{"id":2471,"date":"2007-04-29T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-29T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/04\/has-the-democrat-exist-strateg.html"},"modified":"2007-04-29T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-29T08:26:00","slug":"has-the-democrat-exist-strateg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/04\/has-the-democrat-exist-strateg.html","title":{"rendered":"Has the Democrat exist strategy worked?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is al-Qaeda ready to surrender because they know that the Democrats have such a brilliant plan?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Al Qaeda in Iraq today announced it would cease all martyrdom operations, bombings, kidnappings and attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces just a day after the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate sent a bill to President George Bush that sets a timeline for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/27\/washington\/27cong.html\" target=\"_blank\">withdrawal<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/6598457.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under orders from our supreme ruler, Usama bin Laden, we announce our complete surrender and ask for mercy from our triumphant conquerors,&#8221; said an unnamed spokesman on a prerecorded audio statement released on al-Jazeera and CNN. &#8220;We are defenseless in the face of the Democrats&#8217; aggressive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/26\/AR2007042602469.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\">pull-out<\/a> schedule &#8211; Allah be praised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappleface.com\/?p=2582\">Um, no<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is al-Qaeda ready to surrender because they know that the Democrats have such a brilliant plan? 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