{"id":25788,"date":"2007-05-31T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:25:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T05:25:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:25:31","slug":"bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

RUSH: ‘U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease-fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has authorized commanders to reach out to militants, tribes, religious leaders and others in the country that has been gripped by violence from a range of fronts including insurgents, sectarian rivals and common criminals. ‘We are talking about cease-fires, and maybe signing some things that say they won\u2019t conduct operations against the government of Iraq or against coalition forces,\u2019 Odierno told Pentagon reporters in a video conference from Baghdad. ‘It\u2019s just the beginning, so we have a lot of work to do on this,\u2019 he said. ‘But we have restructured ourselves to organize to work this issue.” <\/p>\n

Now, this is a huge. If you\u2019re talking about a cease-fire here, this is something that results from strength. It is not something that results from weakness. I\u2019ll tell you what the Democrats are going to say. I know how they\u2019re going to spin this. We\u2019ll probably get a statement from Dingy Harry, if they even refer to this. They may not, since the Drive-Bys are doing their best here to keep this news story sequestered. But I think what Dingy Harry will say, ‘Well, this shows the weakness of the US position. We have to negotiate cease-fires with the enemy to stop our brave soldiers from being killed. We can\u2019t defeat them, and this proves it.\u2019 That\u2019s what he\u2019ll say. That\u2019s what they\u2019re trying to spin right now. Then of course somebody might add, ‘ they will break the cease-fire.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Of course, Dingy Harry won\u2019t say that because our enemies are honorable. We\u2019re not. But if Dingy Harry does say something like this he\u2019s going to further go down the road of being a pathetic laughingstock. It\u2019s when you negotiate from strength, that\u2019s the road to victory. If they\u2019re going to reach out — I guess they already have reached out for a cease-fire to stop the violence in Iraq. I guarantee you this is not our idea. We\u2019re not the ones offering the cease-fire. We\u2019re going to see if they want to because apparently some signals have been sent from the bad guys that that is what they want to do. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Theresa in Waukegan, Illinois. Isn\u2019t that where Jack Benny was from?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I believe so.<\/p>\n

RUSH: How are you?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m fine. Thank you, Rush. I am so excited to be able to talk to you. I tell you whenever I\u2019m down about the country, all I have to do is wait until Rush comes on every afternoon Monday through fry and I\u2019ll feel better about our country.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I appreciate your saying that. What is it that makes you down on the country, or makes you feel that way? What happens to make you start thinking that way?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, because of the idiotic things that you hear that our leaders are doing and our Congress, our president, the military leaders — which is why I was calling — and all these yahoos out here who have got everybody convinced of all the things you\u2019ve been saying about Hillary, and I\u2019m, like, going, ‘I\u2019m the one who\u2019s stuck in the middle. You guys want to take my money. You guys want to take our money. What\u2019s left to feed my family?\u2019 and me, I worry about the terrorists. I have to take care of my own kids because the government isn\u2019t going to take care of it. (groan)<\/p>\n

RUSH: But, see, it\u2019s working. They are trying to make you feel as miserable as they do.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, that\u2019s why I listen to you because —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, thank goodness you have me, because if you didn\u2019t have me, this stuff would overtake you and you\u2019d be throwing up your hands in frustration, wondering, ‘What\u2019s the point of it all?\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly! Exactly. That\u2019s why I was calling, because now I hear, who are these military commanders who are talking to the terrorists? I mean, what kind of military strategy is that? I thought —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait. You\u2019re talking about this cease-fire business?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, wait. When you saw that story, what was it that made you think that\u2019s happening because the United States has a weakened position there?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, I didn\u2019t think we had a weakened position. I didn\u2019t understand why they were because we are on the good side, you know? We are the strong one.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you understand how huge this is, that the bad guys want to talk cease-fire?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, I think that maybe we ought to go down there and beat them some more until they scream some more, you know?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, okay, so you want to wipe \u2019em out now that they\u2019re talking cease-fire and you don\u2019t understand —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah! That\u2019s a sign that they\u2019re ready to give up. That\u2019s just a sign for us to be harder.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ah, ah, ah. I wouldn\u2019t go so far as to say it means they intend to give up, but it does indicate a much weaker position that they are holding than is being reported, of course, by the Drive-Bys.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly. But wer\u2019e talking to them. Well, why don\u2019t the police just talk to the criminals and say, ‘Hey, why don\u2019t we just… You know, let\u2019s not have any more gang bang murders, okay?\u2019 They don\u2019t do that. They go out there and arrest them. That\u2019s what our military should be doing! They shouldn\u2019t be talking to these criminals and terrorists.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (Chuckles.) You befuddle me. We have a situation here. You can\u2019t compare this to local crime. We have declared hostilities here.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, but I read that same article —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait. Wait a minute, now. In previous wars that we\u2019ve had, when the bad guys wanted to surrendered, we talked to them. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Uh-huh.<\/p>\n

RUSH: We issued terms of surrender and so forth, and that\u2019s what\u2019s being discussed here. There are terms of surrender being determined and thought about, how they could be proposed and so forth. Now, in past — like in World War II — the Japanese surrendered after we did do what you suggest we do here, you know, Nagasaki, so forth and so on. The big difference with this is that this indicates a show of weakness. We\u2019re trying to preserve the Iraqi government and have it grow and so forth. The big thing here to me is that this runs totally counter to what the daily Drive-By news is every day, and that is that we\u2019re getting shellacked, that we\u2019re getting creamed, and it\u2019s hopelessly lost. Dingy Harry has already said so. We can\u2019t win this thing — and all of a sudden the bad guys want to talk about a cease-fire.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, exactly.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It may be a trick, but the reason they\u2019re talking about a ceasefire is because we\u2019re doing what you want; it just isn\u2019t being reported. We must be kicking butt big time! It just may not be reported in a way that you know about it, but they\u2019re not coming along and saying, ‘Okay, we\u2019ll talk ceasefire,\u2019 because they\u2019re winning. It\u2019s just the opposite. This kind of stuff happens when you occupy the position of strength. I fully expect the Democrats to spin this and to suggest that the administration ‘wants to give up and admit defeat. It\u2019s the only way to save our brave soldiers from dying,\u2019 and all that. I\u2019m waiting for that to happen, by the way.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Folks, there is another possibility for this cease-fire, a little float that the terrorists are engaging in here in Iraq, and it could simply be this. It could be something totally unrelated to our analysis up to this point. The terrorists suggesting that they\u2019re interested in talking cease-fire could simply be their way of telling the Democrats in this country that they\u2019re unhappy with the Democrats providing more funding without a withdrawal timetable. The terrorists might have looked at the latest vote in the House where the Democrats retreated from retreat and surrendered from surrender and said, ‘Well, my gosh, we\u2019ve lost our allies in Washington. As long as we\u2019re going to support \u2019em, we\u2019re going to hang tough over here. We\u2019re going to try to beat Bush for them,\u2019 and so forth, as long as they come up with a definite withdrawal date to get the army outta here. But now the Democrats have caved, and so the terrorists are saying, ‘Well, we don\u2019t know where bin Laden is. Zawahiri is a nonfactor. We\u2019re all over the place in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Jihad is not the organized thing it used to be. Now we\u2019ve lost our big allies, the Democrats, what are we going to do?\u2019 It could be that, ladies and gentlemen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: ‘U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease-fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has authorized commanders to reach out to militants, tribes, religious leaders and others in the country that has been gripped by violence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq? - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq? - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: ‘U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease-fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has authorized commanders to reach out to militants, tribes, religious leaders and others in the country that has been gripped by violence […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/\",\"name\":\"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq? - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-19T05:25:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-19T05:25:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq? - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq? - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: ‘U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease-fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has authorized commanders to reach out to militants, tribes, religious leaders and others in the country that has been gripped by violence […]","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/","name":"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq? - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-05-19T05:25:31+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-19T05:25:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/05\/31\/bad_guys_want_cease_fire_in_iraq\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bad Guys Want Cease-Fire in Iraq?"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}