Comments on: Hillary and Bush wrong on Iraq!

By: Mac

Mac — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:25:23 +0000

John – What’s the alternative? Pull the troops and let the Iranians walk in? That’s precisely what we don’t want to do. If we do that, you’ll have the big three-headed monster (I refer to Syria) against Israel, our staunchest ally in the region. That’s simply not acceptable. It’s bad enough Iran will be nuclear capable before we know it. We all know they’re already supporting the insugents. If we leave now, before the job is done, we risk a far bigger battle in short order – AND – far more casualties. I think we need to insist on benchmarks, but give them some slack. Freedom in an odd bird…people who’ve never had it aren’t sure how to deal with it. In time that will change. Vigilance and resolve need to be our course of action for the present time.

John Konop for U.S. Senate – It’s time for a change!

By: JohnKonop

JohnKonop — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:00:39 +0000

Mac

you want to be the policemen of the world!

By: Richardson joins Paul on Iraq?

Richardson joins Paul on Iraq? — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:26:25 +0000

[...] Hillary and Bush wrong on Iraq! [...]

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:18:54 +0000

A few points if you please.
1. Jan Paul asks how to ease religious tensions. I say it CAN and has been done. Look at Northern Ireland. Dialog got the Protestants and Catholis to come to an agreement albeit a tenuous one.
2. John Konop says how can we when they don’t want us there? I say that’s not entirely true. Ask the women who now have some basic human rights or the kids going to school because of our efforts. Let’s not forget about the liberation of millions. Can we do better? Absolutley. Have we done well? YOU BET!
3. I would remind all the nay sayers that it took THIRTEEN YEARS to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Nobody can deny the Iraqi government is ahead of that pace.
4. Finally – it’s a very unpopular war, and given hindsight, we probably shouldn’t have gone in. However, having sadi that, now that we’re there, let’s do the job and end the madness…even it takes longer than most of us would like.

By: JohnKonop

JohnKonop — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:17:32 +0000

Mike

The key is how they get most of them to join. The only point I am making is CIA, military intelligence and experts claim that U.S troops on their HOLY LAND is major recruitment tool!

The issue is how we deal with the problem in my view.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:17:25 +0000

the PNAC (Project for the New American Century)
has EBE (exceeded budgetary expectations)
has DPC (Destroyed political capital)
is KOE (Killing our economy)
CT (creating terror)
CE (creating enemies)
RICW (re-igniting the cold war)
DONS (destroying our national sovereignty)
TAOF (taking away our freedom)
and MULS (making us less secure)

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:04:38 +0000

David
I agree. We think it’s our right and duty to mix and meddle
(translation: divide and conquer) with the Middle East.

By: David O'Rear

David O'Rear — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:34:00 +0000

“Why not recognize the separate areas of Iraq and pull back U.S. troops?”

Here’s a wild stab at the answer: because we have no right to recognize separate regimes.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:30:00 +0000

John want to take a guess when this happened?
Islamic assassins murder in secret and in public an entire range of both Western and Moslem leaders. Terrorist attacks on Western outposts are a continuous threat. Suicide attacks are common. Potential recruits are promised a life filled with virgins and wine after they die. Bases of these fanatical killers were in Iran and Syria.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:28:54 +0000

How much middle east turmoil is due to religious tensions vs. the heavy handed tactics of the superpowers and puppet regimes?