Posted on 06/07/2007 1:15:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Anyone who has seen the all of the improvements and constuction work going on at LSA Anaconda (Balad) know we are not going to be leaving soon! Looked like a permanant installation to me.
We will hqave bases in Iraq for the forseeable future, Mitt. That is a good thing.
Exactly, that's how we won. Today, there are different enemies, and different wars (asymmetrical), and different regions of theater. "Fighting [alQaeda, Islamofascists] there so we don't have to fight them here" is exactly about that.
If he intends to ring out our role as the world's lone supercop
We are not there entirely alone, nor are we playing "supercop" there. Same people who want us to leave Iraq (and Iran), where we fight real enemies who are there to defeat us because of who we are, want us to be "supercop" in Darfur and other places where we don't [yet] have an enemy. Same as in Kosovo where we didn't have national interests, nor NATO allies' interests' have been attacked, yet we played "supercop" there.
Destroying one enemy in Iraq (Saddam) and staying there to attract and kill and capture the resources of a bigger and more elusive ones (al-Qaeda, Iran) while simultaneously building and protecting the foundations of allied governments in the region is not playing "supercop", it's essential for our very survival. Our problems with Iraq are not in Iraq, they are in Iran and Washington (and, by extension, their allies in New York and Hollywood).
Typical of that family.
When Mitt’s father George ran for President he said the Generals brainwashed him so he turned against the war in View nam.
Mitt and his 5 sons never served in the military so not a good reference for a country in a major and a war for years to come.
I'm with you Johnnie--through the Primaries. But after that, I say choose the best, even if you aren't too pleased.
ROFL!! Good one, Dio.
Stabilize Iraq is the idea, not to hand hold for forever.
I say it is really courageous to tell the voters like it is!
I have no problem with “Draft Bloomberg” movement at all, whoever successfully does it ought to get a medal.
The “We’ll give you some time to get your Sunnis and Shiite together, but after that, you’re on your own,” is an incredibly silly Joe Biden-suggested game that will only drive Sunnis and Shi’as who now have alliances with us to separate from us and to seek other alliances - the ones we don’t like - to prepare for us leaving them defenseless. This is not poker, your every bluff will be called and you don’t leave yourself any outs here.
It’d be better if he had a clue and realized we are going to be in Iraq for at least the next 15 years.
He’s saying the right things, period. Americans don’t want to be in Iraq for the next 15 years. And if you believe we should, then its going to cost us elections for the next 30 years.
He’s pulling out of his arse. He has zero knowledge of militray affairs or history, apparently.
If your goal is to fight Islamofacists as you call it you have to realize that the very essence of Islam is Dhimittude and Sharia, making all others submit to your will. If you disagree with them you are an infidel and you are fit only to be killed or subjugated into Dhimmitude.
The fact is that we are trying to create a society that has to find people willing to risk their lives for the dignity and pride of others. In this case in Iraq you have to find Sunnis for shiites/kurds or what have you. It’s difficult but I honestly don’t think their culture can support it without us physically being there. Our failure to create a secular republic like the one in Turkey was one of the biggest cracks in foundation.
If you want to stop sharia and dhimmification then call it a crusade, then destroy the Shiite stronghold of Sadr and Tehran. Then you must destroy the Wahhabist entity of Riyahd. To finally prove once and for all the folly of worshipping false gods.
This hearts and minds makes them believe they are dominant, we can’t win wars like this.
We must make them submit. Failure to do so only invites more death.
Romney ping
Romney is using “Bush logic”. Whatever Bush wants to do, do the opposite. After selling us out on immigration, global warming, and campaign finance reform, and after bungling Iraq war, and mid-term elections, this might make sense. Thanks Mitt!
With BDS so high doesn’t suprise me. Keeps his unfavorable rating low.
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