By Drk, August 3 at 1:35 pm #

The killing of those who kill women and children is justified in my eyes, regardless of borders.

Once the culprits are killed or captured, they should respect the innocents and leave, something this nation will not do.

So, “... the offensive is limited in scale and troops will return as soon as possible.”

And, “Our armed forces will come back in the shortest time possible as soon as they achieve their objectives.”

Except for the missing - terrorist, Taliban and Osama - war by any other name is still war and they all use pretty much the same script. Proving once and for all - whether kings, potentates, prime ministers or presidents - when it comes to control no-one has ever had an original idea.

Especially a flippin’ republican!

Anyway, since other dim-bulbs have decided to fight in Iraq, can we bring our guys home now?

This might be a good time to remind folks, since roughly 650 AD various versions of more or less the same three factions have been killing each other in the splendid land we now call Iraq.

Now what on earth made any sane person believe a nincompoop like Bush could change the equation?

to quote my fellow cynics during our stay in Vietnam,
“it ain’t much of a war, but it’s the only one we’ve got”
—and “war means job security”
—but then of course there’s the song from my fellow war protesters
“where have all the soldiers gone,  gone to graveyards everyone,
when will they ever learn,  when will they ever learn?”

Will this spread into Kurdish areas in Iran?  Will the Turks follow Kurdish “terrorists” who might slip across the border?  If Iranian and Turkish forces clash in any way, will the US invoke NATO’s common defense clause?

The area looks a lot like the Balkans circa the early 1900’s.  Then again, the Balkans look like the Balkans circa the early 1900’s too…

Minds that be, have let this fester only because they wanted it to.  It is a grand plan to say, oh gee, there is a problem here.  Now they can pursue it or not. When you look deep into the eyes of our government, there is nobody home.  All the plotting and planning has to do with money and power. Pawns are not even in the equation.

Had the Allies at the end of WWI seriously pursued the formation of a Kurdish State, with all the problems the middle east is having today, THIS would not be one of them.  We are now paying for mistakes we made in 1919.

Outraged,

You may be a ‘new study’ in geopolitics, but common sense rules the day in the study of anything. And you said it…if the front door is locked, (blocked) try the back!! Might as well cover the sides as well.

You’re right. It’s a no brainer. Like I said, basic common sense and critical thinking skills are useful across the board.

Point taken….one really has to wonder…who…just who could be the instigator of this “issue”.  You know what they say, if the front door is locked, don’t be an idiot try the back!  But seriously, I can’t for the life of me consider “who” THAT “MIGHT” BE!  I think there are a few who need to scale back on those vicodin or percocet….wow!....I’m a new study on geopolitics….but this one’s a no brainer!

Our troops will gladly turn over all positions to the regions neighbors to help Iraq work their problems out.