Buchanan At The Bat: 3 strikes on Iraq, and Pat's out

The Shinbone: The Frontier of the Free Press ^ | March 29, 2013 | Daniel Clark

[dragnet2]

We did this to the Bath Party in Iraq and we and Israel will take down down Iran in short order.

Hey junior, Israel wasn't even part of the coalition. Yet you're suggesting they will fight along side the U.S. in a war with Iran?

I hope everyone is Florida is not as stupid as you seem to be.

[dragnet2]

Success is destroying the anti American forces in the critical middle east.

Can you send me some video of the parades the Mideast held for our armed forces? You can start with Saudi Arabia.

Thanks junior.

[Alberta's Child]

ROFL. You posted a statement here about soldiers "lost" -- regardless of whether they were in military action or not.

That point is completely irrelevant to the discussion here, isn't it? What do you say to all of those soldiers who were NOT "lost," but who came back completely destroyed and will never be the same?

I'm no pacifist, mind you. In fact, the next time the U.S. is involved in a military campaign I'll be right behind you on the battlefield -- OK?

[Romulus]

I am so sick of these neocon shills serving foreign powers.

[Alberta's Child]

Here are a few citations of the Iraqi constitution that was ratified in 2005:

Section I (Fundamental Principles)

Article 2
Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation . . . No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established.

Section II (Rights and Liberties)

Article 22
Work is a right for all Iraqis so as to guarantee them a decent living.

Article 30
The state guarantee to the individual and the family -- especially children and women -- social and health security and the basic requirements for leading a free and dignified life. The state also ensures the above a suitable income and appropriate housing . . . The State guarantees the social and health security to Iraqis in cases of old age, sickness, employment disability, homelessness, orphanage or unemployment, and shall work to protect them from ignorance, fear and poverty. The State shall provide them housing and special programs of care and rehabilitation. This will be organized by law.

. . .

So there you have it, dude. If having the United States send several hundred thousand troops halfway around the world in 1990 to restore a royal family to one throne (Kuwait) and protect a second royal family on another one (Saudi Arabia) didn't convince you of the idiocy of that debacle, then I would hope that having 3,000+ Americans lose their lives for the express purpose of establishing an Islamic state -- and a Marxist one at that -- in the Middle East would do the trick for you.

[dragnet2]

Fact is the Mideast is full sawed off religions freaks who'll cut your freaking head off with a hatchet. Did you expect something different freddy?

All you and Bush's compassionate war did was loot the American treasure to the tune of multiple trillions...A decade later, America is in total decline, with the U.S. government eying Americans for even greater punitive control...

Anyone home ether in Floriduh junior?

[dragnet2]

I really don’t mean to ring your bell so hard, but you seem extra stupid..

[SeminoleCounty]

History as already absolved Buchanan and other anti-IRQ critics.... we have very little to show for our near 10 yrs in Iraq.

Worse of all...we gave Barack Obama an excuse to continue Us involvement in the Mid East....supporting pro-terrorist regimes

GW Bush lacked the comittment to win wars in the Middle East. His “Islam is a Religion of Peace” mutterings gave comfort to the enemy. Can you imagine the US leaders muttering “The Nazis are a party of peace” during WW II

[dragnet2]

Someone gets it.

[ynotjjr]

Your not a pacifist? Really? Maybe not at DU your not but I can see right through you. For you everything the USA does is a failure. If you don’t get immediately you want to cut and run, long term plans are out of the question for slow learners like you.

[dragnet2]

Man, you really are stupid aren’t ya?

[pgkdan]

Iraq was an absolute catastrophe. And I say that as someone who completely supported W’s effort. I was wrong. The “liberation” of Iraq was not worth one precious drop of American blood. All we accomplished was setting up a Shiite ally for Iran and the near extinction f one if the world’s oldest Christian Churches. Bravo.

[ynotjjr]

Being a California Conservative means knowing how to lose. You accept failure. Victory is a notion so far out of your vocabulary it never crosses your mind. In your land of fruits and nuts you have had to live as a prisoner of war. We here in Florida will give America it’s next great leader and there are plenty more coming. Quit your whining and get out of that hellhole, move to Texas or something. Get back in the fight or go all the way and join the other side, you’re 3/4 of the way there anyway.

[pgkdan]

Put the bong down and go to bed.

[Revolting cat!]

Iraq was a great success

[dragnet2]

Stop sniffing glue junior.

[ynotjjr]

You are completely wrong. If you thought we were leading a new Crusade to make the Middle east Christian you were sadly mistaken. Just like we had to use the army we had, which had no experience in fighting a modern war but by the end, had mastered it; we had to remake Iraq with the people who were there. Of course, if Iran is allowed to stand with nuclear weapons then there will be no victory, no peace, and that will be a real catastrophe.

[ynotjjr]

Really, I’m sure your trailer, I mean mobile home, has wheels, USE THEM! You and your friends sound like the weekend crew on MSNBC!

[Revolting cat!]

Iraq was as much a success as recent adventures in Libya and Egypt - replacing more or less friendly if thuggish dictators with committees of thugs. That’s Democracy in the Middle East for ya!