Western media ignores… or disses… historic Iraq electoral successes. *ALL* hardline Islamic parties lose ground!

From Flopping Aces...

As the US media likes to point out, the Bush legacy is intrinsically tied to Iraq.

And evidently, they are banking on it’s ultimate failure.

So it comes as no surprise that it takes a UK (not a US) publication, The Guardian, to report on some very notable successes in the wake of the Iraq elections over the weekend.

As William Shawcross states in his headline today…

Democratic dawn in Iraq
"Polling was peaceful, the results encouraging.
We could yet be looking at a model for Arab states"

Despite a lower than expected turnout of 51%, there were no boycotts based on ethic or sectarian lines. In fact, the Sunni turnout in some areas was as high as 60%… a big difference from the 2005 elections. “It was also the first election to have international observers in all 712 constituencies.”

Read the rest of this entry at Flopping Aces »

Best comment... by Aye Chihuahua: "I find it most interesting that the President didn’t bother to mention this historic event in his Saturday radio address.

Nothing appeared on the White House web site until late Sunday evening, and in that statement, credit was given to the UN.

Not a peep of credit, or even a mere mention, was given to the military personnel who have helped to transform the country into a place that is now capable of holding peaceful democratic elections."

More Bad News For Jihadi's and Democrats

OPERATION SQUEEZE PLAY: 8/16/07
UPDATE 8/17: US Forces Continue Pounding Al Qaeda
US military and Afghan forces pound mountains near Tora Bora on one side in cooperation with the Pakistani Army deployed on the other side involved in a joint effort...

So, Democrats like Sen/Presidential hopeful Barack Obama have recently called to invade or bomb the two principal countries that were at that very same time planning and are now actively involved to help the US rub out Al Qaeda hiding in mountains between Pakistan and Afganistan. (Now THAT'S FUNNY, I don't care who you are)

This operation has obviously been in the planning and development stages for some time now, ...no wonder "Bushy" has that smile on his face, he is three steps ahead of the Democrats every single time... amazing.

The Democrats now have two choices here... they can use the old OBAMA line "US is bombing innocent women and children in Afghanistan" or if there are major Al Qaeda leaders captured and/or killed by the operation then...
Let's start the timers for how long it takes Sen. (D) Obama to say


"that's what I meant when I said bomb Pakistan, ...I was behind this plan all along"

Weekend Update: Iraq- The Good News

While the news media has been repeatedly reporting on the 3 - 5 US casualties this weekend, the US Military keeps-on, keeping-on (unnoticed). Here is just some of the news that the Associated Press considers "not fit for print" and the main steam media considers "not worthy" of coverage during their frenzy to report the bad news from Iraq.

US Troops Kill 4 in Baghdad

From NEWS24- Baghdad 01/07/2007- US troops killed four people and captured a fifth in raids targeting suspected bomb makers in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, said the military.
The four were killed after they fled from American forces and took refuge in a building, where they refused to surrender, the military said in a statement. US troops found a fifth armed man hiding in a ditch and detained him, it said.
The US military also said on Saturday that troops captured an al-Qaeda cell leader in southern Baghdad a day earlier.
The suspect was allegedly responsible for co-ordinating and conducting kidnappings, torture and killings of Iraqi civilians and troops, the military said in another statement.Iraqi forces, backed by US troops, also captured four suspects in raids in Iskandariyah south of Baghdad on Friday, said the military

From Flopping Aces "Insurgents" Captured, Weapons Cache Destroyed.

• 4th Iraqi Army Division Forces, with coalition advisors, captured seven members of an improvised explosive device cell during operations Jan. 6 in Samarra. The suspects are responsible for coordinating and conducting IED attacks against Iraqi civilians and security forces.
• Elements of Multi-National Division-Baghdad, along with Iraqi Army elements, conducted a clearing operation designed to disrupt insurgent activities and deny urban support zones to terrorists from Jan. 1 to Jan. 5 in Hurriya, a northwestern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital.
  
  Results:
  • Detained 16 suspected insurgents
  • Soldiers confiscated illegal arms to include: 13 rocket propelled-grenade launchers, 17 AK-47’s with 20 AK-47 magazines, five rifles, two machine guns, 19 pistols, six mortars, and 12 blocks of C-4 explosives. They also seized three rocket-propelled grenades, two rocket-propelled grenade stabilizer shafts, and six rocket-propelled grenade booster rockets, along with identification cards, maps, insurgent propaganda, and 3.25 million Iraqi Dinar and $2,200 in U.S. currency.
  • With the support of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Iraqi troops provided medical care to the local population. Iraqi medics treated and gave medication out to approximately 2,000 Iraqi civilians during this operation.
  
  
• Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and Troop B, “Black Hawks,” 1st Squadron, 89th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) detained 82 suspects terrorists during a combat operation north of Yusufiyah, Iraq Jan. 2.

• Coalition forces found and destroyed a cache used for manufacturing and assembling improvised explosive devices in the Ghazaliyah neighborhood in western Baghdad Jan. 5. Soldiers from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, found approximately 200 pounds of unknown explosives dispersed between two houses near the Al-Shadra Mosque in Ghazaliyah.
  • In addition to the 200 pounds of homemade explosives, the Soldiers found washing machine timers, Iraqna cell phone cards, passports, hundreds of blasting caps, time fuses, detonation cords and numerous physics and engineering books.
  
  
• Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), detained the two suspects during a joint operation west of Mahmudiyah, Iraq. The operation targeted improvised explosive device cells operating near the town. Through intelligence provided by the Iraqi Army, troops worked with local residents of the area to help identify and detain the first suspect detained.

• Iraqi national policemen captured four men and seized a sizeable weapons cache at a checkpoint in southeastern Baghdad Jan. 5. Elements of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division detained four men at a checkpoint in the Hadar neighborhood. The men were detained after illegal weapons and terrorist propaganda materials were found in their cars following a search at the police checkpoint.
  The search of the suspects’ two vehicles resulted in the capture of a sniper rifle, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, three assault rifles, assorted ammunition, weapons magazines and bomb-making materials.

During ongoing operations south of Balad Ruz, Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army, with support from coalition forces, continue to clear the objective area, targeting specific terrorist cells which historically use the area as a safe haven to conduct random attacks against the local population and maintain a supply base.

• The current operations began Jan. 4, with a combined air and ground assault into the area in the outskirts of Turki village. IA and CF Soldiers established mobile and stationary positions along possible escape routes to isolate the area and facilitated the searching of the area for weapon supplies, improvised explosive device-making material and terrorists.

• “The terrorists believe we will not attack them in their safe havens and believe they can use these areas to spread violence throughout the region,” said Col. David W. Sutherland, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division commander, and senior U.S. Army officer in the Diyala province. “The 5th Iraqi Army Division believes that we must continue to take the fight to those individuals that use violence against the Iraqi people for their own personal and financial gain. The Coalition Forces will continue to support this Iraqi Force.”

• Soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) conducted a nighttime raid on a Baghdad meat-packaging facility suspected of being a terrorist meeting place in the Al Rashid district Jan. 7.
  
  The 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division concurrently assaulted the salt factory next door, also a suspected terrorist planning area. Joining the two U.S. units on the operation were members of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division. The two-pronged joint assault netted 32 detainees and more than 20 weapons, including 11 AK-47s, a Kalishnikov assault rifle, two Russian-made carbines, 15 60mm mortar rounds and a submachine gun.
  
  The men detained, some of whom were guards at the building, were held on suspicion that they were allowing the buildings to be used as a terrorist rendezvous point, a suspicion strengthened by the weapons found in the area.

Task Force to help rebuild Iraqi businesses...
A team of 60 industrial leaders and business analysts in Iraq to get 200 idle factories up and running. Once the factories are opened, the U.S. military will contract with them as much as possible for goods and services supporting U.S. military operations in Iraq. Most of this business, which amounts to about $4 billion a year, currently goes to companies outside Iraq.

Democracy not working in Iraq? Women comprise 25% of the Iraqi Parliament, which is the highest proportion in the Arab world and one of the largest percentages worldwide. Go here for more good news on the progress being made.

Why isn't this stuff reported?
It doesn't fit the agenda of the mindless, mainstream, moonbat media.
US forces have had several victories in the past few days, but all we hear about is news of more US casualties and more debate about "defeat".
It is obvious these "journalists" may have taken some college courses which help them to "sympathize with the insurgents" and believe "the US troops are the foreign fighters responsible for killing the majority of innocent Iraqi's."

Film at Eleven... and oh yeah, ..."have a nice day".
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(Note: images not related to specific stories are for illustration only)

Victory in Iraq?

Below are the words of a great American who put his reputation, career and entire future on the line by supporting VICTORY and sticking to it.
This is what my offer/challenge is all about.
Uniting the country by putting the country ahead of politics and supporting the troops by supporting their victory instead of calling for their retreat/defeat.
I encourage more liberal/progressive and Democrat bloggers out there to consider these words, (they are not my words and they are NOT George W Bush's words)... and join the growing movement of anti-war bloggers who now support VICTORY.

Washington D.C.
December 6, 2005:
"Thank you very much David McCurdy, my friend for your generous introduction and for your continuing public service and let me join you in thanking Dr. Andy Krepanevich and the Center for all that he and it has contributed to American thinking and policy on defense, and in this case particularly on the war in Iraq. I am honored to join both of you in this discussion this morning. Before Andy offers his latest insights on Iraq, which I look forward to, I in some sense want to set the context. I want to say a few things about what I believe is on the line there in Iraq, about how we are conducting ourselves here in Washington, and how what happens here affects what will happen there.

The title of this program is “How to Win in Iraq.” That was the title of Andy’s seminal article in the journal Foreign Affairs earlier this fall, and it seems to me that is ought to be the focus of Congressional discussions about the war from now until its conclusion. The most important debate going on currently here about the war in Iraq is between some people who are focused on withdrawal of our forces regardless of conditions on the ground and the rest of us who believe that our goal in Iraq is not to withdraw but to win, so we can leave with the mission accomplished.

This is a serious and significant debate and in the vitality and health of our democracy will continue to go on. I hope it goes on with a recognition that there are Republicans and Democrats on both sides and that it should be conducted in a spirit of mutual respect and national interest.

For my part, I agree with Dr. Krepinevich's observation that, “The war (in Iraq), which arguably began as a “war of choice” has become a “war of necessity” we cannot afford to lose. The costs of victory in Iraq will be large for the U.S. But the costs of defeat would be disastrous for the U.S., Iraq, the Middle East, and most of the world.

The costs of victory will be high in American lives lost and American money spent. But the costs of defeat would be disastrous – they include the collapse of the new Iraqi regime, civil war, regional war, a victory for Zarqawi and Al Qaeda, which will embolden them to attack both other Arab countries and our American homeland, the rollback of democracy in the region, and the painful realization that the lives of American soldiers who have died in Iraq were given in vain.

Defeat in Iraq would also carry a heavy cost of lost opportunities. We are there not just to defeat the terrorists – not even mostly to defeat the terrorists – we are there to provide the security for a self-government by the Iraqis where the creation of a modern, open, thriving state in this historic center of the Arab and Islamic worlds. If we accept defeat in Iraq we will have lost the opportunity to create within this great nation a larger victory in the so-called war “for the hearts and minds” of people in the Islamic world and that lost opportunity would be a large cost and a disaster.

It is probably these enormous costs of failure in Iraq that explain why so few in Congress have joined the calls for a preset, timed withdrawal. Last Wednesday, the President laid out his strategy for victory in Iraq in a speech at the Naval Academy and accompanying 35-page white paper. It described a plan that has developed over the last two and half years since Saddam Hussein was overthrown. It is a plan that has resulted from trial and yes, many errors. It describes the strategy, the tactics, that I saw in Iraq two weeks ago and that I believe are creating progress there.

The response of leading Democrats to the president's proposal last week I thought was important and instructive. Most leading Democrats – and I include here the statements made by my colleagues Senators John Kerry and Jack Reed – did not call for an arbitrary time to withdrawal, but instead questioned some of the Administration's tactics and asked the Administration to go to the next level of detail on its proposals and plans.

The President’s description of our “clear, hold, and build” strategy for victory in Iraq and the tactical response of most Democrats suggests that there may be more agreement here than meets the eye and ear in the dueling partisan press conferences that characterize public discourse in Washington today. What I am suggesting here, as I listen and read the statements made, is that there is broad bipartisan agreement on the goals, on the strategic interest we have in the successful completion of our mission in Iraq; there are disagreements about tactics. Accepting this reality and the urgency of the moment in Iraq calls us, I believe, to remember the famous counsel of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan that “Politics must stop at the water’s edge.”

Vandenburg of course, played an instrument role in the post WWII period in building bipartisan support for Presidents Truman’s post WWII, early Cold War foreign policy. The full, actual statement of the imperative that Vandenburg stated, that politics must stop at the water’s edge, is altogether relevant to our current circumstances:

“To me, bipartisan foreign policy means a mutual effort under our indispensable two-party system, to unite our official voice at the water’s edge so that America speaks with maximum authority against those who would divide and conquer us and the free world.”

Those last words of Vandenberg’s exactly describe the goals and methods of the Islamist terrorists who attacked us on 9-11-01 and fight us in Iraq today. They aim to “divide and conquer us and the free world.” Vandenburg’s preceding words defining a bipartisan foreign policy should remind us of how much stronger we would be in this critical fight if we “seek national security ahead of partisan advantage.”

That is why I feel so strongly that it is time for us to set aside for now the arguments about why we got into Iraq so that we can work together on how we can get out best in victory and honor with the job done.

With the consequences of victory or defeat in Iraq so large for our future safety, and liberty; and with the lives of 160,000 Americans in uniform on the line there everyday, it is urgent that all of us who want to complete our mission successfully and do not favor an arbitrary timetable for withdrawal put the national goals we hold in common ahead of the party labels that too often divide us.

I recall here the wisdom of Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, who served our country during World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Stimson said that sometimes the best way to make a person trustworthy is to trust him. There is wisdom there. It is time that America’s leaders, in the White House and Congress, Republicans and Democrats, who agree on our goals in Iraq but disagree on tactics to start trusting each other again so that we can work together again. The distrust is deep and I know it will be difficult to overcome, but history will judge us harshly if we do not stretch across the divide of distrust and join together to complete our mission successfully in Iraq.

It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be Commander-in-Chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.

It is time for Republicans in the White House and Congress who distrust Democrats to acknowledge that greater Democratic involvement and support in the war in Iraq is critical to rebuilding the support of the American people that is essential to our success in that war.

It is time for Americans and we their leaders to start working together again on the war on terrorism. To encourage that new American partnership, I propose that the President and the leadership of Congress establish a bipartisan Victory in Iraq Working Group, composed of members of both parties in Congress and high ranking national security officials of the Bush Administration. This group would meet regularly, I would hope at least weekly, to discuss conditions and progress on the ground in Iraq and ways to alter or improve our strategy for victory. It would carry forward the cooperative spirit of the Warner-Levin amendment which recently passed the Senate. In our form of government, it would be one of the closet structures we could create to replicate a unity government or a war cabinet that exists in other democratic systems.

I know that some will say that proposing a forum for bipartisan cooperation on the war is, in the current intensely partisan environment in Washington, naïve and impractical. Perhaps they are right. But what is not naïve or impractical is my conclusion that the return of such bipartisanship in the conduct of this war would raise popular support at home, encourage our brave troops in the field, discourage our vicious enemies, and strengthen the resolve of the Iraqi people and the hundreds of millions of others in the Islamic world who want a better way forward than the hatred and death Al Qaeda offers.

In 1941, Winston Churchill came to Rochester, New York and said:

“When great causes are on the move in the world… we learn that we are spirits, not animals, and that something is going on in space and time which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.”

My friends, great causes are clearly on the move in the world today. We were attacked by Islamist terrorists – attacked here at home. The centers of American power, our great cities, were attacked. The main battleground in this war is now Iraq. So I would say, in Churchill’s phrase, that duty calls us now to take ourselves above the ordinary partisan debates of this capital city, to unite for victory, to walk the course together until our mission is completed, our security is protected, and the forces of freedom have once more emerged triumphant from the battlefields of power and of principle."

Senator Joe Liberman (D) Connecticut
12/06/2005

I don't agree with Senator Liberman on most of the issues facing us today, but that doesn't stop me from considering him a great American and having the utmost respect for him. I stand with him united on this issue... the single most important issue of our time.
JOIN the Red Stater VICTORY parade today and keep me writing positive stories about Democrats and progressives... (this isn't easy, trust me!)
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ATTENTION LIBERALS: Let's Unite The Country

Red Stater's INVITATION TO UNITE THE COUNTRY:

In the post below (Bush To Terrorists: "America is not Leaving") I offer an invitation for liberal/Democrat bloggers to Convert to Victory and unite the country.
Please read the entire post and consider this sincere offer to unite the country and reduce the polarization America is currently "suffering" from.

I will back-up my offer with this.
For every liberal anti-war blogger who "Converts to Victory" and posts his/her Victory Conversion story on his/her weblog, I will write and post a nice pro-liberal or pro-democrat story here on Red Stater.

If ya really wanna unite the country and stop the polarization (like you claim) here's your big chance.

If ya' wanna convert Red Stater to a Democrat, here's the way to possibly do it.
(Convert enough liberal bloggers to Victory, and I will write a new pro-democrat story every day and eventually it might just rub off on me)

If ya' claim to support the troops (or "troupes" as one blogger accidently wrote) here is your chance to support them without calling for their defeat.

RULES:
Your Conversion to VICTORY must be sincere and there are no "but's" allowed.
(as in... I support victory, ...BUT...)
Your Conversion to VICTORY must appear on your blog in your own words.
(No tricks and no games).
Then post your "victory support" in the comments section here at Red Stater and watch me struggle to say nothing but nice things about liberals and democrats.
Aside from saving your life and perhaps the entire planet, the above might be the best reason yet to "support victory"!

Disclaimer: Supporting victory does not mean you believe that victory is assured or that you even believe we are in a war, (or that you like Bush) but does mean that IF we are in a war, and IF victory is possible, that you support said victory. ie: Victory in Iraq.
(I can't make it any easier than that.)

Victory as defined (by President George W Bush) for the purpose of this offer is "A free and democratic Iraq that is a friend to America and a partner in the war on terror".

Hey, it beats converting to Islam ...or death!
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UPDATE: 12/21/2006- aaron (avandeg) at BOMBSHELL (odd title for a anti-war liberal) responded in the comments section below with about 2 pages of bush-hating rants which began with two words- "no thanks".
aaron/avandeg then went on to post over 20 sequential, one-word, sophmoric comments and attack me in the "Harry Reid on Life Support" post (below).
Thus, we have gone to comments by approval only.
So that's ONE hateful liberal who admits he supports America's DEFEAT, but ZERO for VICTORY or uniting the country. (so far...)

UPDATE: 12/22-2006
Please welcome OTTER from The Otter Limits (and several other progressive blogs) who supports the troops by supporting their Victory in Iraq.
You can read otter's comment below (see comments) and join me in having the utmost respect for his courage and honesty in standing up for VICTORY.
God Bless You Otter... a nice piece highlighting you and other democrats/liberals is coming in the next few days before I post anything else. (as promised) In the meatime, watch for the band OTISBURG everyone!

UPDATE: 12/23/2006- Please welcome DAVE at The Oklahoma Lefty blogs who says "Now that we are there, we need to succeed in Iraq".
I applaud you Dave and (as promised) I will write a nice piece on you and your blog as well as Democrats in general...coming soon.
I do want to warn you to be sure and put on your kevlar underwear... siding with "the enemy" can get you into trouble.
God Bless you.

UPDATE: 12/25/2006-Another progressive who joins us in uniting the country is Anthony from "Concerned Citizens of Today" who writes... "I do support the war. I do feel like we have done more good than harm. So, yes I am with you on this. I definitely support our troops and are very proud of them for what they do. Thanks again to any of our brave troops that read this."
I'm sure it's safe for me to say (on behalf of those brave troops) - Thank you Anthony...for supporting VICTORY.

UPDATE: 12/27/2006- And then we hear from Rodger... ( didn't bother to actually read my complete offer), who doesn't think we are fighting against anyone except innocent Iraqi's, that victory is not possible, and he believes Americans shouldn't support victory in the first place...

See his comments in the comment section here or go to his recent post on this subject where he says...
"US troops are the foreign fighters responsible for killing the largest number of innocent Iraqis. Until everyone realizes this, then American foreign policy toward Iraq will fail".

So, if we admit we are the bad guys... we can win.
Not so say's Rodger... not even then.
We can officially mark "Rodger" down in the "supports the defeat of his own country" category.
I wonder if Rodger knows aaron?
Maybe we should introduce them...
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BUSH To Terrorists- "America is not leaving"

Today, President Bush served notice to terrorists and those promoting America's defeat.

There will be no "cut and run" and America is not leaving Iraq or the middle-east until victory is achieved.
...There's your sign.

The Democrats promises of bringing home the troops have now officially faded into election hoax history as most Democrat politicians now admit they actually favor putting MORE troops in Iraq...not less.

So after all the study groups and meetings, focus groups and recommendations, we have heard the plan for more troops rejected by generals on the ground, the plan to cut and run rejected by everyone and plans to do everything in between rejected by other "experts".

The only thing all of the experts agree on is that VICTORY is essential to America's security. (bells ringing and horns blowing!!!)

It seems that most agree that the correct plan of action is to use American troops to support Iraqi military to secure the country until Iraq can defend itself from the enemy within and train Iraqi forces as fast as possible. (more bells, whistle's and horns!!!!)

So today President Bush confirmed again the exact same thing he has been saying since the "Jihad Bowl" began.

Victory is the ONLY option, a successful democratic Iraq is the goal.
His message to the US troops is that your cause is just and you will not fail.
His message to the Islamic throatcutters and suiciders is that America will NOT be dictated to by a bunch of religious fanatics from the dark ages who think they can intimidate the United States Armed forces and/or the American people into retreat with threats and acts of violence.

PEACE can only come when those who seek religious domination by the sword are put to "rest in peace" themselves.

This is not a quick- fix war we are in however.
The next few American Presidents are going to have to deal with this same issue as this battle will continue for a while. There are hundreds of thousands of children who are poisioned with hate for America in religious schools across the middle east.
Some of them will grow-up and realize they were lied to...while others will seek to continue the jihad on America for decades.

Millions of Children in Iraq are counting on America to not let them down.
They won't forget. This little boy (photo from Iraq) has got it right... perhaps he is a future elected President of his country, business owner or a future proud grandfather of a future Iraqi President.
He will tell them about the brave American soldiers, how they freed Iraq and the middle-east from tyranny, fascism and theocratic rule and he will be right.

President Bush has it right too.
He has had it right all along and history will prove it so.
Iraq is one of the final keys to "unlocking" the middle-east.

Let Iraq turn into the capital of terrorism and future generations will know President Bush was right. (the hard way)
or
Make sure Iraq becomes a key partner in the war against islamic radical rule, becomes a thriving peaceful democratic nation and the central reason for the spread of democracy in the middle east and future generations will know President Bush was right.

But one thing is undeniably CLEAR, ...the President is correct about Iraq.

Victory and a free Iraq is the ONLY solution for future peace.

Which bring us to...
Red Stater's "Call for UNITY" in these "United" States:
(Red state, Blue state, Purple or whatever)-
In this troubling time when liberals and Democrats are calling for the country to come together, be less divided and less polarized... I would like to take the first step and invite liberals and democrats alike to unite and come together with conservatives and Republicans on the one thing on which everyone can agree.

Victory.

I call on all the LIBERAL BLOGGERS out there (you know who you are) to show the country and the world that YOU are willing to put partisan politics aside, that you truly do seek to unite the country and join the rest of us in promoting victory for America, Iraq and ultimately PEACE in the middle east.
WARNING:
Try it slowly... don't injure yourselves, ...maybe one small post promoting a "tie" in Iraq... then slowly work your way up to actually promoting victory for your own country.
Baby steps before you run.

Red Stater officially invites ALL LIBERALS, hippies, leftover Vietnam protesters and anti-war activists (you know who you are) to come on over and unite with us conservative, rightwing, bible thumpin' rednecks (we know who we are) on this ONE ISSUE (first) and then we'll work on the other stuff.
That one issue is literally the future of the world and your own personal safety, so you do have a vested interest in the outcome of this.
Since they attacked us and will continue the Jihad Bowl with or without your approval, ("no-war" is not an option) how about all the rent-a-protesters go get some new construction paper, crayons and make a new protest sign that says three little words....
"VICTORY IN IRAQ".

C'mon... give it a try....you can do it!
If you need some help, read what Joe Liberman (former Democrat, 2000 Democrat VP candidate) says and work your way up from there.

Show us you are not ALL just a bunch of partisan democrat political hacks without a clue.
(like aaron at BOMBSHELL)
We want to believe that not is the case....and give you the benefit of the doubt...
but it's up to you. (don't blow it like aaron)

Invitation extended.
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THE JIHAD BOWL

There is no-help for Democrat congressman Sylvestre Reyes, (he already flunked) but for all you OTHER incompetent, corrupt, bumbling, stumbling cronies about to be anointed by your fellow cronies to important leadership positions that MIGHT have something to do with "Intelligence" and the war on "terror"…this is for you.

This might be helpful for anti-war liberals also, so, here ya’ go "Sports Fans", in terms that hopefully you will understand. (no charge)
Note: If you are a "Save The Planet" person, go here instead.

THE JIHAD-BOWL- IRAQ:
(...brought to you by- “The Religion of Peace”)

Don't miss the “Battle of the Millennium”
... maybe the “Last Battle” -period.

The Jihad Bowl- Iraq: Where defeat or retreat means death and where Victory means living in freedom, it’s the ultimate no-holds-barred struggle (jihad) between the civilized world and anti-civilization, between religious cults and freedom-of-religion, between infidels and imbeciles, between the modern free-world and dark-age, mid-evil theocracies.
Winner-take-all.

And now, a few words from the official Jihad Bowl sponsor-
"Convert or die, infidels".
(brought to you by The Religion of Peace).

Now, A brief buildup of "The Rivalry"
The intense dispute and hatred between the Islamic/Muslim Sunni radicals and the even more radical Islamic/Muslim Shia "Twelvers" goes back centuries. It is safe to say they disagree on who should rule Islam (and the world), but they do agree on one thing, which is the defeat of America at any cost.

The Introduction of the Teams and Key Players:
The Jihad Bowl features a lot of teams but here are the primary combatants...

On one side we have- The Sunni "Throatcutters":

Formerly the home-team in Saddam’s Iraq, The Sunni Throatcutters now feature none other than Al Qaeda on offense joined by former Saddam Sunni loyalists along with the infamous Hamas Sunni’s on offense/defense. Special teams provided by The Muslim Brotherhood, the Turkish Development Party and radical Sunni loyalists from Syria. Big name Sunni stars include Osama Bin Laden and Zarqawi (pictured) and Saddam Hussein (penalty box).
(Allah is great, Sunni’s are number one, death to America- "Go Throatcutters Go")
I’ll spare you the rest of the team cheers.

On the other side we have- The Shia Suiciders:

The “visiting team” is the Iranian backed Shia Suiciders coached by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad featuring his Twelvers and the 12^th Imam offense along with local Iraqi Shiite extremists oppressed by Saddam and the infamous Hezbollah Shiites. Special teams are provided by the Hojjatieh Shiites, who are instigators in the battle in the trenches of Iraq between Shia Suiciders and Sunni Throatcutters. The Hojjatieh and the Twelvers won’t be satisfied with just rubbing out the Sunni, destroying America or with world domination, it’s Armageddon or bust for these fanatics.
(praise allah, Shi’ites are number one, death to America- "GoooOOO Suiciders")
Again, I’ll spare you the official team cheers.

Important Safety Tip: Throatcutters can also blow themselves up to kill you and Suiciders can also slit your throat. Either team could have been called either name... or "bombers".
Both will happily drag your dead body around town behind their 1985 Toyota Pickups.

In the center of Jihad Bowl and new home team is The new free Iraq, supported by America led by President George W Bush and the United States Armed Forces, on behalf of the rest of the free world. After the US removed the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein from power and captured him, the opportunistic cultists slithered out of their caves and across neighboring borders to fight against America and take over Iraq.

America cannot afford to lose and let that happen.

Iraqis have held free elections and demonstrated CLEARLY that they prefer to be a democratic partner in the global war on terror not a contributor to terrorism.

America MUST stand behind this fragile democracy and these brave people in their hour of need.

Time Out for an important message from Jihad Bowl sponsor "the religion of peace".
"Death to America".
... now back to -Jihad Bowl- Iraq:

Key Fact-ors in Jihad Bowl- Iraq:
1- The Sunni AND the Shi’tes want to destroy each other less than they both want to destroy America (and Israel).

2- The Sunni (Al Qaeda & Co.) want sole control of Iraq from which to expand their Islamic rule and launch attacks on the Shi’ites and Israel and ultimately America. (The Sunni have access to Saddam’s leftover and hidden goodies)

3- The Shi’ites (Iran & Co.) want sole control of Iraq from which to expand their Islamic rule (and destruction) of the world by way of launching attacks on Israel and America and bringing about the Armageddon. (The Shiites in Iran are getting nukes)

Summary: Both Throatcutters and Suiciders want sole control of Iraq from which to (“spread the religion of peace”) ie; launch attacks on the rest of the world.

Neither the Sunni extremists OR the Shia extremists can afford a US victory and/or Democratic Iraq. A US victory means no Islamic rule over the entire middle-east and makes recruiting new players for a losing cause much tougher.

Likewise, the US (and the free world) cannot afford for any of these Islamic extremists to defeat a democratic Iraq and America.

NOTE: There are millions of Muslims (including sunni and shia) who do notsubscribe to either of these extremist cult views, but unfortunately all of the extremist cults consider those Muslims as "infidels" who must also be punished...by death. Muslim tolerance of the intolerable is unacceptable. The so-called Peace Loving Muslims MUST turn against this cancer growing within their own religion to save their own lives (as well as ours).

POP QUIZ Alert-
So, if it comes up on a test (again) remember;
Al Qaeda including Osama Bin Laden and Zarqawi are (Salafy) Sunni.
Hamas is Sunni and Saddam Hussein is (Ba’athist) Sunni.

Ahmadinejad and the Hojjatieh along with Hezbollah are Shia/Shi’ites.

Sure these extremist Sunni's and Shi'ites hate each other, but they ALL hate America more.

BONUS ROUND:
If you are against the war and want America out of Iraq NOW, then pick one from below.
A: Cut and Run and let the Sunni's win Iraq where they launch more 9/11 type attacks.
B: Cut and Run and let the Shi'ites win Iraq where they launch nuclear attacks.
C: Cut and Run and let them try and work together to launch a multitude of attacks.
D: Cut and run, lose the war and face Armageddon.
Or,
Z: (here's an idea) choose Victory.

VICTORY IS THE ONLY CHOICE IN IRAQ.

Be "pro-choice" and choose Victory in the Jihad Bowl.

The Jihad Bowl is brought to you by... The Religion of Peace, who reminds us all to...
"Praise Allah or die".

Now do you get it?
It's not a game, it's not politics, it's your life.

Disclaimer for Liberals:
The terms "Throatcutters" and "Suiciders" are used as unofficial Jihad Bowl “team mascot” examples only and are not meant to be hurtful remarks. Like the Raiders or the Gunslingers or the Junkyard Dogs, these are terms of endearment by their fans, just kicked up a notch and these terms are not meant to imply that anyone would actually cut someone’s throat or that anyone would actually blow themselves up in order to kill innocent people. Any resemblance to any persons real or otherwise is purely coincidental. Shia and Sunni relationships are simplified for this illustration realizing there are factions among each that are rivals within each group.

But if you are a “throatcutter”, or a “suicider” and you were offended by my remarks, - GOOD.

According to Red Stater

-red