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Feingold Presses Crocker, Petraeus on Iraq War and al-Qaeda
Is it more important to fight al-Qaeda in Pakistan or al-Qaeda in Iraq? was Sen. Russ Feingold's (D-WI) question.
It was a fair one for Amb. Crocker, who came to Iraq after serving for nearly two years as ambassador to Pakistan. Crocker, anticipating where Feingold was clearly going with this, diplomatically answered, "I did not feel as Ambassador to Pakistan that the focus, the resources and the people needed to deal with that situation weren't available or weren't there because of Iraq." And yet, the July National Intelligence Estimate found that al-Qaeda Senior Leadership, as it's called, has reestablished a "safehaven" in the tribal areas of Pakistan. So Crocker didn't exactly "deal with that situation" satisfactorily. When Feingold pressed again for an answer, Crocker gave another diplomatic version: "In my view, fighting al-Qaeda is what's important, whatever front they're on."
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) then turned to General Petraeus. Petraeus' job isn't to fight, or to plan, the entire war; as he said to Feingold, it's a question better directed to Admiral Fallon, the Central Command chief, not to mention President Bush, Defense Secretary Gates, or Director of National Intelligence McConnell.
Feingold called the unwillingness to "seriously comment about how this relates to the larger global fight against terrorism" a "classic example of myopia, the myopia of Iraq."
Comments (13)
Doc Rock wrote on September 11, 2007 1:24 PM:When will ADM Fallon testify
WFB wrote on September 11, 2007 1:28 PM:Trick question. We should be fighting them here:
www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com
You know, where they actually come from.
Yossarian wrote on September 11, 2007 1:44 PM:Why are the dems even bothering to ask David Petraeus or for that matter Amb. Crocker about timelines for Iraq? We all know that these guys are just the mouth pieces for the WH, so why bother? I think the dems just fell off the veggie wagon.
Don Rider wrote on September 11, 2007 2:01 PM:The Democrats need to setting the agenda on the debate in Iraq. Even though poll numbers clearly show that the people are not on Bush's side, the media continues to follow the story setup by the President. The only time this didn't happen was when the Baker Study was released and things started to look grim for Bush. Since then they have framed the debate around this surge idea even if the facts don't quite work out. Congress needs to force the issue by commissioning their own studies and calling their own military experts. They can start with Fallon and then get some ex-Generals involved.
On the Clock wrote on September 11, 2007 2:20 PM:Is there any better demonstration that Bush continues to set the Iraq debate agenda than -- as Obama said today -- we are having this hearing on 9/11?
Thirty days hath September. Dems will sleep till next November.
LeeNyc wrote on September 11, 2007 4:31 PM:Why were the House war opponents so lame in their questioning! Good for Feingold.
LeeNyc wrote on September 11, 2007 4:31 PM:Why were the House war opponents so lame in their questioning! Good for Feingold.
E.M.Bondar wrote on September 12, 2007 1:44 AM:Why does Osama bin Laden keep sending us these vieos?
E.M.Bondar wrote on September 12, 2007 1:45 AM:Poor Osama bin Laden, of Afghanistan!
What must he do to convince George W. Bush that only he, with his Jehadist cohorts, now, among the Taliban; were responsible for the diasters of 9/11-- the destruction of the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon Building in D.C.
'Bush-Cheney' simply will not believe that the culprit was not Saddam Hussein of Iraq!
Evidently, Osama bin Laden was not wealthy enough,--not enough oil in his territory of Afghanistan!
How could such a poor man, from an impoverished country mastermind this?
Osama bin Laden, because he claims to be so very religious could not possibly be the prime instigator. Religious people do not do such things;-- only, secularists like Saddam Hussein.
Osama bin Laden, after-all, was from this overwhelmingly wealthy, well educated, Saudi, Muslim Family; friends of the Saudi King and Princes, who are---friends to the Bush family..!
Osama bin Laden cannot even get credit for founding, nurturing, and making Alcaida successful!
This Jehadi religious group is credited to Saddam Hussein, by George W. Bush and his vice President, Dick Cheney, the Neo-Cons, and the Religious Right.
What's a poor guy got to do to persuade the United States President that,
" I, Osama bin Laden did it! And, I live in Afghanistan, or possibly the northwest corner of Pakistan!"
"Come and get me! Even---Bring it On!"
George W. Bush abandoned that quest!
After the"FLY-IN", Osama shortly, took credit for the entire debacle, admitting in a taped interview that he was responsible; but, did not expect that the entire 2 buildings and those around them would collapse into dust and debris, killing so very many people.
A short, but, heroic effort to chase Osama and the Taliban out from Afghanistan, soon gave way to the desire to control the oil of Iraq!
Osama's admission fell on deaf ears, and Saddam Hussein was given the credit!
Since then bin Laden has made a tape on almost every anniversary of 9/11, claiming that a religious jihad made him do it; but, Bush and 1/3 or more of the Republicans, cannot seem to fathom it. They just do not get the picture!
The picture that pops up in their mind is one of Saddam Hussein.
This September 2007, Osama even made 2 tapes, and invited us all to become Muslims like he, to avert further disasters.
He even went to the trouble to beautify himself by dying his beard, because evidently; he feels that will make him more believable to an American audience, which values youth and handsomeness, rather than elderly-sageness.
No dice! The words Afghanistan-Taliban-Warlord danger, seems to translate or transform themselves into "Iraq-Sunni-Shiite-Iran".
The fixtures--- nuclear-reactor and nuclear bomb, yellow-cake, have relocated themselves, out of Iraq, and into Iran..
Poor Osama bin Laden,-- according to Bush and the Republicans,
he, Osama, will have failed in his mission to teach us a lesson!
'All the Credit' will go to Saddam Hussein--spider-man from a spider hole.
Or else, what are we doing in Iraq?
Why does Osama bin Laden keep sending us these vieos?
E.M.Bondar wrote on September 12, 2007 1:46 AM:Poor Osama bin Laden, of Afghanistan!
What must he do to convince George W. Bush that only he, with his Jehadist cohorts, now, among the Taliban; were responsible for the diasters of 9/11-- the destruction of the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon Building in D.C.
'Bush-Cheney' simply will not believe that the culprit was not Saddam Hussein of Iraq!
Evidently, Osama bin Laden was not wealthy enough,--not enough oil in his territory of Afghanistan!
How could such a poor man, from an impoverished country mastermind this?
Osama bin Laden, because he claims to be so very religious could not possibly be the prime instigator. Religious people do not do such things;-- only, secularists like Saddam Hussein.
Osama bin Laden, after-all, was from this overwhelmingly wealthy, well educated, Saudi, Muslim Family; friends of the Saudi King and Princes, who are---friends to the Bush family..!
Osama bin Laden cannot even get credit for founding, nurturing, and making Alcaida successful!
This Jehadi religious group is credited to Saddam Hussein, by George W. Bush and his vice President, Dick Cheney, the Neo-Cons, and the Religious Right.
What's a poor guy got to do to persuade the United States President that,
" I, Osama bin Laden did it! And, I live in Afghanistan, or possibly the northwest corner of Pakistan!"
"Come and get me! Even---Bring it On!"
George W. Bush abandoned that quest!
After the"FLY-IN", Osama shortly, took credit for the entire debacle, admitting in a taped interview that he was responsible; but, did not expect that the entire 2 buildings and those around them would collapse into dust and debris, killing so very many people.
A short, but, heroic effort to chase Osama and the Taliban out from Afghanistan, soon gave way to the desire to control the oil of Iraq!
Osama's admission fell on deaf ears, and Saddam Hussein was given the credit!
Since then bin Laden has made a tape on almost every anniversary of 9/11, claiming that a religious jihad made him do it; but, Bush and 1/3 or more of the Republicans, cannot seem to fathom it. They just do not get the picture!
The picture that pops up in their mind is one of Saddam Hussein.
This September 2007, Osama even made 2 tapes, and invited us all to become Muslims like he, to avert further disasters.
He even went to the trouble to beautify himself by dying his beard, because evidently; he feels that will make him more believable to an American audience, which values youth and handsomeness, rather than elderly-sageness.
No dice! The words Afghanistan-Taliban-Warlord danger, seems to translate or transform themselves into "Iraq-Sunni-Shiite-Iran".
The fixtures--- nuclear-reactor and nuclear bomb, yellow-cake, have relocated themselves, out of Iraq, and into Iran..
Poor Osama bin Laden,-- according to Bush and the Republicans,
he, Osama, will have failed in his mission to teach us a lesson!
'All the Credit' will go to Saddam Hussein--spider-man from a spider hole.
Or else, what are we doing in Iraq?
Why does Osama bin Laden keep sending us these vieos?
E.M.Bondar wrote on September 12, 2007 1:47 AM:Poor Osama bin Laden, of Afghanistan!
What must he do to convince George W. Bush that only he, with his Jehadist cohorts, now, among the Taliban; were responsible for the diasters of 9/11-- the destruction of the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon Building in D.C.
'Bush-Cheney' simply will not believe that the culprit was not Saddam Hussein of Iraq!
Evidently, Osama bin Laden was not wealthy enough,--not enough oil in his territory of Afghanistan!
How could such a poor man, from an impoverished country mastermind this?
Osama bin Laden, because he claims to be so very religious could not possibly be the prime instigator. Religious people do not do such things;-- only, secularists like Saddam Hussein.
Osama bin Laden, after-all, was from this overwhelmingly wealthy, well educated, Saudi, Muslim Family; friends of the Saudi King and Princes, who are---friends to the Bush family..!
Osama bin Laden cannot even get credit for founding, nurturing, and making Alcaida successful!
This Jehadi religious group is credited to Saddam Hussein, by George W. Bush and his vice President, Dick Cheney, the Neo-Cons, and the Religious Right.
What's a poor guy got to do to persuade the United States President that,
" I, Osama bin Laden did it! And, I live in Afghanistan, or possibly the northwest corner of Pakistan!"
"Come and get me! Even---Bring it On!"
George W. Bush abandoned that quest!
After the"FLY-IN", Osama shortly, took credit for the entire debacle, admitting in a taped interview that he was responsible; but, did not expect that the entire 2 buildings and those around them would collapse into dust and debris, killing so very many people.
A short, but, heroic effort to chase Osama and the Taliban out from Afghanistan, soon gave way to the desire to control the oil of Iraq!
Osama's admission fell on deaf ears, and Saddam Hussein was given the credit!
Since then bin Laden has made a tape on almost every anniversary of 9/11, claiming that a religious jihad made him do it; but, Bush and 1/3 or more of the Republicans, cannot seem to fathom it. They just do not get the picture!
The picture that pops up in their mind is one of Saddam Hussein.
This September 2007, Osama even made 2 tapes, and invited us all to become Muslims like he, to avert further disasters.
He even went to the trouble to beautify himself by dying his beard, because evidently; he feels that will make him more believable to an American audience, which values youth and handsomeness, rather than elderly-sageness.
No dice! The words Afghanistan-Taliban-Warlord danger, seems to translate or transform themselves into "Iraq-Sunni-Shiite-Iran".
The fixtures--- nuclear-reactor and nuclear bomb, yellow-cake, have relocated themselves, out of Iraq, and into Iran..
Poor Osama bin Laden,-- according to Bush and the Republicans,
he, Osama, will have failed in his mission to teach us a lesson!
'All the Credit' will go to Saddam Hussein--spider-man from a spider hole.
Or else, what are we doing in Iraq?
Why does Osama bin Laden keep sending us these vieos?
E.M.Bondar wrote on September 12, 2007 1:47 AM:Poor Osama bin Laden, of Afghanistan!
What must he do to convince George W. Bush that only he, with his Jehadist cohorts, now, among the Taliban; were responsible for the diasters of 9/11-- the destruction of the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon Building in D.C.
'Bush-Cheney' simply will not believe that the culprit was not Saddam Hussein of Iraq!
Evidently, Osama bin Laden was not wealthy enough,--not enough oil in his territory of Afghanistan!
How could such a poor man, from an impoverished country mastermind this?
Osama bin Laden, because he claims to be so very religious could not possibly be the prime instigator. Religious people do not do such things;-- only, secularists like Saddam Hussein.
Osama bin Laden, after-all, was from this overwhelmingly wealthy, well educated, Saudi, Muslim Family; friends of the Saudi King and Princes, who are---friends to the Bush family..!
Osama bin Laden cannot even get credit for founding, nurturing, and making Alcaida successful!
This Jehadi religious group is credited to Saddam Hussein, by George W. Bush and his vice President, Dick Cheney, the Neo-Cons, and the Religious Right.
What's a poor guy got to do to persuade the United States President that,
" I, Osama bin Laden did it! And, I live in Afghanistan, or possibly the northwest corner of Pakistan!"
"Come and get me! Even---Bring it On!"
George W. Bush abandoned that quest!
After the"FLY-IN", Osama shortly, took credit for the entire debacle, admitting in a taped interview that he was responsible; but, did not expect that the entire 2 buildings and those around them would collapse into dust and debris, killing so very many people.
A short, but, heroic effort to chase Osama and the Taliban out from Afghanistan, soon gave way to the desire to control the oil of Iraq!
Osama's admission fell on deaf ears, and Saddam Hussein was given the credit!
Since then bin Laden has made a tape on almost every anniversary of 9/11, claiming that a religious jihad made him do it; but, Bush and 1/3 or more of the Republicans, cannot seem to fathom it. They just do not get the picture!
The picture that pops up in their mind is one of Saddam Hussein.
This September 2007, Osama even made 2 tapes, and invited us all to become Muslims like he, to avert further disasters.
He even went to the trouble to beautify himself by dying his beard, because evidently; he feels that will make him more believable to an American audience, which values youth and handsomeness, rather than elderly-sageness.
No dice! The words Afghanistan-Taliban-Warlord danger, seems to translate or transform themselves into "Iraq-Sunni-Shiite-Iran".
The fixtures--- nuclear-reactor and nuclear bomb, yellow-cake, have relocated themselves, out of Iraq, and into Iran..
Poor Osama bin Laden,-- according to Bush and the Republicans,
he, Osama, will have failed in his mission to teach us a lesson!
'All the Credit' will go to Saddam Hussein--spider-man from a spider hole.
Or else, what are we doing in Iraq?
Why does Osama bin Laden keep sending us these videos?
E.M.Bondar wrote on September 12, 2007 1:50 AM:Poor Osama bin Laden, of Afghanistan!
What must he do to convince George W. Bush that only he, with his Jehadist cohorts, now, among the Taliban; were responsible for the diasters of 9/11-- the destruction of the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon Building in D.C.
'Bush-Cheney' simply will not believe that the culprit was not Saddam Hussein of Iraq!
Evidently, Osama bin Laden was not wealthy enough,--not enough oil in his territory of Afghanistan!
How could such a poor man, from an impoverished country mastermind this?
Osama bin Laden, because he claims to be so very religious could not possibly be the prime instigator. Religious people do not do such things;-- only, secularists like Saddam Hussein.
Osama bin Laden, after-all, was from this overwhelmingly wealthy, well educated, Saudi, Muslim Family; friends of the Saudi King and Princes, who are---friends to the Bush family..!
Osama bin Laden cannot even get credit for founding, nurturing, and making Alcaida successful!
This Jehadi religious group is credited to Saddam Hussein, by George W. Bush and his vice President, Dick Cheney, the Neo-Cons, and the Religious Right.
What's a poor guy got to do to persuade the United States President that,
" I, Osama bin Laden did it! And, I live in Afghanistan, or possibly the northwest corner of Pakistan!"
"Come and get me! Even---Bring it On!"
George W. Bush abandoned that quest!
After the"FLY-IN", Osama shortly, took credit for the entire debacle, admitting in a taped interview that he was responsible; but, did not expect that the entire 2 buildings and those around them would collapse into dust and debris, killing so very many people.
A short, but, heroic effort to chase Osama and the Taliban out from Afghanistan, soon gave way to the desire to control the oil of Iraq!
Osama's admission fell on deaf ears, and Saddam Hussein was given the credit!
Since then bin Laden has made a tape on almost every anniversary of 9/11, claiming that a religious jihad made him do it; but, Bush and 1/3 or more of the Republicans, cannot seem to fathom it. They just do not get the picture!
The picture that pops up in their mind is one of Saddam Hussein.
This September 2007, Osama even made 2 tapes, and invited us all to become Muslims like he, to avert further disasters.
He even went to the trouble to beautify himself by dying his beard, because evidently; he feels that will make him more believable to an American audience, which values youth and handsomeness, rather than elderly-sageness.
No dice! The words Afghanistan-Taliban-Warlord danger, seems to translate or transform themselves into "Iraq-Sunni-Shiite-Iran".
The fixtures--- nuclear-reactor and nuclear bomb, yellow-cake, have relocated themselves, out of Iraq, and into Iran..
Poor Osama bin Laden,-- according to Bush and the Republicans,
he, Osama, will have failed in his mission to teach us a lesson!
'All the Credit' will go to Saddam Hussein--spider-man from a spider hole.
Or else, what are we doing in Iraq?
Why does Osama bin Laden keep sending us these videos?
Poor Osama bin Laden, of Afghanistan!
What must he do to convince George W. Bush that only he, with his Jehadist cohorts, now, among the Taliban; were responsible for the diasters of 9/11-- the destruction of the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon Building in D.C.
'Bush-Cheney' simply will not believe that the culprit was not Saddam Hussein of Iraq!
Evidently, Osama bin Laden was not wealthy enough,--not enough oil in his territory of Afghanistan!
How could such a poor man, from an impoverished country mastermind this?
Osama bin Laden, because he claims to be so very religious could not possibly be the prime instigator. Religious people do not do such things;-- only, secularists like Saddam Hussein.
Osama bin Laden, after-all, was from this overwhelmingly wealthy, well educated, Saudi, Muslim Family; friends of the Saudi King and Princes, who are---friends to the Bush family..!
Osama bin Laden cannot even get credit for founding, nurturing, and making Alcaida successful!
This Jehadi religious group is credited to Saddam Hussein, by George W. Bush and his vice President, Dick Cheney, the Neo-Cons, and the Religious Right.
What's a poor guy got to do to persuade the United States President that,
" I, Osama bin Laden did it! And, I live in Afghanistan, or possibly the northwest corner of Pakistan!"
"Come and get me! Even---Bring it On!"
George W. Bush abandoned that quest!
After the"FLY-IN", Osama shortly, took credit for the entire debacle, admitting in a taped interview that he was responsible; but, did not expect that the entire 2 buildings and those around them would collapse into dust and debris, killing so very many people.
A short, but, heroic effort to chase Osama and the Taliban out from Afghanistan, soon gave way to the desire to control the oil of Iraq!
Osama's admission fell on deaf ears, and Saddam Hussein was given the credit!
Since then bin Laden has made a tape on almost every anniversary of 9/11, claiming that a religious jihad made him do it; but, Bush and 1/3 or more of the Republicans, cannot seem to fathom it. They just do not get the picture!
The picture that pops up in their mind is one of Saddam Hussein.
This September 2007, Osama even made 2 tapes, and invited us all to become Muslims like he, to avert further disasters.
He even went to the trouble to beautify himself by dying his beard, because evidently; he feels that will make him more believable to an American audience, which values youth and handsomeness, rather than elderly-sageness.
No dice! The words Afghanistan-Taliban-Warlord danger, seems to translate or transform themselves into "Iraq-Sunni-Shiite-Iran".
The fixtures--- nuclear-reactor and nuclear bomb, yellow-cake, have relocated themselves, out of Iraq, and into Iran..
Poor Osama bin Laden,-- according to Bush and the Republicans,
he, Osama, has failed in his mission to teach us a lesson!
'All the Credit' will go to Saddam Hussein--spider-man from a spider hole.
Or else, what are we doing in Iraq?