Posted on 11/16/2012 12:03:01 PM PST by SargeK
A top Iraqi diplomat urged Arab states to “use the weapon of oil” against the United States because of its alliance with Israel, raising more questions about the Middle Eastern nation's allegiance to the nation that freed it from a ruthless dictatorship.
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If we decide to sacrifice American lives in another war, then we keep a piece of the land we shed blood for. In this case, we should have secured a portion of their oil resources permanently. Screw this nation building crap. We should have permanent bases with a lot of land and natural resources now in Iraq... forever.
I hate saying this because I get pounded but the Bush Family was clueless about Iraq.
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nukem
nukem
nukem
nukem
nukem
Where are our Neutron bombs now when we need them?
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I’m still waiting for Kerry/Biden’s “three state solution” which is what they insisted was the ONLY way to win the war in Iraq (or Irack, as Brabra Streisandwich calls it).
We shouldn’t waste a dime more of our treasure or a dorp more of our blood in the ME. Bring out troops home and let them all kill each other. Develop our our energy sources.
tsk tsk tsk... for a minute I thought you thought of American liberals... and the unthinkable... yeah... something like that (sarc off)
Qais al-Azzawy is looking for a bullet.
Worked out well for us, didn’t it? And it only took the lives of over 4000 US troops and who knows how many maimed and wounded.
All those wasted lives,,,and money. And what did it get us? A new ally for Iran. I was an idiot for supporting this fiasco, too.
Yes and no. Saddam's folks did a lot of nasty things.
So far as their government now......I'll give you some anecdotes:
I was talking to some local level officials and political types in Iraq when they noted Americans tried their best to understand Iraqis, but Americans still did not understand Iraqis.
Iraqis will find someone to war with, or it will war with itself.
Iraqis do not understand democracy and freedom. They understand conquering, or being conquered.
The politicians recommended that it would be better for everyone if "we" picked a puppet to be in charge of Iraq; have the puppet rule with an iron fist and kill off those with terrorist/insurgent ties. The US could take some of the oil profits to pay for her troubles, Iraq would use the rest to provide for the people. So long as the puppet wasn't committing the atrocities Saddam was, they could be told this is what freedom is all about and most wouldn't know the difference.
In a short while they would take comfort in their safety/security and forget all about the fact their "leader" was really a stooge for the US. The US should keep a base in the country to maintain stability in the region and put some wasta behind the puppet government. - This was their "win-win."
They surmised that if we tried to continue the 'democracy' route, all the different factions would continue to fight, and the violence would continue until one warlord/political party could garner enough power to take over the government - Iraq would return to a dictatorship and it would most likely be brutal to its people in order to retain power, friendly to terrorists, and unfriendly to US on principle.
I found myself unable to argue with them.
Ross Perot told during the debates that Bush had sent the SOS to Saddam and by ommission told him he could do what he wanted. Then Perot said “It was like the commercial. We couldn’t believe he took the whole thing.”
By ‘idiots’, I am assuming that you are referring to members of the Obama Administration. Iraq wanted us to keep out bases long term in Iraq, but Obama sabotaged that deal. So Iraq is now doing what it needs to do to survive since they know that they can no longer count on the US to honor its word. From the Iraqi standpoint, I really can’t blame them for this action. They know now that they are on their own and must act accordingly. If they go to war with Iran, they can expect the US President to back Iran.
“Didn’t give a heck about Kuwait”
Ah, the days when journalists were aggressive to find the truth (because a Bush was in charge)! Would that the MSM were as interested in what senior diplomats, like April Glaspie, were telling the guys in charge of ME countries.
HF
I’m not sure how Assad can be seen as a friend of Christians in the region.
He supports Hezbollah, and Hezbollah is now the majority portion of the Lebanese government. That is right isn’t it?
Prior to this the Christians were a majority of the government in Lebanon.
Assad has also helped facilitate Hezbollah munition movements into the south of Lebanon, on it’s sovereign soil.
Please explain how this guy is a big friend of Christians.
Perhaps you’re right, but I sure don’t see it at this point.
Yeah? I see your “oil” and raise you “food”.
yes, a fortune for those days. Somewhere along the line our journalists have failed the People, and America. Currently our enemies surround us. Infiltration upon infiltration. Cover-up upon cover-up. Your point is one which is taken. One which from there is no escape. Agreement with others, phase II is well underway.
I wish we could just NUKE the whole damn place!
This is not bad, actually. They’re using economic clout, rather than hijacking planes. The clout only works so long as you have a POTUS who won’t allow any drilling or shale development. But since you somehow got stuck with one who does for a while, can’t say as I’m mad the Iraqis for using a civilized weapon. It’s all Bush’s fault that they even think along those lines.It stings that they’re doing this, but not as much as a dead diplomat. There are effective counters to both the obstructive POTUS and embargoing OPEC. They will be used, because the market demands it.
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