EDIT: I cannot believe this, but I find myself in basic agreement with Osama bin Laden.
ObL said
Bin Laden Urges Iraq Insurgents to Unite
October 22, 2007 7:46 PM EDT
BAGHDAD - Osama bin Laden scolded his al-Qaida followers in Iraq and other insurgents Monday, saying they have "been lax" for failing to overcome fanatical tribal loyalties and unite in the fight against U.S. troops.
I agree. If they have a sense of Unity against us, then can we stop the bloodshed?
From CNN:
The Bush administration on Monday asked for an additional $42.3 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the 2008 request for total war funding to $189.3 billion.
President Bush says Monday he is requesting billions more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The request comes on top of $147 billion already sought for in the wars. Most of the money goes to Iraq, which is costing the Pentagon an estimated $2 billion a week.
"Parts of this war are complicated, but one part is not -- and that is that America should do what it takes to support our troops and protect our people," President Bush said in an appearance with members of veterans groups at the White House.
Bush said the money will cover basic operating expenses, plus additional armored vehicles and countermeasures designed to protect U.S. troops from roadside bombs.
"Congress should not go home for the holidays while our troops are still waiting for the funds they need," he said.
The president also called on Congress to finish the appropriations bills that fund the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs before lawmakers' holiday recess, set to begin in mid-November.
The request is bound to kick off another debate on Capitol Hill over the course of the Iraq war. Bush's last supplemental spending request led to a showdown with the Democratic leaders of Congress, who pushed for a withdrawal of American combat troops in 2008 -- a demand dropped after the president vetoed the measure.
What to do people when his own generals are speaking out against the war and revealing as we all know that there is and can be NO HAPPY USA created resolution imposed given how we have destroyed Iraq. The very people who we once protected are growing up to attack our troops for the continnued destruction they have imposed.
I mean no disrepsect to my many friends in the military. i simply cannot bear all of the cost and effort with no clear goals, no end point.
Hilary backed the war in 2003, and she backed the recent request to declare IRAN a terrorist nation that we can march our war troops into any time we please.
Please people. This is not about me getting my way.
We will all regret it if we fail to put into office someone strong about ending the war like Barack Obama
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And OBL said what he said to try and win people who are against him to his side. So in other words he is trying to lure law abiding Iraqi's that are just trying to live their lives according to the true word of their religion to his side of radical Islam and terrorism. He will lure these people in and then get them to kill civilians, maybe people that used to be their friends.