Comments on: Iraqis Want Us Out…Want Us To Stay http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: probligo http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/#comment-78965 probligo Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:21:02 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/#comment-78965 "Now either Talibani doesn’t have the pulse of his nation or he knows what’s good for them. Either way, we’re getting some incredibly mixed messages here." Third alternative - Talibani has an arm up his bum working his brain for him. Read Mikkel's link too. Pull-out is not an option. It is the equivalent of the police breaking into your home, telling the neighbours that you are all convicted paedophiles, killing your kids, trashing the house, then walking out and saying "your problem". “Now either Talibani doesn’t have the pulse of his nation or he knows what’s good for them. Either way, we’re getting some incredibly mixed messages here.”

Third alternative -

Talibani has an arm up his bum working his brain for him.

Read Mikkel’s link too.

Pull-out is not an option. It is the equivalent of the police breaking into your home, telling the neighbours that you are all convicted paedophiles, killing your kids, trashing the house, then walking out and saying “your problem”.

]]> By: Mikkel http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/#comment-78901 Mikkel Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:01:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/#comment-78901 Justin I think <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=7369" rel="nofollow">this perfectly</a> sums up the Talabani view. Justin I think this perfectly sums up the Talabani view.

]]> By: Orderer http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/#comment-78883 Orderer Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:10:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/09/28/iraqis-want-us-outwant-us-to-stay/#comment-78883 I've been struggling with the fact there are no specific goals for achieving success in the Iraqi occupation and there are no clear timelines when we'll accomplish those lack of goals. I've been struggling, that is, until I read an analysis by <a>Stratfor</a>. The general gist is that Iran's military has become the strongest in the region. And Saddam, with all of his sadistic tendencies, was an equalizing force for Iran. With a weak Iraq, Iran could conceivably control or even occupy Iraq’s Shiite-dominated South and could also stir up popular support from Shiites in other Sunni-controlled Middle East countries. The US is acting as a deterrent. This is, by far, the most reasonable explanation I’ve seen for the continued presence of US troops in Iraq… and also the most depressing. If this truly is the case, then a large force would have to stay in Iraq until the Iraqi Army could serve as a deterrent to Iran. This reason would also provide an argument for leaving Saddam alone. *sigh* I’ve been struggling with the fact there are no specific goals for achieving success in the Iraqi occupation and there are no clear timelines when we’ll accomplish those lack of goals. I’ve been struggling, that is, until I read an analysis by Stratfor.

The general gist is that Iran’s military has become the strongest in the region. And Saddam, with all of his sadistic tendencies, was an equalizing force for Iran. With a weak Iraq, Iran could conceivably control or even occupy Iraq’s Shiite-dominated South and could also stir up popular support from Shiites in other Sunni-controlled Middle East countries. The US is acting as a deterrent.

This is, by far, the most reasonable explanation I’ve seen for the continued presence of US troops in Iraq… and also the most depressing. If this truly is the case, then a large force would have to stay in Iraq until the Iraqi Army could serve as a deterrent to Iran. This reason would also provide an argument for leaving Saddam alone. *sigh*

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