Woof, I know you're not stupid. I've already establihsed that Der Spiegel is NOT "in the tank" for Obama. So you can actually stop saying that. It is not true. And if you wish to base your further arguments on a lie, then you can just go ahead and discuss this with yourself henceforth.

Now, in the other thread on this subject, you can see how the "retraction" doesn't say WHAT is being retracted, it was issued -- not by al-Maliki -- but by an Iraqi spokesperson through CentCom, that the original version of the story was allowed to be printed by the government-controlled Iraqi newspapers, and that even in the half-hearted retraction -- apparently done to satisy Bush, and for no other reason -- they still say the word "timetable."

al-Maliki said it. Der Spiegel has a detailed transcript of the conversation.

End if story.

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"You" have never established anything. End of story.

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Not true. The spokesman is Ali al-Dabbagh, al-Maliki's CHIEF SPOKESMAN. He's the one who said it; not CentCom.

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Save your breath. The truth does not matter to juveniles.

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I certainly have. You just choose to ignore the facts -- of which I have posted several. With links.

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Sigh...

http://blogs.dw-world.de/acrossthepond/tim/1.6833.html

Sorry. You guys are just going to have to deal with the FACT that he said it.

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Jesus Christ was a "Community Organizer".
Pontius Pilate was a "Governor."

The left is now calling Maliki a liar. How smart is that in the long run?

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Not true. A spokesperson, through Centcom, released a half-assed retraction without saying what he retracted.

You know, you cats can say the same thing over and over and over again, but it won't make it any more true than it was this morning.

Al-Maliki said it. There's a detailed transcript on the Der Spiegel web site. You guys are just going to have to live with it.

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Jesus Christ was a "Community Organizer".
Pontius Pilate was a "Governor."

Now... which part of this, SPECIFICALLY, did Der Spiegel get wrong?

Did they make up the whole thing? Or was it like this (with the edits that you must think Der Spiegel made to substantiate your nonsense)?
So, the next time you say al-Maliki was "misquoted," you need to say HOW and WHERE he was misquoted, and what he actually said.

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Pontius Pilate was a "Governor."

And when did Maliki say he wanted this 16 month plan implemented?

Oh thats right.

NEVER!!!!!

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