and invasion? Shame on the congress for going along with it, including many many democrats....

When i ask myself, what their possible motives could be, the daddy revenge motive, is the least plausible...icing on whatever cake they are baking over there but not the primary motivator.

Again, I suspect porimarily it is the desire to gain serious military foothold in the region

I know its not for the wmds
I know we could care less about their Iraqi freedom
And all evidence points ot no link to 9/11 tho that can never be disproved for certain, only proved and thus far it has not been proven.

Therefor there is some other covert motive (unless Bush is truly insane or stupid, and I'll give him more credit than that)


Who knows? None of us little people thats for sure. Maybe we'll know in 50 years and it'll turn out that Bush was a good guy afterall? hahahaha..yeah um right.

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#278692 - 07/13/05 05:46 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Originally posted by AuntyM:

Over 3000 Americans died on 9/11 and he never really followed through with his promise to bring all those responsible to justice.

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How much of al Qaeda's leadership has been captured or killed?

October 25, 2004
(http://cfrterrorism.org/home/)

Most terror experts agree with official claims that counterterrorism efforts have substantially depleted al Qaeda's senior ranks.
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Captured

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. A Kuwaiti who is the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. He is also believed to have personally executed Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in January 2002. Captured in Pakistan in March 2003.

Abu Zubaida. A Palestinian born in Saudi Arabia, thought to have served as Osama bin Laden's field commander following the death of Mohammed Atef. Captured in Pakistan in March 2002.

Ramzi Binalshibh. A Yemeni national and an alleged coordinator of the September 11 attacks, accused of involvement in attacks on the USS Cole in October 2000 and on a Tunisian synagogue in April 2002.
Captured in Pakistan in September 2002.

Mohammed Haydar Zammar. A Syrian-born German national accused of recruiting several of the 9/11 hijackers. Arrested in Morocco soon after the September 11 attacks.

Ali Abdul Rahman al-Ghamdi. A Saudi described as al Qaeda's top leader in Saudi Arabia and suspected of masterminding a series of bombings in Riyadh in 2003. Surrendered to Saudi authorities in June 2003.

Mohamedou Ould Slahi. A Mauritanian alleged to have played a key role in the recruitment of some of the 9/11 hijackers. Captured by Mauritanian authorities and turned over to the United States in November 2002 on suspicion he plotted to bomb Los Angeles International Airport during the 2000 millennium celebrations.

Omar al-Faruq. A Kuwaiti and an alleged link between al Qaeda and other militant Islamic groups in Southeast Asia. He was arrested in Indonesia in June 2002.

Mohsen F. A Kuwaiti whose full identity is unknown, plotted unsuccesfully to blow up a hotel in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Arrested in Kuwait in November 2002.

Hambali, aka Riduan Issamuddin. An Indonesian, reportedly a top strategist for Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiya in Southeast Asia. Captured in Thailand in August 2003.

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. A Saudi thought to be al Qaeda's chief of operations in the Persian Gulf. Captured in the United Arab Emirates in November 2002.

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. A Tanzanian suspected in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Captured in Pakistan in July 2004.

Abu Issa al-Hindi. A British national born in India, allegedly a central planner of detailed reconnaissance of U.S. financial institutions. Captured in Britain in August 2004.

Zacarias Moussaoui. A French citizen of Moroccan origin, thought by U.S. officials to be the "20th 9/11 hijacker." Reportedly prevented from participating in the September 11 attacks because he was in custody in Minnesota on an immigration violation.

Mounir al-Motassadek. A Moroccan arrested in Hamburg in November 2001, the only person to have been convicted of a crime connected to the 9/11 attacks. In 2004, Germany's Supreme Court threw out the verdict. Currently being retried.

Richard Reid. British-born, sentenced to life in prison in January 2003 for trying to blow up an airliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. A Saudi believed to have been head of Qaeda operations in the Persian Gulf and linked to the August 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Sentenced to death by a Yemeni court in September 2004 for the bomb attack on the USS Cole, which killed 17 U.S. sailors in October 2000. Currently in U.S. custody.

Believed dead

Amjad Farooqi. A Pakistani, allegedly helped organize two failed assassination attempts on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and participated in the abduction and murder of Daniel Pearl. Reportedly killed by Pakistani security forces in September 2004.

Mohammed Atef. An Egyptian believed to have been al Qaeda's senior field commander. According to the Pentagon, he was killed in Afghanistan in November 2001.

Ali Qaed Senyan al-Harthi. A Yemeni suspected of involvement in the bombing of the USS Cole. Believed to have been killed in a U.S. counterterrorist operation in Yemen in November 2002.

Abu Hazim al-Shair. A Yemeni and former bin Laden bodyguard thought to have been al Qaeda's chief of operations for the Gulf States and a key planner of the May 2003 bombings of Western residential compounds in Saudi Arabia. Reportedly killed in Riyadh by Saudi security forces in March 2004.
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#278693 - 07/13/05 05:50 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
Chives Offline
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where's osama? "dead or alive!"?


*whispers into Rory's ear "dead or alive!"

why did he divert the funds and troops dedicated by congress for catching osama to Iraq?
why? why? why?

I dont know either...im askin.

all those captured, and yet they function and attacked London only last week. The war on terror is going well? I know theres good people working hard on it and all..Dumbya told me so.

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#278694 - 07/13/05 06:09 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Chives,

I only posted the known (as of 10/04) al Qaeda's leadership (those responsible for planning and financing 9/11) to be dead or captured from the cfrterrorism.org website. I thought you were convinced OBL was dead anyway? I don't have any documented proof of that so I didn't post it as fact.

Do you still think all the trouble in the Middle East started 50 years ago? Any other pearls of wisdom or insight in to the history of the region you'ld care to share?
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#278695 - 07/13/05 06:30 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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No more pearls from me. PLease by all means educate me on the history of that region and explain our policy there. It certainly appears to have been a smashing success...Im eager to learn how it got this way, and why what we are doing now is making it even better.

I dont mind you changing the subject if i learn something.

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#278696 - 07/13/05 06:41 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Chives,

Too many people have witnessed erratic and illogical behavior from our president. At 35, he was still acting like a college party animal with his drinking and drug binges. I might not mind that type of behavior from my pals, but I expect more from a man that would some day be president. His lack of ethics and twisted morality is a symptom of his sickness and the Christian right only enables him to get away with it because he said the right things regarding gay marriage and abortion. If he had truly believed his convictions on those issues, he would have put more time and energy in that direction, instead, he went after Saddam.

I think Cheney and company took advantage of Georgie and his weakness for revenge to further their own agenda. Call it the manipulation of a sick mind. It isn't had to do.
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#278697 - 07/13/05 07:31 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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well i never said i thought Osama was dead. Rory is thinkin of someone else. i was the one who said i dont beleive we are realy looking for him, and i beleive Theking brought up 50 years as a reference point for the mid east.
I dont deny Im largely ignorant of history beyond that there. i looked into that Isaac and Ishmael thing and couldnt make head nors tail of the religious babble.

Back on Topic, Rove is a dirty traitor and worse than Osama. Face it the guy lashed out at wilson cause he wouldnt go along with your rush to war scheme, now he's busted...have fun squirming.

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#278698 - 07/13/05 08:27 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Most terror experts agree with official claims that counterterrorism efforts have substantially depleted al Qaeda's senior ranks.
Yeah, like al Qaeda doesn't have a promotion system. :rolleyes:
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#278699 - 07/14/05 07:56 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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"I dont deny Im largely ignorant of history beyond that there"

Whats really funny is the liberal drones here have been cheering you on and agreeing with you. \:D
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#278700 - 07/14/05 09:20 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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What's refreshing is that he admits it, unlike the neocon evangelicals here. ;\)
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#278701 - 07/14/05 09:27 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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From one that thinks the historic boundaries of the Ottoman empire are equal to those of modern Turkey. In spite of reality libs belive what they want to believe.
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#278702 - 07/14/05 09:47 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Someone needs to wash their bubble again and learn to thoroughly read. Why is it neocons have so much trouble understanding simple English? I try typing as slow as possible, but they still don't get it.

Maibee i nede more airors in my centances lik theres.

And by the way, the historic boundries of the Ottoman Empire have been reduced to what is now known as modern day Turkey as so clearly pointed out in the link Elvis provided.
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#278703 - 07/14/05 09:56 AM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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TheKing and Rory,

here is the quote from TheKing, which Rory seems to attribute to me, and which (after Rory slammed me for this quote) prompted my admission that I dont know much about the history of the middle east beyond the past 50 years.

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This whole thing started 50 years ago and has a bigger purpose than anyone person. Names like Arafat and Bin Laden are just more notable than others. Binny is an errand by for Muhamed and mainstream Islam.
and Rory responding to (and changing the subject!) a post by me:
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Do you still think all the trouble in the Middle East started 50 years ago? Any other pearls of wisdom or insight in to the history of the region you'ld care to share?
Again by all means Im eager to learn about it, and i did some reserarch into the issues prior to the last fifty years you brought up, on my own..i found out very little.....a buncha who-haw about Ismael and Isaac.

So to recap, you slam me for something someone else says. Then when i take the initiative to investigate your ideas and ask you about them, suddenly that is grounds for refuting all my views?

History is important to take into context, no doubt, but I beleive I currently have enough evidence before me in the present to make a judgement on our actions there. by all means tho enlighten me furhter if you can or are willing.

Common tactic from the right seems to be change the subject, when you are busted.....seems apt here. My lack of knowledge of Mid eastern history has what to do with Rove leaking info again?

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#278704 - 07/14/05 12:02 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Gnarley,

"historic boundries of the Ottoman Empire have been reduced " Who gives a shait? Binny and the boys care about the historic boundry.

Chives,

If one was to be historically accurate the confilct stems from Issac and Ishmael the parents of judism and Islam over 4000 years ago. A%0 years ago marks the modern rebirth of the Islamic crusade to drive the infidels from the traditional Islamic holy lands. The founders of this modern movement taught Osama and all the other "radical" Islamist of today.

BTW I heard a new word yesterday, Islamophobic. The BBC is using it. I wonder if it is like Homophobe? MEaning if you are really Islamophobic it is because you really have Islamic tenancies. Wait wait that would be a linear though and that is impossible for the left ;\)
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#278705 - 07/14/05 12:14 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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Originally posted by Chives:

Again by all means Im eager to learn about it, and i did some reserarch into the issues prior to the last fifty years you brought up, on my own..i found out very little.....a buncha who-haw about Ismael and Isaac.

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What you refer to as, "who-haw" is at the very core of the conflict between Muslims and Jews--I can assure you that even though the conflict started over 5,000 years ago the decendents of Abraham's two sons give a lot more credence to it than that.

I'm sorry if I mistakenly assumed you thought OBL was dead (all the lib's voices kind of melt in to one after a while) my bad.

When you make statements like, " Rove is a dirty traitor and worse than Osama"---I don't know whether to laugh, cry or just feel sorry for you.

If you honestly believe that I doubt any polite discourse or exchange of ideas is going to help.
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#278706 - 07/14/05 12:35 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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the 'worse than Osama' part was a joke in refernce to AuntyM's thread. My sarcasm doesnt travel well over the net.....I often forget that. I dont believe there is ANYONE worse than Osama, which is why Im upset we dont seem to care about capturing him. Im not for a moment gonna pretend that if we captured Osama (or revealed he is dead for the conspiracy crew) terrorism would poof go away instantly but It would be helpful, afterall your president did say he would get him dead or alive, but then he's said ALOT of things that he hasnt followed thru on. Worst president ever.

Now thats all settled (I'll look further into Ischmael and Isaac later, tho if their upset about an infidels interpretation of holy scripture, their more off their rocker than i had even imagined) back to Rove. Is he a traitor? Not technically, unless you beleive Bush policy is in itself treasonous. Its certainly an upsetting situation however. Its troubling that the rush to present a case for wmds would yeild such flagrant and petty political backstabbing and coverup...dont look good at all. "lets coerce these folks into providing us with an excuse to invade!" is not attractive.

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#278707 - 07/14/05 01:53 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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"Its troubling that the rush to present a case for wmds would yeild such flagrant and petty political backstabbing and coverup...dont look good at all. "lets coerce these folks into providing us with an excuse to invade!" is not attractive."


Lets walk in another mans shoes for a minute there Chively.

Lets get our imaginantions out and work with a similar scenario.


Lets say where you live there is a known level 3 Violent and sadistic sex offender from another neighborhood coming to your neighborhood and raping children. He leads a ring of people that are known to be targeting kids. You know his name where he used to live. The police are looking for him.
Your entire family and all your friends familes live in your neighbor hood. You feel it is your responsiblity is to protect your children and hopefully the other kids in the neighborhood.
The police are pretty sure they are on the trail of the sex offender but have no idea if and when they will catch him. Now you also have another level 3 sex offender named Joseph Duncan living in a near by neighborhood. He has attacked several kids in the past. He is known to be curently paying other people to attack and rape kids in even another neighborhood. You have information from a variety of sources that Duncan intends to do your family harm given the opportunity. You go to the police and the other neighborhoods and ask for help dealing with this guy. They say no thanks it is none of our business and besides he is a great customer of ours. The police say we have to wait until we can prove that he has commited a crime against you specifically. Even though he has paid people to attack other families in another neighbor hood who cares? Duncan does several TV interviews and calls you out saying you are a coward and he will kill you and your whole family given the opportunity. Even though there is direct evidence that he has raped and tortured his own children they will do nothing. What would you do ? Would you continue to chase after the first guy and ignore Duncan because he has not actually done anything to you yet. Then turn your house into a fortress and hope that Joseph Duncan stays away? How would you feel if you did nothing and Duncan raped one of your kids?
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#278708 - 07/14/05 02:15 PM Re: Its Official-Rove/Bush are traitors
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It took me a while to understand your analogy there Kingy cause I thought we were talking about Rove. Ok, now I see it as an analogy intended to explain why we went into Iraq instead of going after Osama.

Your analogy fails for me, so I will adjust it slightly to better reflect the situation as I see it...keep in mind i was there living and working in the shadows of the wtc when it was bombed.

To use your analogy as a base:
Imagine if you will that a level three sex offender rapes and kills your children on your front porch while you watch helplessly.(sorry but that is what osama did to me and NYC and america, he wasnt just planning to attack he did, and with deadly success). Your Boss just happens to be friends with this guys family, but nonetheless promises to bring him to justice "dead or alive".
Now suppose there is another level three sex offender in the neighborhood next door.
Do you tell the police, please stop looking for the person who killed and raped my children on my own doorstep and go get this other guy who might be planning to rape my children from a million miles away with a fictitious dick instead?

Your Boss thinks its a great idea and says he never gives your childrens murderer much thought. He basically lays off the police looking for your childs murderer then hires his buddys company with your tax dollars to go look for a potential molestor three neighborhoods down instead despite his promises.

If you say anything about it, your neighbors accuse you of loving sex molestors.

Meanwhile the graves of your raped and murdered children haunt you daily, as more graves fill up with your neighbors children searching for the molestor three neighborhoods away who may or may not have attacked your kids, while the one who DID attack your kids laughs.

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