Islamists Ready To Pounce As U.S. Lowers Flag In Iraq

IBD Editorials ^ | December 15, 2011 | Editor

[Kaslin]

Mideast: Our premature departure from Iraq tells the world that the U.S., as in Vietnam, can't finish big jobs. But far worse, it opens the door to a nuclear-armed, pan-Islamist empire led by Iran.

Why, as Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported Thursday, did Iraqi leaders opt out of the official end-of-war ceremony in Baghdad?

Well over 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women gave their lives to free Iraq from Saddam Hussein, and some 32,000 were wounded over nearly a decade of war.

Shouldn't the elected representatives of the Iraqi people have been there to express their personal thanks?

After all, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told U.S. personnel they could now leave the ancient, storied land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers "secure in knowing that your sacrifice has helped the Iraqi people to cast tyranny aside, and to offer hope for prosperity and peace to this country's future generations."

Clearly, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani and many other officials within the nation's embryonic republic see the writing on the wall.

They understand what President Obama does not seem to: that Iraq in its current state is far from secure; and that America's sacrifices may have ended Saddam's tyranny, but that future generations of Iraqis — and very possibly the present generation — may find themselves under the thumb of foreign invaders.

Talabani, a Kurd, is on record saying that all of Iraq's political factions except those connected to the Mahdi army of Shiite warlord Muqtada al-Sadr wanted some U.S. troops to stay and continue to train Iraqi forces.

[boomop1]

Obama’s tribe.

[Kaslin]

Someone suffers from BDS and needs help

[Kaslin]

I am afraid you could be correct

[ngat]

Have you read this?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2820552/posts?page=1

[rllngrk33]

Once again, history will repeat itself. We end the war in Iraq/Vietnam and and within a few years the Islamists/Communists will take over.

We didn’t win in Iraq/Vietnam, we left. If we don’t go to war to defeat the enemy and win it’s a waste of time, money and most importantly our soldiers lives.

[mountainlion]

Barry took credit and now when the whole thing crashes down he will not be able to blame Bush and It may even bring down his bid for pResident.

[sergeantdave]

“The same traitorous Liberals pulled the rug out from under our efforts and undermined all our hard won gains and the Communists poured in and took over the place.”

That deserves an additional comment. Right now, as we speak, the commie butcher Nuon Chea, Pol Pot’s No. 2 man in the Khmer Rouge, is standing trial in Cambodia for crimes against humanity, torture, mass murder and genocide. He and two other mass murders in the Khmer Rouge are charged with murdering 3.3 million Cambodians.

I don’t see this story getting coverage anywhere except Southeast Asia and foriegn editions of the American press.

The Khmer Rouge were the commies American leftists cheered on back in the 1970s. If you run into an American hippy leftist that’s older than 55-years-old, ask the SOB to explain himself concerning his support of mass murdering communism, and then smash him in the mouth.

Thank you.

[Vigilanteman]

Shouldn't the elected representatives of the Iraqi people have been there to express their personal thanks?

I've concluded that gratitude is not a trait common in Islamic societies. Especially toward Infidels.

[Gritty]

If you run into an American hippy leftist that’s older than 55-years-old, ask the SOB to explain himself concerning his support of mass murdering communism...

I do - and have been doing that since my return from Vietnam in 1969. I find they are mostly abysmally ignorant or willfully stupid. In most cases, their mindset is irrational and impervious to facts.

...and then smash him in the mouth.

I haven't done that (although the temptation has at times been nearly overwhelming) because on occaision I have been able to bring them over to the side of reason. It is usually not a rapid progress but a slow and patient slog to win them over.

Those 10%-15% we win over are worth the cost of not taking out some teeth which badly need rearranging. But, that's my opinion.

[KeyLargo]

The Kurds and the Sunnis must be united to stop Iran from taking over in Iraq and alQaeda in Syria

By Ted Belman

With the looming American withdrawal from Iraq, Caroline Glick, in Naming things by their name, summarizes America’s failure in the ME and the reasons for it. First and foremost it refuses to name the enemy but rather made war on a tactic. In its desire not to be identified with dictators because they are hated by the people, America helped to bring down allies of the US, Quaddafi and Mubarek (the enemy of my enemy is my friend) and choose instead to align with her enemies, made easier by having not named them.

http://www.israpundit.com/archives/41634

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin.