richard arrambideJan 10th, 2007 - 01:01:16

War is good for business!Who's busness is the real question.The people behind the Bush are just hoping something will start in Iran before we pull out of Iraq so the Never-ending War can continue.After that,it'll be easy to round up the 'patriots' who are either afraid or mentally incapable of questioning any authority who waves an American flag.Of course,they'd have to know about or actually read a little American history to realize that the real,original American patriots did exactly that!They weren't afraid to question King Georges'authority,put their lives on the line and create the Constitution and the best-working form of government on the planet.The same one the present king george is trying so desperately to dismantle or circumvent.I just pray we're not too late,ignorant or afraid to save our country from the corrupt power brokers.Power to the people!Maintain the Democratic Republic in America first!

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williamJan 10th, 2007 - 01:50:29

Bush seems to think that with Saddom dead the Sunni insurgency will loose the will to fight. But he is wrong we should continue to support the Iraqi government in the form of air support for there police and troops and protecting some high value targets like hospitals the green zone and police stations But we should pull our troops out of the more dangerous street patrols over the next 6 months. We could have most of our people back inside of a years and no one could say that we abandoned the Iraqi people.

And if they choose to kill each other now it is there own fault although I have no doubt they will blame us. I think another crazy Iran like theocratic American hating government will spring up in Iraq its that the shia majority want.

We never should have gone there. We can't fix it. And we can't change that only the iraqi people can but we can start making the right choices now instead of digging ourselves even deeper. Mark my words it is going to happen the only question is when.

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U.S. Air ForceJan 10th, 2007 - 08:57:26

If GI's around Baghdad on active duty go on a fun trip
to Thailand or Alabama 6 months then they follow only
the bad example of their CinC George Walker Bush ... .

Data mining of military records of George Walker Bush
shows 'that Bush had approximately six months tacked
onto his military obligation'(http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/document.htm).
Second Bush request for temporary transfer
Annual Officer Effectiveness Report part 1
HQ disallows transfer
lt. Colonel Brickens Response
First transfer request
Annual Officer Effectiveness Report part 2
Document 10 ( doc10.gif)
Chronological Listing HQ approval
HQ request for more information
Bush duty assignments
973 days credited
Orders to report for active duty
Bush request for discharge from Texas Air NationalGuard and Transfer to inactive reserves
Texas Air National Guard OK for transfer to inactive reserves
Bush discharge papers
Oh yeah!

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TonyJan 10th, 2007 - 12:09:02

With all due respect, this discussion misses the central issue: Our modern world runs on oil, and is heavily dependent on a region that has been and will continue to be unstable for a very long time. We did not go in there for any other reason, wahtever the spin at any point in time (and there have been at least three (WMDs, relive the suffering people, democratization...oh please!).

Introducing 'democracy' at the point of a gun is ludicrous on the face of it, but the damage has already been done - therefore we are faced with a situation of 'you broke it, you fix it'. Iraq is not and never has been a 'sovereign nation' in any realistic sense, (go read some history if you have problems with this statement) so all this chatter ignores the central point that has been clearly made by the Iraq Study Group: that any solution must be attempted on a REGIONAL basis. This 'troop surge' is nothing more than a fig leaf for doing more of nothing.

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FrankJan 10th, 2007 - 14:43:32

Tony
The USA with only 6% of the worlds population uses a staggering 25% of the worlds ANNUAL oil production.
Of course this war is about control of the major oilfields in Iraq and Iran.
An agreement has just been signed that the USA gets 80% of Iraqs Oil output for the next 30 years. .
I notice today that Bush has given orders to to open up new oilfields in Alaska......Bristol Bay..
in the middle of one of the most enviromentally sensitive areas in the world.

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Ben-Hur supporter for 2008Jan 10th, 2007 - 16:54:36

Judah Ben-Hur should run for President of the USA in 2008, he will stop the war in Iraq and bring the troops back home to America!

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