Comments on: Iraq Moves Closer To All-Out Chaos

By: Polimom Says

Polimom Says — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:59:14 +0000

Meanwhile, Iraq’s going over the cliff

Given that Americans view the war in Iraq as the most important issue right now, an article in the NY Times today seems a bit more relevant than the Kerry debacle:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬? A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United State…

By: beyond_left

beyond_left — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:33:16 +0000

To FreeDem: As to whether I would rather have Saddam still in power, the question has to be framed properly. What would be the best way to spend half a trillion dollars and 3000 soldiers, (and 20,000+ maimed soldiers) in order to counter terrorist threats and protect the US and its allies from attacks? Attacking a seriously weakened country with no ability to project its army around the middle east, to say nothing of attacking the US would be very far down the list. With those kind of resources, we could do a lot more toward securing the homeland, feeding the hungry, preventing genocide in Darfur, actually getting Afganistan on its feet instead of letting it slide back into Taliban control…The list goes on and on. I know I could find a way to use those resources without alienating our allies and most of the Islamic countries in the world.

Beyond_Left

By: Daniel DiRito

Daniel DiRito — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:21:56 +0000

I find it interesting that the Bush administration wants to focus on the words of a Senator on the campaign trail in California while virtually every intelligent observer believes that the “stay the course” effort in Iraq is putting our troops in harms way.

If the President is actually concerned for our troops, why doesn’t he admit his administration’s mistakes and focus his energy on crafting a new war strategy rather than a new political strategy…but that would require him to be less concerned with political power and more concerned with protecting our troops…troops he enjoys waving around like a cheap campaign sign when he thinks that will win him votes…the same troops that died in near record numbers in October in a war the President declared we had won more than two years ago.

By: FreeDem

FreeDem — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:57:26 +0000

In the beginning, before thousands of Americans were dead, and tens of thousands were maimed for life, and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead and maimed ( most wanting no part of any side ), when someone questioned the wisdom of invading, the broken record response was “Would you rather have Saddam back in power?”

My response at that time was that the situation had not yet settled, and the time may well come when George Himself might wish so. We haven’t come to that time yet, and GW may yet go to his grave saying that we were the best thing to ever happen there, no matter the reality.

But while nobody favored Saddam (or any of the many vicious dictators in the region and not) getting rid of him may not have been a good thing for anyone except perhaps the Kurds. As many as he tortured and murdered , they have done worse to each other, quite aside from the blood on our own hands.

Worse as this BBC video points out our worst threat may be elsewhere.