Gen. John Abizaid before the Senate - C-Span2 Now 1:14 p.m. est.

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http://www.c-span.org/

Lieberman up - discussing re-deployment.

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1. Abiziad says this will increase violence.

Lieberman is feeding him pro-war soundbites.

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2. Lying through his teeth.

"Do we need more troops?"

"Yes."

"Do we need more troops?"

"No."

"Do we need more troops?"

"Yes."

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3. Joe: "a Congressional mandate to withdraw troops would be a disaster"

You sir, are a schmuck.

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4. Lieberman questioning him and lobbing

softballs to support his line of reasoning.

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11. we (I) know Joe is a blackmailing coward

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5. thanks for posting

tuned in now :hi:

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6. Thune up.

This should be lame.

asking about Casey's "4-6 months".

Abizaid "hasn't ruled anything out."

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7. discussing P.M> vs D.M. in Iraq differing in their desires

to have US leave/stay longer.

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8. does anyone know who has already asked questions?

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13. most of them have already. this has been going on for over an hour that

I know know.

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9. Ben Nelson up.

Three conservatives in a row.

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10. earlier Warner cut a Dem Sen. off and asaid Abizaid was 'forthwright" with

the committee over the years. I was so so so angry.

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12. Nelson just asked for some answers to questions

he has been asking for years.

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14. in listening to this---there will be no time frame outcome from this comm.

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16. Sessions was a real jerk earlier

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17. k

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19. hiliary clinton doing GREAT

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21. agreed.

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22. saying she has heard what Gens are saying over and over & it is getting OLD>

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23. k

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24. k

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25. k

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26. saying we have had testimony for 4 years of what MUST be done--

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15. Cornyn "we take kids right out of high school, train them for 6 months

and send them to fight."

:rofl:

He, a republican, just smashed Abizaid. He looked a little stunned.

That was my favorite moment so far!!!

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18. Hillary up

coming out strong so far.

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20. "Hope is not a strategy"

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27. 'they don't want the violence to succeed while they are still jockeying for position

can you offer us more than the hope that the Iraqi govt. will step up?"

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28. that was good

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35. the State Dept man is very opposed to timetables

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37. but he doesn't give much of a reason why.

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42. "Neither is despair." Hillary needed a strong comeback to this response but failed.

She could have at least said that being concerned for the lives of our soldiers as they fight in an ill-equiped, ill-conceived war of choice is not 'dispair' but patriotic pragmatism.

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29. the entire panel hates subdividing Iraq

that just might be the answer then, according to Bushthink.

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36. yup it is OFF the table as they say NOthing is off the table

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30. anyone notice

Senator Kennedy's hands are really shaky. Watching him it struck me at how much older he looks. I hope he is okay.

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32. yes.

i hope he is alright.

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31. Kennedy Up!

"when you say that phased withdrawal with create a bloodbath, many think there's a bloodbath occurring there today"

THANK YOU, SIR!

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33. Abazaid on mass kidnapping "it was not a good thing"

understatement #489

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34. Abizaid looks pissed

he is not enjoying this. The only comfort has come from Lieberman.

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38. he has had some pointed questions

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39. k

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40. Akaka: "catch and release system for death squads"

they are trying to "shift away" from U.S. contractors and hire Iraqi contractors.

Well, you know what? We could have done that from the beginning and we would probably be OUT of there by now, if the Iraqis had a $$ investment in peace and rebuilding.

For goodness sake - these people are idiots.

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41. Abizaid: "the key to success in Iraq is

a government of national unity and an armed forces that represents all of their people."

Is this asshole running for office? What kind of bullshit statement is that? Come on, sir - you are a fucking General in charge of IRAQ.

Jeesh.