Comments on: Iraq: Que Sera Sera

By: Wembley

Wembley — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:50:58 +0000

“those that fight against it can count on the US to adhere to certain rules of decency and limits on its own power“
I’d say the last few years have shown how much of a myth that is. (If the Phoenix Program and other episodes were not enough).
But more significantly, using greater violence in Iraq would only haver made things worse quicker. You can’t win an insuregency by bombing people.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:53:47 +0000

By: JW

JW — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:51:48 +0000

@SGT P
“The American military of 2001-? will go down in history as one of the greatest armies of all time, and I am proud to have been a part of it.“
On the contrary, the Iraq escapade will go down in history as the turning point of the beginning of the end of US dominance of the world. What was designed to be a graphic demonstration of American total military superiority to cause all miscreant nations to snap to attention and behave themselves, actually showed that the mighty US military could be brought to a standstill by a few untrained arabs with AKs and old explosives. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died, millions are displaced. This is no victory by any stretch of the imagination, let alone establishing “freedom” in Iraq (you’ve got to be kidding!). The capabilities of the US military which were once thought to be invincible by most of the world, now look tragically limited. The US will not recover from this mess easily and will never again have the unquestioned respect of the world as the only invincible superpower. Not a lot to be proud of here.

By: Hibby

Hibby — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:13:06 +0000

Funny how on every singe story, no matter what it is about, about 3/4 of the people find some way to whine about Obama in the comments section. I’m not saying that is wrong, just sensing a pattern is all.
Cathy, I too am very proud of the job our troops have done in these difficult wars. I didn’t agree with going in, or some other things, but our guys took a difficult situation and made the best of it.
I would say though, that those who haven’t served don’t have a right to disagree, or speak out, is a very bad message. Sure, we civilians don’t know what it is like, and we don’t have that war fighting experience, but freedom of speech is one of the things our troops are putting their lives on the line, on our behalf. To not exercise that right would be an insult to our soldiers.

By: Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:49:59 +0000

“EINSTEIN HAS PROVED THAT MASS IS CONSERVED THROUGH
TRANSFORMATION GIVEN BY:
MC2 — E =0″
Haroldkraus, have you seen Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen? A segment in there has to do with Sam(the main character) going on about how Einsteins theory was wrong. Take it from the aliens =)

By: SGT P

SGT P — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:25:26 +0000

The article was dead on on some key points: getting the Iraqis off their asses and giving up the bad guys in their neighborhoods; and the fact that when much of the American public and political establishment didn’t have the will to win — the military just focused on their jobs. Honestly we weren’t aware that there WAS a debate — the focus was entirely on securing our AO.
The American military of 2001-? will go down in history as one of the greatest armies of all time, and I am proud to have been a part of it.

By: haroldkraus

haroldkraus — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:54:34 +0000

STOP THE GALILEO TYPE OPPOSITION TO GAGUT!!!
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GOD ORDAINED PROF. G. OYIBO AS THE GREATEST GENIUS THROUGH THE GOD ALMIGHTY

By: haroldkraus

haroldkraus — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:53:17 +0000

STOP THE GALILEO TYPE OPPOSITION TO GAGUT!!!
STOP THE GALILEO TYPE OPPOSITION TO GAGUT!!!
GAGUT:
G ij,j = 0
GOD ORDAINED PROF. G. OYIBO AS THE GREATEST GENIUS THROUGH THE GOD ALMIGHTY

By: joshua

joshua — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:45:26 +0000

a fine article…i loved it. God bless our troops no matter where they are!

By: Wembley

Wembley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:11:21 +0000

The insurgents are still there and still killing.
The Sunni ‘awakening’ movement has been paid off — but only for the time being. The Kurdish pershmerga are still fighting the Turks, and the whole Kurdish Question has not even been addressed yet. Millions of people have been displaced, millions more driven out of the country. The oil industry is becoming a disaster.
And the US is pulling out…
It only looks good because of how bad it looked a few years ago. I wouldn’t call it a “major triumph,” or any kind of triumph, but at least it saves face and we don’t get a last-helicopter-out-of-Saigon scenario.