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		<title>By: Mover Mike</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-21240</link>
		<dc:creator>Mover Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;From the Embassy, a Grim Report...&lt;/strong&gt;

There was a very important story on Sunday in the Washington Post, From the Embassy, a Grim Report.  The story carried a &quot;leaked&quot; cable purportedly from ......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>From the Embassy, a Grim Report&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>There was a very important story on Sunday in the Washington Post, From the Embassy, a Grim Report.  The story carried a &#8220;leaked&#8221; cable purportedly from &#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: DannoJyd</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-19917</link>
		<dc:creator>DannoJyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I felt for a long time that Iraq would be a stepping stone towards finally dealing successfully with Iran. Time will tell.

For anyone looking for good news, below is the link to a recent CNN poll which shows libs losing ground in the upcomming elections...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/16/bush.poll/

As a great man once said, &quot;Don&#039;t let the bastids get you down&quot;. ;o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I felt for a long time that Iraq would be a stepping stone towards finally dealing successfully with Iran. Time will tell.</p>
<p>For anyone looking for good news, below is the link to a recent CNN poll which shows libs losing ground in the upcomming elections&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/16/bush.poll/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/16/bush.poll/</a></p>
<p>As a great man once said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t let the bastids get you down&#8221;. ;o)</p>
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		<title>By: Blue Crab Boulevard &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Missing Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-19783</link>
		<dc:creator>Blue Crab Boulevard &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Missing Soldiers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] UPDATE: Others: Blogs Of War, Confederate Yankee, Gateway Pundit, Hot Air [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] UPDATE: Others: Blogs Of War, Confederate Yankee, Gateway Pundit, Hot Air [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Thought Mesh</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-19739</link>
		<dc:creator>Thought Mesh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Realism based community...&lt;/strong&gt;

&quot;Hot Air&quot;:http://hotair.com brings up an interesting point in a &quot;recent post&quot;:http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/ about the &quot;alledged offer by the Iranian theocracy&quot;:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Realism based community&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Hot Air&#8221;:http://hotair.com brings up an interesting point in a &#8220;recent post&#8221;:http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/ about the &#8220;alledged offer by the Iranian theocracy&#8221;:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: honora</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-19738</link>
		<dc:creator>honora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thought #2:  sad to say, everyone, everywhere needs to realize that secrecy is a relic of the past.  You don&#039;t want to see it on the evening news, don&#039;t write it down.  While this may eliminate a lot of hypocrisy and mendacity, it sure complicates life for diplomats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thought #2:  sad to say, everyone, everywhere needs to realize that secrecy is a relic of the past.  You don&#8217;t want to see it on the evening news, don&#8217;t write it down.  While this may eliminate a lot of hypocrisy and mendacity, it sure complicates life for diplomats.</p>
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		<title>By: ScottG</title>
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		<dc:creator>ScottG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Considering the recent Zarqawi &quot;memos&quot; about the poor state of the insurgency are beginning to have their legitimacy questioned, I believe it&#039;s highly probable that this &quot;cable&quot; could be a put up job. It paints a bleaker portrait of conditions there than the embeds and soldiers do. Now of course these embassy types could be cowed by anything not resembling a shining fairy land of diplomatic balls and photo ops with the &quot;natives.&quot; Anything reflecting the rough and tumble of an area under threat of violence makes their knees knock.

Who knows the actual identity of the sender or the receiver? As the State Department is full of holdovers and foreign sympathizers, I have no problem believing that a Clintonite wrote this fake cable and sent it to another Clintonite to &quot;leak&quot; to the press. Yes, my opinion of the workers in State is that low.

However, I don&#039;t minimize the possible danger these employees may face. I don&#039;t think that these people who offer &quot;friendly advice&quot; are truely people looking out for their safety. The women have reported they can&#039;t identify their &quot;friends.&quot; This tells me that they are not from the area these women frequent, therefore likely members of the so-called insurgency. They come in to say &quot;I&#039;m not telling you to do this, but....&quot; That gives them cover. They then disappear. If anyone of these &quot;friends&quot; can be apprehended, it would be interesting to find out what connections they have to areas or people associated with the enemy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Considering the recent Zarqawi &#8220;memos&#8221; about the poor state of the insurgency are beginning to have their legitimacy questioned, I believe it&#8217;s highly probable that this &#8220;cable&#8221; could be a put up job. It paints a bleaker portrait of conditions there than the embeds and soldiers do. Now of course these embassy types could be cowed by anything not resembling a shining fairy land of diplomatic balls and photo ops with the &#8220;natives.&#8221; Anything reflecting the rough and tumble of an area under threat of violence makes their knees knock.</p>
<p>Who knows the actual identity of the sender or the receiver? As the State Department is full of holdovers and foreign sympathizers, I have no problem believing that a Clintonite wrote this fake cable and sent it to another Clintonite to &#8220;leak&#8221; to the press. Yes, my opinion of the workers in State is that low.</p>
<p>However, I don&#8217;t minimize the possible danger these employees may face. I don&#8217;t think that these people who offer &#8220;friendly advice&#8221; are truely people looking out for their safety. The women have reported they can&#8217;t identify their &#8220;friends.&#8221; This tells me that they are not from the area these women frequent, therefore likely members of the so-called insurgency. They come in to say &#8220;I&#8217;m not telling you to do this, but&#8230;.&#8221; That gives them cover. They then disappear. If anyone of these &#8220;friends&#8221; can be apprehended, it would be interesting to find out what connections they have to areas or people associated with the enemy.</p>
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		<title>By: honora</title>
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		<dc:creator>honora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allah: “That comes dangerously close to suggesting that the Iranians wouldn’t be meddling in Iraq if only we’d negotiated with them back and when.”

Actually, the Iranians wouldn&#039;t be meddling in Iraq if only we hadn&#039;t invaded Iraq.  That pesky law of unintended consequences......Saddam was a major counterpoint to the radical mullahs.  Oh irony.  We (at least tacitly) backed Iraq against Iran--successfully defusing, or at least containing,  a Shiite revolution without firing a gun.  

Yeah, this is LOTS better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allah: “That comes dangerously close to suggesting that the Iranians wouldn’t be meddling in Iraq if only we’d negotiated with them back and when.”</p>
<p>Actually, the Iranians wouldn&#8217;t be meddling in Iraq if only we hadn&#8217;t invaded Iraq.  That pesky law of unintended consequences&#8230;&#8230;Saddam was a major counterpoint to the radical mullahs.  Oh irony.  We (at least tacitly) backed Iraq against Iran&#8211;successfully defusing, or at least containing,  a Shiite revolution without firing a gun.  </p>
<p>Yeah, this is LOTS better.</p>
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		<title>By: Post-Zarqawi Lull in Casualties at The Politburo Diktat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Post-Zarqawi Lull in Casualties at The Politburo Diktat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Update 6/19: Four troops killed in the nine full days since June 9. Not such bad news. Coalition Casualties in Iraq reduced since Zarqawi killed (per ICC) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Update 6/19: Four troops killed in the nine full days since June 9. Not such bad news. Coalition Casualties in Iraq reduced since Zarqawi killed (per ICC) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: JM Hanes</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2006/06/19/bad-news-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-19705</link>
		<dc:creator>JM Hanes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah.  Right.  Like the Iranians were begging for negotiations in 2003, which would have solved everything!  Sheesh.  The Iranians are &lt;i&gt;always&lt;/i&gt; pro-negotiation because it&#039;s a great way to keep the folks on the other side of table from bothering you till it&#039;s too late to keep you from doing whatever it is you&#039;re trying to do.  Upon discovery, negotiations break off, and then you let them entice you back for another round.  Whether or not Michael Ledeen is right about the Zarq memo being an Iranian fake out, it was clear that Iran had embarked on a serious disinformation campaign from the first presidential communiqué to Bush.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah.  Right.  Like the Iranians were begging for negotiations in 2003, which would have solved everything!  Sheesh.  The Iranians are <i>always</i> pro-negotiation because it&#8217;s a great way to keep the folks on the other side of table from bothering you till it&#8217;s too late to keep you from doing whatever it is you&#8217;re trying to do.  Upon discovery, negotiations break off, and then you let them entice you back for another round.  Whether or not Michael Ledeen is right about the Zarq memo being an Iranian fake out, it was clear that Iran had embarked on a serious disinformation campaign from the first presidential communiqué to Bush.</p>
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		<title>By: dman</title>
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		<dc:creator>dman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the hostages:  1) thank goodness Jimmy Carter is not in charge; 2) it re-ignites genuine support for our troops; 3) we all pray for an Entebbe-like outcome.

Regarding Murtha:  he HAS BEEN a supporter of the military.  Emphasize HAS BEEN.  He&#039;s completely lost it.

Regarding Iran:  even the possible reconciliation were true in 2003, it&#039;s irrelevant now.  Ahmandinijad is now in control.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the hostages:  1) thank goodness Jimmy Carter is not in charge; 2) it re-ignites genuine support for our troops; 3) we all pray for an Entebbe-like outcome.</p>
<p>Regarding Murtha:  he HAS BEEN a supporter of the military.  Emphasize HAS BEEN.  He&#8217;s completely lost it.</p>
<p>Regarding Iran:  even the possible reconciliation were true in 2003, it&#8217;s irrelevant now.  Ahmandinijad is now in control.</p>
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		<title>By: shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GO DIANA IREY!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GO DIANA IREY!!!</p>
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		<title>By: shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1) Murtha,you traitor, NOW is when you get pissed off. Now is when you scream FOR our soldiers. Now is when we demand those two brave Americans are brought back to us Safe and Unharmed!
Now is when you use that unmedicated tirade, against our ENEMY.
2)Sounds like desperation tactics to me. If they can defend themselves and have a democracy to vote on many things, including the clothes they wear, all w/in a few years,  thats huge progress in my eyes.
3) EVERYONE has 20/20 hindsight. This is Iran we&#039;re talking about. Caution is the watch word here, experience and caution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1) Murtha,you traitor, NOW is when you get pissed off. Now is when you scream FOR our soldiers. Now is when we demand those two brave Americans are brought back to us Safe and Unharmed!<br />
Now is when you use that unmedicated tirade, against our ENEMY.<br />
2)Sounds like desperation tactics to me. If they can defend themselves and have a democracy to vote on many things, including the clothes they wear, all w/in a few years,  thats huge progress in my eyes.<br />
3) EVERYONE has 20/20 hindsight. This is Iran we&#8217;re talking about. Caution is the watch word here, experience and caution.</p>
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		<title>By: easy87us</title>
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		<dc:creator>easy87us</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronald Reagan DID give them the ultimatum after he was elected.

He said in essence &quot;if I do not see the hostage safely released by the time I am inaugurated, I shall have the entire US armed forces onto Iran.&quot; or something in that nature.

He won by a land slide was a mandate to declare war on IRAN. In fact, the country saved the hostage by electing Reagan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronald Reagan DID give them the ultimatum after he was elected.</p>
<p>He said in essence &#8220;if I do not see the hostage safely released by the time I am inaugurated, I shall have the entire US armed forces onto Iran.&#8221; or something in that nature.</p>
<p>He won by a land slide was a mandate to declare war on IRAN. In fact, the country saved the hostage by electing Reagan.</p>
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		<title>By: ForYourEdification</title>
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		<dc:creator>ForYourEdification</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allah: &quot;That comes dangerously close to suggesting that the Iranians wouldn’t be meddling in Iraq if only we’d negotiated with them back and when.&quot;

Actually, the Iranians wouldn’t be meddling in Iraq at all if Jimmy Carter dealt with them when he should have instead of playing chicken until Ronald Reagan decided to run, and then crashing a few of our helicopters in a symbolic gesture  in an Iranian desert sandstorm. Jimmy Carter was a politically correct incompetent! Carter’s website claims that HE brought “freedom for the hostages.” JIMMY CARTER IS A LIAR! Carter’s lies and distortions are repulsive, and can be read at http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/hostages.phtml

When Iran took American hostages from our embassy and held them for 444 days, Carter should have met that act of war (the embassy is “U.S. soil,” remember!) with an ultimatum and immediate military response. Instead, we got the usual liberal idiotic drivel, leading us to have to deal with a far stronger, more organized and FAR more dangerous Iran.

RONALD REAGAN “rescued” the hostages, who were released because the Iranians knew that Reagan would act. They were freed by Reagan merely running against Carter!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allah: &#8220;That comes dangerously close to suggesting that the Iranians wouldn’t be meddling in Iraq if only we’d negotiated with them back and when.&#8221;</p>
<p>Actually, the Iranians wouldn’t be meddling in Iraq at all if Jimmy Carter dealt with them when he should have instead of playing chicken until Ronald Reagan decided to run, and then crashing a few of our helicopters in a symbolic gesture  in an Iranian desert sandstorm. Jimmy Carter was a politically correct incompetent! Carter’s website claims that HE brought “freedom for the hostages.” JIMMY CARTER IS A LIAR! Carter’s lies and distortions are repulsive, and can be read at <a href="http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/hostages.phtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/hostages.phtml</a></p>
<p>When Iran took American hostages from our embassy and held them for 444 days, Carter should have met that act of war (the embassy is “U.S. soil,” remember!) with an ultimatum and immediate military response. Instead, we got the usual liberal idiotic drivel, leading us to have to deal with a far stronger, more organized and FAR more dangerous Iran.</p>
<p>RONALD REAGAN “rescued” the hostages, who were released because the Iranians knew that Reagan would act. They were freed by Reagan merely running against Carter!</p>
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		<title>By: james hooker</title>
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		<dc:creator>james hooker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>....cue the Stones indeed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;.cue the Stones indeed</p>
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