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In my day, never was longer.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

T R E 4 5 O N

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Bark louder, little dog.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

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How can we get out now, as John suggests, when we have such a great track record of killing the #1 man in al Qaida?

U.S.-led NATO forces killed most-wanted al Qaida member Abu Hafs al-Najdi, also known as Abdul Ghani, in an air strike April 13 in the eastern province of Kunar, according to a statement issued by International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF).

If we just keep killing the top guy, this war will be over in six months, max. I don’t understand the short-sighted naysayers who think otherwise.

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  1. 1.

    Hermione Granger-Weasley

    Professor Dumbledore, I doubt we can leave now.
    Maliki just rudely rejected America’s kind and generous offer to continue to occupy his country, and now the mil-brass is going to engage in frenzied posturing and lying about “progress” in Af-Pak in order to continue to have jobs.
    At least McC had the decency to fire himself when he realized that droning and pop-centric COIN were epic fails.
    I really respect him for that.

  5. 5.

    Ghanima Atreides

    @Mandramas: my brother.

    Sharpen your crysknife, sister. (Can a crysknife to be sharpened?)

    yes, if it is unfixed.

    Who sees that knife must be cleansed or slain!–the Shadout Mapes

    I will preface all my battles with the ritual formality–

    May your crysknife chip and shatter.

    ;)

  8. 8.

    Bulworth

    U.S.-led NATO forces killed most-wanted al Qaida member Abu Hafs al-Najdi, also known as Abdul Ghani, in an air strike April 13 in the eastern province of Kunar, according to a statement issued by International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF).

    Is this in Libya? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Iraq? Yemen?

  12. 12.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @D.H.:

    I thought it was always “#3” that we somehow manage to kill.

    They all have the authenticity of “Comrade Ogilvy” in the first place.

  13. 13.

    Bulworth

    statement issued by International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF).

    There’s really something called the International Security Assistance Forces? Can’t believe I’m so far out of the loop this entity isn’t familiar to me. It sounds almost comical, if there weren’t actually lives at stake in faraway places.

  14. 14.

    gypsy howell

    How many hundreds of times can they recycle this story and still think it’s believable? Oh well, I guess the fact that Donald Trump is now the top republican candidate for the presidency means most Americans will believe just about anything. Carry on, Pentagon propagandist spokesman.

  15. 15.

    gypsy howell

    @Bulworth:

    There’s really something called the International Security Assistance Forces?

    Does it matter? When you’re being force-fed a steady diet of bullshit, who cares if the source is bullshit too?

  16. 16.

    Bill in Chicago

    Well, the beat goes on. Add this guy to the ever-growing list:

    http://www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com

    Obama has certainly been as diligent at willfully ignoring the true source of Al Qaeda as Bush ever was. And then we wonder why we never seem to turn the corner on these guys.

  17. 17.

    Robert Waldmann

    Be patient. It’s a war of attrition Atrides just remember attrition Atrides attrition.

    Also you missed the obligatory “drummer in Spinal Tap” reference.

  18. 18.

    Robert Waldmann

    crap. I never could spell, but honestly I typed Atreides first then uncorrected to Atrides. Really. Of course, being a kwisatz haderach, you know all that already (but you don’t want to know how I spelled kwisatz before I checked).

  19. 19.

    Ghanima Atreides

    @Robert Waldmann: yes, since mistermix is the Kwisatz Haderach now he should just be able to tell us what will happen, right?
    We just have to induce a spice trance.
    ;)

  20. 20.

    sukabi

    hey, at least we’ve moved on to the #1 guy… we’ve been busy killing numbers 2 & 3 for the last 9 years.

  21. 21.

    trollhattan

    @by Paul mistermix Muad’Dib

    I believe a fresh new set of Number 2s escaped from prison this weekend. (Why am I thinking of “The Prisoner” right now? Can I leave the village, please?)

  22. 22.

    Brachiator

    @sukabi:

    hey, at least we’ve moved on to the #1 guy… we’ve been busy killing numbers 2 & 3 for the last 9 years.

    So, does this make America Number 6, and this whole stupid “war against terror” thing an extended episode of The Prisoner?

    Ah, I see trollhatttan is on the same trail.

    @Bill in Chicago:

    Obama has certainly been as diligent at willfully ignoring the true source of Al Qaeda as Bush ever was. And then we wonder why we never seem to turn the corner on these guys.

    Don’t matter. It’s hard to combat an ideology, especially one with grounding in religious beliefs.

  25. 25.

    Llelldorin

    Er…. what happened to bin Laden? Has he gone emeritus or something? (Shows up, delivers an occasional rant to young terrorists about how the direction of the field is getting muddled, and so on?)

  28. 28.

    chris

    What Joseph said. Whoever we kill must be #3, because we know who #1 and #2 are, and it wasn’t them.

    If we just keep killing the top guy, this war will be over in six months, max.

    De Gaulle might disagree.

  29. 29.

    Nate Dawg

    It’s becoming more and more plausible that Bin Laden is dead. I’ve suspected it for a few years, but when will anyone acknowledge it? Perhaps he’s living on some farm with Elvis and will be with us always…

  30. 30.

    BD of MN

    eventually the #3 guy will figure out not to wear the red Star Trek uniform, then we’ll really be in trouble…

  31. 31.

    tones

    Did they not say there were only about 100 AlCiada in Afghanistan?
    So , we already got a good 30-40 percent , the war is over.
    Surely 150K US mercenaries can take care of the last 40 – 50 guys left, no?
    [answer:no]

  32. 32.

    mclaren

    That explains it.

    Al Qaeda is full of vampires. Only explanation.

    We keep killing ’em and they keep coming back.

    No wonder this war on terror thing is gonna take so long…

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