Posted 1/27/2007 02:09:00 PM by Douglas

Zawahiri to Bush: Bring 'em on:

TERROR group al-Qa'ida's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has defiantly mocked US President George W. Bush's plan to send extra troops to Iraq, saying he should send his entire army to be annihilated.

"In his latest speech, Bush said in his ramblings that he would send 20,000 of his soldiers to Iraq. I ask him: why send only 20,000 soldiers? Why don't you send 50,000 or 100,000?" Zawahiri says in the 15-minute recording.

"Don't you know that the dogs of Iraq are impatient to devour the carcasses of your soldiers?

"On the contrary, you must send your entire army to be annihilated at the hands of the mujaheddin so that the whole world will be rid of your wickedness."

OK, that's pretty unambiguous. Not quite a cryptic as Bush's take, but still, they make a clear point.

The United States Senate to Bush: Not so fast there, chief:

The Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee dismissed President Bush’s plans to increase troops strength in Iraq on Wednesday as “not in the national interest,” an unusual wartime repudiation of the commander in chief.

The vote on the nonbinding measure was 12-9 and largely along party lines.

Kinda interesting that the most outspoken supporters of Bush's escalation I mean augmentation is al-Qa'ida.

Still, a nonbinding resolution? Doesn't that have about as much teeth as a decree from the council of your local Cub Scout Den mothers? Geez those jokers are bunch of do-nothing ass clowns. The Senate, that is. I have nothing but the utmost respect for Den mothers.