<The crusade to liberate Iraq is a noble and virtuous endeavor, but Mr. Bush can not succeed if selfish Americans refuse to give him the power he needs to do his job.>

Invading Iraq was not “noble” nor “virtuous.” George W. Bush is a war criminal and should be prosecuted as such in an international court of law! Along with Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Thanks to the folly and megalomania of these individuals Iraq is now knee-deep in civil war and is only exacerbated by the U.S. military presence. The U.S. military must EXIT out of Iraq NOW. The billions wasted on this horrific and egregious action is the price this country pays for the arrogance and contempt of history shown by the leaders we elect to public office. George W. Bush is a murderer and those Americans who voted for him are complicit in the destruction of Iraq.

Nancy Pelosi supports Permanent US Bases in Iraq

ASK HER YOURSELF.  I have asked and received the answer from the Democratic Party Leaders that Permanent US Bases in Iraq are needed for the training and support of the Iraqi military. If the Democratic Party Leaders will not say they are against Permanent US Bases in Iraq, then they are for them!
There are at least four “super-bases” in Iraq, none of which have anything to do with “withdrawal” from that country. Quite the contrary, these bases have been constructed as little American islands of eternal order in an anarchic sea. Whatever top administration officials and Democratic Party leaders say - and they always deny that the US seeks “permanent” bases in Iraq - facts on the ground speak with another voice entirely. These bases practically scream “permanency”. One of the enduring mysteries of this war is that reporting on US bases in Iraq has been almost non-existent these past years
The Permanent US bases fit snugly with other Pentagon plans. For instance, Iraq’s 400,000-man military has been replaced by a 100,000-man, lightly armed military without armor or an air force. (In an otherwise heavily armed region, this ensured that any Iraqi government would be almost totally reliant on the US military and that the US Air Force would, by default, be the Iraqi Air Force for years to come.)
As long as the Pentagon keeps building them, making their facilities ever more enduring and ever more valuable, there can be no genuine “withdrawal” from Iraq, nor even an intention of doing so. The Democratic Party Leaders do not discuss them (other than to deny their permanency from time to time). No presidential speeches deal with them. No plans for them are debated in Congress. The opposition Democrats generally ignore them and the press won’t even put the words “base”, “permanent” and “Iraq” in the same paragraph. It may be hard to do, given the skimpy coverage, but keep your eyes directed at our “super-bases”. Until the Democratic Party Leaders blink on them, there will be no withdrawal from Iraq.

“:Let’s note that Saddam Hussein harmed poor Iraqis by attacking the Kurds, and fighting a war against Iran. Then when he invaded Kuwait, he provoked Bush 1’s war. Then the sanctions imposed by us against Iraq caused untolled early deaths of children, old and ill Iraqis.”

Robert, in the interest of fairness we should also mention that the USA encouraged Hussein in his attacks on the Kurds as part of a war with Iran. We armed him , including giving him chemical weaponry.

His attack on the Kuwaitis was in response to their use of slant drilling techniques which were stealing oil belonging to Iraq. Not theat Im saying he should have attacked them but I wonder who taught them and encouraged them to do this?

Leefeller

Remember Bushs’ excalamation that he “hit the trifecta”? Couple that with his biographers citing that, should Bush find himself at war as did his father, he wouldnt “waste the political capital” of a wartime President. (said while stillGovernor of Texas)

All the fearmongering since 9/11, the allowing of bin Laden to flee into Pakistan rather than giving the 10th Mountain Brigade free range to kill the fucker (they are, after all, purportedly the finest mountain fighters in the world), all point to the way Bush and company have played the American public like a violin to get everything they want including billions upon billions in profits..

vet240

One day is already here. We are paying in reduced services, a crumbling infrastructure, weakening of our educatory system with outdated books and overcrowded classrooms. We are paying in the defaulting of pension payouts due to offshoring and cynical capitalists being allowed to screw us all. We are paying now and will pay for generations to come.

I fail to see any in the current crop of those running for the highest office, at least those who actually have a chance to win, who are worth the price of the gas to go to the polls and vote for them.

The Bush-Cheney administration and their cronies will try to stretch out the occupation of Iraq as long as possible.

They may use reasonable arguments, deception or both.

The American people need to look deeply into this situation.

Food for thought in . . .

“‘Dumbing down’ of Americans may not be working: More intelligence emerges”

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle. asp?articleID=29479

George Bush and the American military can not win this war alone. The crusade to liberate Iraq is a noble and virtuous endeavor, but Mr. Bush can not succeed if selfish Americans refuse to give him the power he needs to do his job. Fortunately there is something we can all do to show our support for Mr. Bush and for the Iraqi crusade. First, we can pull our sons and daughters out of their jobs and schools and send them off to fight in Iraq. Secondly we can begin selling off unnecessary possessions such as our automobiles and houses and sending the proceeds to the war effort. Finally, we can all begin doing our part to rid our country of all who oppose this war and this president. Only when our sons and daughters are dead, our net worth is zero and opposition to the president has been thoroughly crushed will this noble and moral war be won.

This thing is progressing much like the Vietnam War progressed.

First the appeal for more troops to accomplish an undefined mission, followed by statements of progress. Then an admission that things aren’t working up to expectations with reasons (excuses) for the failure followed once again by requests for more troops and money.

In the mean time we are spending vast amounts of money borrowed from foreign Governments to finance the war on credit.

Stupid and self-serving points which many Americans are blindly following and supporting.

One day we all will have to pay the price for this horrendous folley.

The Bush administration succeeded in promoting the misguided and destructive war in Iraq by targeting our core concerns about vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority, and helplessness. Looking ahead, they will likely try to sell us a long-term continuing occupation of Iraq—or an attack on Iran—in much the same way. I examine these warmongering appeals and how to counter them in a new 10-minute video entitled “Resisting the Drums of War.” It’s available for viewing on YouTube HERE.

“40% of Iraq’s capital city is consistently safe”

Now, say that a few more times but try to make it sound more convincing.

Try to emphasize the consitency part, without laughing.

ardee,

Yes, catch words.  How about the “War On Terror” for a catch word? It makes sense for phase two in the mind of a simpeton.  The word terror may have been coined on purpose, Bush in his vision sees himself as the head of the Jacobin Faction by following in the footsteps of Robespierre to protect his regime.  Hope he missed that part of history, since he believes history is supposed to repeat itself.

Nitpicking, a national sporting event.......

General Odiera notes that 60% of Baghdad is secure(?) and in the same breath notes operations into two neighborhoods where American soldiers have not entered in three years! HMM

I dug a bit deeper and found his reference to the “Islamist State of Iraq” as an AlQaeda front group. Below find the Wiki reference which notes, as the General might be expected to know, that it is not really such a thing at all. Beware those who use catch words and formulaic phrases designed to instill fear and loathing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq

The Islamic State of Iraq is an Islamist umbrella organization of Iraqi insurgent groups established in 2006 “to protect the Sunni Iraqi people and defend Islam, by the Pact of the Scented People”. It is composed of a variety of insurgency groups, including the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Conquering Army (Jeish al-Fatiheen), Soldiers of the Prophet Muhammad (Jund al-Sahaba), Brigades of Al-Tawhid Wal Sunnah, and Sunni tribes. It aims to establish a caliphate in the Sunni Arab dominated regions of Iraq.

It claims a presence in the governorates of Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, Ninawa, and parts of Babel and Wasit, and is headed by the Emir of the Believers Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi ("Abu Omar al-Baghdadi"). The Islamic State of Iraq and its allies possessed de facto control over the Anbar and Diyala governates forming or controlling the majority of its local governments by September, 2006. [1][2][3] [4] its self proclaimed capital is the insurgent held city of Baqubah

Im just saying here.....

With all due respect, this PLAN has the same hubris as the original Cheney Agenda. (he’s just not concerned about the death, blood and violence as you are). Still, it has all of these “plans” for what OUR military should do in Iraq, when in fact our military should not be there at all. Period. In other words, the presence of the U.S. military in a previously sovereign nation state, IS the irritant. This is the irritant that initiated the conflict, and the complete and total removal of this irritant is the ONLY “Plan” that will stop it.

That leaves the Iraqis free to go about their reconciliation, and to reconcile themselves back to each other as a nation. That have made it abundantly clear that they are not willing to be Imperialized by U.S. Hedgmony, and that they are also perfectly able to rebuild their oil infrastructure, since it is the bedrock of their future economic existence as an independent nation.

So the plan should be to give Iraq back to the people of Iraq, (and when they get rid of the US and the puppet regime that Maliki represents, they can accomplish that.

It would also be helpful if we did not consider how much “profit” will be made by the transnational corporations, off of the Iraqi oil. Maybe we should just consider BUYING the stuff from them, instead of STEALING it from them, so that it ends up costing us tons more in blood and treasure.

I say that only because they will keep resisting us, at every step of the way, as they have done for the past 4 years.

The “Plan” for Iraq must be determined by the PEOPLE of Iraq, and that doesn’t include a US presence.

Iraq is gone, and no amount of men or material will change anything at this point.

It’s now going to be up to the next adminstration, whomemver that is to do something, unless there is a military defeat before then.

The war was over from the very beginning, because Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and all the other Neocons thought they were God’s gift to the world, gifted with superior intelligence, insight, and were chosen by the Supreme being to implement God’s commands here on earth.

They took the finest military on Earth, and chew’d it right down to the bone. Delusions can be costly.

And it could well be, that we will be fighting in the middle East for generations, as well as Europe, because, of their stupity, hubris, and their contempt for “the eaters”, who left their blood and guts in the dirt of Iraq.