CNN: Novak says "Get the Hell Out" of Iraq Now - (VIDEO)

[dzika]

May 21, 2005

Video - CNN: Novak says "Get the Hell Out" of Iraq Now

On the Saturday edition of CNN's Capitol Gang, Bob Novak admits that we must leave Iraq as soon as possible.



Video in Real Media format (2 minutes)

Video in Windows Media format (2 minutes)

[coloradodem2005]

1. It's scary.

I practically agree with Novak on this. :scared:

The douchebag of liberty says something that makes sense. Did Hell freeze over?

[Telly Savalas]

10. If a tuna salad sandwich had been sitting in the sun for 3 weeks,

Robert Novak would probably say that it's unsafe to eat. Recognizing the obvious doesn't make him wise, and there's nothing scary about agreeing with him on such matters.

[converted_democrat]

18. I know what your saying.........

This is the first time I have ever agreed with Novak too. I honestly think hell is freezing over.

[Roy]

51. your not agreeing with Novak.......

The idiot is finally (after lying and enabling the last couple of years) agrees with you.

[FreedomAngel82]

25. Yeah really

What's up with that?? :shrug: I feel like I'm halfway in the Twilight Zone and halfway in reality. I don't get it either. My brain is so confused! Am I going insane now???

[PunkPop]

2. "We've done all we can do there"

FU Novak! I want an apology from you and all the other rightwing whores that shilled and cheered on this fucked-up, pos "war".

Yeah, I'd say "we've done all we can do there". Asshole, asshole, asshole!

[ohio_liberal]

31. We've done all we can do here =

"We've fucked it up as much as possible, short of nuclear catastrophy. Time to go home."

[kenny blankenship]

36. Oh no Bob, there's plenty left to do...

Bob we still have stocks of Agent Orange we could spray on date farms!

There are tens and hundreds of thousands of tons of outdated U.S> Military bio-chem warfare agents sitting on US military real estate that could be burned in open air pits just outside of Baghdad Int'l Airport!

Do I have to remind you that we haven't tested any of our newly designed nukyulur Bunker Busters on real targets yet?

Bob I can't believe I'm hearing this from you of all people! There's LOTS to do before we move on from Iraq --and so little time!

[BringEmOn]

3. His stock portfolio's in the toilet

[tsuki]

53. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that poster. It is hanging in my office. n/t

[EVDebs]

4. But wait ! Sen McCain says we'll be there "10, 20 years"

Bob Herbert NYTimes column 'Heads in the sand'
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A16F738550C708CDDA00894DC404482

And, although Bush says on Mar. 16, 2005, that US troops can come home after Iraqis can defend themselves, the DoD is busy building 14 'permanent' (aka 'enduring') bases in Iraq.

Lies, and the lying liars who tell them...

[lonestarnot]

5. Stop the War of Lies NOW!

[gratuitous]

6. Why does Robert Novak hate America so much?

Let's see if the mighty Republican Wurlitzer turns on one of its own deeply embedded and deeply compromised factotums.

[kskiska]

7. Doesn't Bob want to "free the Iraqi people"

and bring democracy to the middle east? Will all those soldiers have died in vain? What's gotten into Novak, anyway? Does Bob wish that Saddam Hussein were still alive?

[flordehinojos]

8. just listened to both links...

The Windows Media link plays back Lindsay Graham talking about his filibuster vote.

The Real Media link does play back the CNN Bob Novak saying, "I've always said Iraq is not going to be, {IOWA? I THOUGHT HE SAID?} but whatever it is that he said, now he says he always said it was not going to be easy to stay the course in iraq! ... my big question for bob novak is,

Are you back pedaling sir?

wasn't it you who always intimidated people, challenged them, to admit and sign on to your point of view that getting rid of saddam hussein was well worth the american blood it cost? wasn't it you, who always interrupted people who tried to make a case against the invasion of iraq by spitting your saliva in their faces along with the words,

is the world better off without saddam hussein?

wasn't that your position mr. novak ... and did you not make it difficult for anyone who said we shouldn't be there?

why, o why do i think you are giving us some underhanded backtracking of your words when you say,

we should get out of there!!!

o! how sweet it is ... what else, i wonder, about señor arbusto is, might be, beginning to rub you the wrong way?

[dzika]

12. Sorry - the Window Media link is now fixed.

It now plays to the Novak video.

[flordehinojos]

24. thanks.

:)

[immoderate]

43. FYI -- Novak was always against invading Iraq.

So was Pat Buchanon. Like a stopped watch, conservatives can sometimes be right. It just points out the extremism of the chimp administration, the he was way too far out even for conservative wackos.

In many cases, because of his position on Crossfire, Novak had to argue the administration position on the war, but he was always personally against it. He is, after all, a media whore.

Note: I do not defend any of his other bullshit!

--IMM

[flordehinojos]

47. thanks for the note, i guess i listened to his crossfire rhetoric.

but then ... what kind of a man can believe one thing and toe a different kind of a thing?

not a very principled one, i'd say.

[immoderate]

49. Sometimes I felt sorry for him...

but a little sip of beer fixes that right up!:toast:

Seriously though, the Crossfire format did sometimes strain common sense for the participants.

--IMM

[flordehinojos]

50. i, on the other hand never did and still do not feel sorry for novak.

he can dish it out -- but he can't take it. sorry but there is no compassion in this heart for novak, bush, or any of the rest of them.

And, as far as Crossfire is concerned they could have had a gret program if they were coming from their beliefs. Instead what they have is a dog and pony show.

They bill themselves as serious journalism. They are a mere circus.

[immoderate]

52. No argumento!

Except that while Novak is a clown, Bush is a true villain.

--IMM

[lonestarnot]

9. Oh and by the way FUCK YOU NOVAK! You are truly a scumbag!

[TWiley]

20. Why yes he is, and thank you for noticing.

annnnddd, Fuck the elephant he rode in on too.

[lonestarnot]

54. Poor elliefants! They give them a bad image!

[coloradodem2005]

11. Novak hates America.

Really.

[NNN0LHI]

13. Transcript

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/21/cg.01.html

NOVAK: Those people still feel that is the way to go. They feel it is imperative to get the hell out of there. We are losing support at home and the theory of those people is that as Ted says, they are an irritant to the Muslims, having the troops there, and it should be, ready or not, here we go. But the military, it is the uniformed military, they don't want to step out of the situation. They feel the Iraqi troops are not ready. They have to stay there.

I really believe that we have done all we can there and it is time to go and hope that things work out for the better. I have always said Iraq is not going to be Iowa, and I think it's their country and they have got to take care of it.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. Something I wonder

Could they take the Iraqi military out of the country to train them? Kerry was talking about doing that in his campaign on the debates.

[NNN0LHI]

32. Most of them have been taken out and trained elsewhere as I remember

Much of the training is done in Jordan. Problem is after they come back large numbers of them join the Iraqi Resistance. Hard to win a war that way.

Don

[katinmn]

14. Yay! Another one sees the light. Maybe others will follow.

Since he is speaking out now (which is what truly matters) maybe he should get some bouquets instead of brickbats.

Just a thought.

[TWiley]

15. Soon, this will have been the Republi-thug idea all along.

and, it will be those democratic bastards who will be keeping us in an unjust war.

[katinmn]

17. I really don't care who gets "credit." Fact is, both Dems and Repugs need

to support a withdrawal or it won't happen.

[TWiley]

19. I wonder how he plans to "defend the oil fields" without US troops.

Certainly, no self respecting republi-thug would leave Iraq without securing several trillion dollars in oil revenue for Halliburton.

I just wonder what his evacuation plan is.

Myself, I believe that we never should have gone to war in the first place, and the sooner we get out, the better.

[katinmn]

21. Fuck the oil barons. Bring the troops home now.

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

28. You got it

Seems to go that way. While they were bashing Ted Kennedy for saying this all along they'll turn around and bash him for not saying it. :crazy: I'll never get it.

[TWiley]

55. It is a republi-turds instinct to lie.

They even do it in their sleep.

BTW (looking at your GIF) Did you realize that Democrats are Sexier?
Thats right! Who ever heard of a great piece of elephant?

I saw that T-Shirt at the RNC protests in NYC.

[Neshanic]

16. He is so disgusting it's beyond comprehension.

He loved bloviating after the big CNN headline war graphics flew from the screen when he was all hopped up on war go-go juice, like all the other scum.

He really is a traitor to the country...for so many reasons, and a cockroach in the world of media, if that is actually possible.

[otohara]

22. So Those Bases We're Building

are for the Iraqi army that barely exists. 60,000 members my ass, such Liars! What about the oil? We're to believe after all this shit and all the money, the GOP will just leave. Liar Novak!

[FreedomAngel82]

29. Only thing I can think of

is they got the oil?? Or they're getting it sooner or later?

[KlatooBNikto]

39. No, when we leave the Israelis will move in.At the invitation of Chalabi

of course.

[Stirk]

23. ... did he blame our *military* for still being there?

He said something like, "but the military- they don't want to step out of the situation- they feel the Iraqi troops are not ready and they have to stay there".

What a fucking asshole. Yeah sure, Novak- the Republicans are just anxious as hell to give up their corporate claims there in Iraq and bring the soldiers home, but those stupid troops just refuse to leave.

[Ganja Ninja]

27. The Douchbag for Liberty has spoken!

So I guess it's OK to leave Iraq now that over 100,000 people are dead and 300 billion have been flushed down the sewer. Thanks for your belated wisdom Douchbag.

[KeepItReal]

30. Hey Traitor - I mean Novak- do we take the permanent bases 2?

"Now U.S. engineers are focusing on constructing 14 "enduring bases," long-term encampments for the thousands of American troops expected to serve in Iraq for at least two years. The bases also would be key outposts for Bush administration policy advisers.

As the U.S. scales back its military presence in Saudi Arabia, Iraq provides an option for an administration eager to maintain a robust military presence in the Middle East and intent on a muscular approach to seeding democracy in the region. "

http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2004/040323-enduring-bases.htm

[BamaBecky]

33. Blowhard!......n/t

[Straight Shooter]

34. Doesn't it make you just want to punch your fist through the wall?

These dipwads, these twits, these brainless useless talking heads, even invoking bush admitting "duh, we had no plan."

:banghead:

What the hell, one head-banging wasn't enough ... :banghead:

[seabeyond]

35. so what does it mean when someone is gungho for a couple

years on a war. they have chided, called names anyone that questioned the war to now say, time to go.

it says it took this man two years, and a lot of deaths to finally learn what we already knew, all the while refusing to listen to us. i would put that as a not very smart man

more will be saying it. what is happening in iraq was inevitable. history proves it out time and time again

[ooglymoogly]

37. flip flopper extraordinare

novak is just plain dumb...if he'd had this epiphany at the beginning, along with a few more neocon blowhards that are now realizing just how mind bogglingly stupid this war is...we would not be in this mess.

[Flying Dream Blues]

38. To paraphrase: "Chaos, senseless deaths,

total ruin and destruction...my work here is done."


Ahh, why isn't this man in jail?

[paineinthearse]

40. Thanks for capturing this

And all the video clip work you do.

:yourock:

[yorkiemommie1]

41. well, duh

all the dead, dying, maimed, lives ruined, ruination of a country , the crisis in ours......

we KNEW this would happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banghead:

[Disturbed]

45. 14 "enduring bases".

The Bush Regime has changed this plan. Now they are talking about 4 large basees instead. $8 Million was just spent on a huge, modern cafateria for the troops in Mosul. In the meantime, the funeral biz in Iraq is booming and children are dying from cholera from foul drinking water. There is good news though.

Bush Junta Iraq Successes

Saddam will no longer sell Iraqi oil via the Euro.

A military foothold in the ME.

No countries will be able to buy Iraqi oil that the U.S. disapproves of.

The Multi-Intl. Oil Corps are reaping great profits, esp. Bush Junta fave ally Saudi Dicktatorshit.

[mistertrickster]

42. Common sense? Oh no my friends, he's thinking about the 2006

elections.

Trying to staunch the PUNISHMENT the republicans are going to get this time around.

[Frederik]

44. Novak et al:

WE TOLD YOU SO!

[Cleita]

46. Novak was always against the invasion of Iraq.

Why? I think it's because the Pope was, and Novak is a Catholic. However, I don't agree with his black and white way of going about it.

If we withdraw, we have to have an exit plan. I don't think * has a clue. Also, an exit plan would involve help from the UN and our allies, but * has alienated all of them including Great Britain, so for sure he doesn't have one.

[cap]

48. Yes, but what about Palme and Yellow Cake...

It's great that Novak says that Iraq was a big mistake and we should get out. But he's one of the people who provided cover for the rush to war. He needs to finger the person who gave him the info on Valerie Palme and discredit the head warmongers themselves.

[Swamp Rat]

56. Novak was ordered to do that.

Commanded by his alien lizard overlords, Novak is the CNN/PNAC mouthpiece.

One can follow their strategy: save the troubled GOP because the midterm elections are coming up. And then there's always Plan B, which is to allow another terrorist attack against the USA, or orchestrate one, and then nuke Iran.

[OrlandoGator]

57. Funny, I was just telling my girlfriend last weekend...

"Robert Novak is probably the only person on television who I agree with exactly nothing he ever has to say."