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excon |
04/06/04 |
Hello Elliot (and the rest of you miscreants):
It’s time to apply the “Q” and the “B” word to Iraq. I listened to you, Elliot, and in my heart, I hoped you were right. But in my brain, I knew you were wrong. Quagmire and bogged down are the two words I’m thinking of.
Our differences: 1) I distinguish between Iraq and Afghanistan. To you, it’s all the same war. 2) You see us as liberators, but the Iraqis (and I) see us as invaders. They did not attack us, nor did they plan to. Plus, they had no capacity to attack even if they wanted to. Hell, even the Shiite, whom we expected would throw flowers in our paths, hate our guts. 3) Your friend Bush, wants them to have elections before they write a constitution. Really? 4) Your friend Bush wants to turn government over to the un-governable in 3 months time. Surly, he’s kidding. 5) Now that we’re there, we’ll be there for generations. If we leave anytime soon, the killing in the Balkans will appear tame. Civil war will erupt and will engulf the entire region. 6) Your friend Bush maintains that he has enough troops to finish the job. Poppycock!
We’re vulnerable all over the place and we’re getting our asses handed to us. In my view, I think we’re on the verge of a world war. The entire region will become embroiled and we’re stuck in the middle. Iraq IS a job that we would have eventually had to undertake in any case, but it should have been on OUR terms, and it isn’t.
Nobody’s going to join the Reserves anymore, and our regulars are stretched too thin. Korea can tell us to go to hell, and they did just that.
We’re in deep, deep doo-doo and your guy put us there.
excon
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Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 04/06/04 11:23 am:
I guess bin Laden is right then . Bloody our noses a little ,and we are outta there. It's a good thing that most of the 'greatest generation 'has already passed on so they don't have to see this paper tiger act. Me ;I say we get tough with them . The Shite cleric ;being financed by Iran,who decided a long time ago not to support us should 've been history by now .
"Radical Iraqi Shiite militia lays down demands for ending uprising: coalition troops must withdraw from populated areas including Sunni Fallujah and Baghdad, release prisoners, reopen banned Shiite radical newspaper."
But that is not the real motives for the Shiite uprising .
Read this report in Debka to understand what is happening there. Mind you;I am not happy at all with some of the post war decisions that were made .Going in ,we knew that there would be insurgencies from neighboring countries that had to be checked .We have pretty much ignored the borders . However , the majority Shiites are not represented by this clown al-Sadr. They will do what Ayatola Sistani says ,and he has been for the most part in favor of democracy .al-Sadr
by contrast has been preaching for a Theocracy.
New Warfront Opens in Iraq Three Months before Handover
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