Posted on 06/09/2008 9:38:41 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
If this stands then we should immediately withdraw all US and private security forces.
I’m in a bad mood today so I should only comment that I won’t comment.
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Bullpoop alarmism from the press, frankly.
OK.... time for us to leave.
BUT.... we need to tell the that if we have to come back, there won’t be one living soul left in their sand-pit heaven.
You nailed it.
Have they contracted our disease (Liberal activists seeking destruction of own country)?
Well,...see link at #4...
Look at the cuties in the photo. Tells you all you need to know.
This kind of crap clearly illustrates why you do your best to stay out of wars. BUT — if you decide that war is necessary (and I believe it WAS necessary in Iraq) —
You defeat the enemy utterly. Completely. You humiliate them. You make them understand, and believe, and KNOW, that you are in total control and they are powerless. You kill as many and destroy as much as is necessary to achieve this, “collateral damage” be DAMNED. If protest arises, armed or otherwise, you put it down IMMEDIATELY with extreme prejudice.
If you let your state department rather than your military fight your wars — particularly if you let your state department (or your supposed European “allies”) tell you when you are finished fighting — you end up with this crap.
Any president not 100% committed to WINNING a war ought not to START a war.
Sure, let’s give terrorists free reign. Who’s in favor? Only bin Laden, Iran, and the Rats, as far as I know. Bush needs to call up al-Malarkey and lay down the law, not reassure him.
Would prominent Islamists be turning non-violent if violence hadn't failed so spectacularly in Iraq?
Of course. They've taken a couple of quotes, smeared their hyperbolic spin all over it and made it look like something it's not.
It's what the media does.
I have a nephew who has been there for 4 mos., army Lt. South of Baghdad. He and his outfit are bored out of their minds, bordering on depression. He says many other units in the same shape. He says there are many peaceful areas. It begs the question, do we really need so many troops there, maybe we can start withdrawing some troops? I realize the need for a “presence”, but how much?
Or does Washington look at Iraq as a launching pad for Iran?
Thousands of demonstrators in masks, out of a country of about 30 million. Doesn't look like an overwhelming majority to me. Plus, how many of those guys are tourists?
Shouldn’t the goal be for the Iraqis to step up and take control? If that is the case, and they are able, than the proper place for US troops is on the bases.
Just one man’s opinion but I think it is a positive sign that Iraqis are asking to take control of things on their own.
Fringe element.
Yes, it’s The Times (UK), Reuters and Al Sadr block chiming in (note the Al Sadr poster in the picture).
“Bullpoop alarmism from the press, frankly.”
Exactly. Spun to the max.
“Several thousand” protesters “throughout the country?”
A fart in a windstorm. Zero relevance.
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