WhatAMess,

Have you been to Iraq recently? Are you an Iraqi or in communication with the whole of Iraqi society? As someone located there currently, I can promise you that your statement is incorrect.

No, thanks to the 24/7 event of worldwide media, one doesn’t actually have to travel to the gates of hell to know that it exists.

Unless you’re a contractor making an grossly obscene salary, I can’t agree with your statement, given the fact that every year of occupation since the invasion the Iraquis have overwhelmingly opposed the U.S. presence.

http://www.alan.com/2011/04/09/iraqis-to-americans-go-home-gates-to-iraqis-were-staying/

Patrick Henry said:
“The Iraqis as a whole don’t want us there and we will continue to lose personnel by attrition.”

WhatAMess answered:
“As someone located there currently, I can promise you that your statement is incorrect”.

As someone who believes WhatAMess is incorrect, I must answer.  Patrick Henry said “As a whole” meaning - the majority.  All the information I’ve seen -polls of Iraqis, Newspaper reports of surveys, etc. agree with Patrick Henry.

WhatAMess you said many want the United States to stay:

Either define many or: Do you mean that the majority of Iraqis want the United States to stay in Iraq?  And if this is what you claim can you give me some non-propaganda, non-spin, to cite the basis for such a statement?  Assuming you haven’t run a National Poll, how would you know other than the same sources I see - and they don’t carry your message if you mean - the majority?

Supporters of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq despise those they consider “surrender monkeys.” In their eyes, armed resistance to foreign invaders is the only ethical option.  Apparently, there are Iraqis who feel the exact same way. 
Ironic, isn’t it?

Well, it looks as though we have finally achieved success. The Iraq democracy is becoming exactly like the US democracy, violent, a high percentage of it’s citizens in prison, and controlled by a corrupt cabal.

The Iraqis as a whole don’t want us there and we will continue to lose personnel by attrition.

Now what was the goal again besides a personal vendetta by the last U.S. regime?

Billy Pilgrim, July 1 at 4:36 am

I do not believe in capital punishment, not even in this case.

Bush/Cheney don’t belong in a Federal prison wasting
precious tax dollars. They do, however, belong at the
short end of a rope.

I will never stop insisting that both George W.Bush and Dick Cheney belong in a Federal Prison for the lies they manufactured that mired us in this horrid little war. I understand that this will never happen of course.

I also continue to wonder how long the American people are going to remain placid, passive and silent while their government is co-opted and used to increase profits instead of caring for its people.

It seems that more folks every day believe the lies and distortions we are fed daily. Education is in shambles, as is our infrastructure, Social Security is being subjected to a stealth attack and Barack Obama is leading that attack it seems. Our medical coverage is a bad joke and there are third world nations that offer better care than does our own.

The wealth of the select few increases, corporate profits are at an all time high yet no jobs are being created, benefits are rare as hens teeth as well in this new job market. Yet we the people are more like we the sheep.