Posted on 03/19/2006 6:51:10 PM PST by Flavius
PS: Allawi was crushed in the last elections.
Even the French could handle that with a brigade.
Is the death rate in American cities due to murders larger than Iraq? I believe it is. We also kill about 500 people on the highway every weekend.
Lets face it. He is what is known as a politician.
For Iraq to be in a civil war it would have to be solely Iraqi vs Iraqi. This is far from reality. The majority of the insurgents are from outside Iraq's borders. In my military mind that is not a civil war but just a plain war.
Think John Kerry and what he has been doing since he got beaten by President Bush.
Allawi got his butt kicked by Talibani in the last Iraqi election. It wasn't close.
This is just bitterness and every indication (MSM notwithstanding) shows that Iraq is NOT in a Civil War.
He needs to read a little American History and focus on Lincoln. Democracy is not easy - but it's worth it.
OTOH, if Sunnis and Shia demand a sectarian war, by all means let them have it. Let's just be sure to line up the most fanatic of each on the front lines.
Apparently that is a large part of it. Foreigners are keeping it going, without them it wouldn't be a fraction of what it is.
I consider all this talk of a civil war as a sign they believe the "insurgency" is defeated,
I think civil war in Iraq depends upon your definition. Why wouldn't you consider one faction of Iraqis blowing up members of another faction on a regular basis a civil war?
Fact is, Iraqis are the most frequent victims of the insurgency.
Sounds like somebody had a chip on their shoulder.
Try living in the U.S., if you think thats bad.
I think civil war in Iraq depends upon your definition. Why wouldn't you consider one faction of Iraqis blowing up members of another faction on a regular basis a civil war?
Fact is, Iraqis are the most frequent victims of the insurgency at the hands of other Iraqis and their foreign allies.
I think civil war in Iraq depends upon your definition. Why wouldn't you consider one faction of Iraqis blowing up members of another faction on a regular basis a civil war?
This has been a tactic of theirs from the start. They know they cannot defeat the US. But now they are trying to sow the seeds of dissidence from within.
Personally I think it's an attempt to pressure the US into giving Allawi something he wants. Support for his political ambition perhaps?
The man has been a scumbag all along. Unfortunately he's been a scumbag we needed.
AQ isn't manned by Iraqis....
It's manned by OTHERS, outsiders, non-Iraqis, whatever you want to call it....
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