DECLARE VICTORY IN IRAQ AND BRING TROOPS HOME (ED KOCH AND CHRIS RUDDY)

Newsmax ^ | 1/19/05 | Ed Koch and Chris Ruddy

[sushiman]

I'm with Koch - sayonara !

[areafiftyone]

Koch is one of the most sensible Democrats there is. I kinda agree with him. I believe its up to the Iraqi people to make a stand and start taking care of protecting their country. We must help them of course but they can't depend on us forever.

[crv16]

I agree. We've done our part. Let's get out.

[prion]

Geez, it's not been a year. They haven't even voted yet. I don't think so...

[RexBeach]

Let's get the elections done, the Iraqi military spooled up-to-speed and get the hell out of there.

We kick-started Iraqi freedom with a great victory. It is now time for Iraqis to secure their own future.

Perhaps we should turn right and visit Iran next?

Viva Bush!

[areafiftyone]

Exactly. After the elections are over they better start getting their act together and start rising up against the terrorists in their country.

[boofus]

After the vote have another vote. Let the Iraqi people decide whether they want Americans helping over there. If they want us to leave, we should pull out all troops and funding immediately.

If they want a fundamentalist Islamic country let em have it. As long as they aren't growing a crop of terrorists or threatening Israel there is no reason to bomb them into the dust.

[Buck W.]

Agreed. We need to get the troops ready for Iran and Syria.

[Loyal Buckeye]

I believe Pres. Bush is thinking along the same lines and will remove the troops, or most of them, at the earliest possible date.

It is refreshing to see someone, anyone, offer up suggestions for consideration, as opposed to the negative self-serving diatribes offered by the minority party.

[areafiftyone]

We are all talking about after the elections. After the elections there is no need for us to be in there. The Iraqi people need to get their own act together. We can't babysit for them forever. They need to kick the terrorists out of their country.

[joesnuffy]

With that kinda strategy I am surprised either one of them had ANY children...

[kipita]

I've always held the position of Novak..........some cultures are just not ready for a Jeffersonian Democracy..

[areafiftyone]

I don't think Koch has children. He never married. Don't know about the other one though!

[Jay777]

I agree to a point. But lets let them vote first!

[Doofer]

Once the elections are over we should get are asses out of there...................

[RockinRight]

We should START bringing troops home, but not all of them, yet.

[roses of sharon]

Well, duh! As if the Pres wants to stay longer than is needed?

His goal was to remove Saddam and Sons, who had not lived up to their surrender agreement, with their billions for WMD, the M.O. to use them, or give them away, and give 25 million souls a chance at a civilized society, who had suffered under a "containment" policy that was not working, and was about to be removed.

Cheney, Rumsfled and Rice could not agree more, and they will say it within the proper timetable and with the proper diplomacy.

[nuconvert]

"After the elections are over they better start getting their act together and start rising up against the terrorists in their country."

They don't have an army to rise up against the terrorists next door.
Unless we commit to getting rid of the Iranian regime and the terrorists there and in Syria, we can't just abandon Iraq. They would be taken over by the Iranian regime.

[umgud]

WMD or not, we had more than enough justification to remove Saddam and I supported the prez on this. However, I'm not as compassionate as the prez and am not sure I agree that spilling our blood to save people who will in the end (no matter what), end up hating us anyway just for being infidels. I also realize we can't just kick a$$ and run, but I'm sure ready for us to depart as soon as we can.