The Ron Paul Movement

reason ^ | July 16, 2007 | Jesse Walker

[trussell]

Doing good! Hoping to have a buyer for the trailer soon so I can move North before the snow flies! :)

I’m praying for you always! I hope you enjoy your visit to your friend in England.

[Allegra]

What are the objectives in Iraq for the USA?

Short answers:

The initial objective was to remove a hostile threat to western interests, i.e., Saddam Hussein's regime.

The objective is to continue to establish a stable and strong ally to the US in the Middle East. It is critical that we do this.

There are some who say the real objective was to "close the hole" around Iran ( troublesome threat.) Don't know about that one, but it doesn't seem all too far-fetched.

[publiusF27]

Flash forward a few years, and you might find a US President saying about Iraq what Reagan said about Lebanon:

The central government of Iraq that we were trying to help had all but wasted away, with Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish believers splintered into many competing sects, Iraq's political landscape had become a clutter of disorder, violence, and mayhem. Our policy was based on the expectation that the Iraqi army would subdue the militias of these rival groups and reestablish the central government's control over the country while the multinational force helped maintain order. But the Iraqi army simply wasn't strong enough to bottle up the centuries of seething sectarian hatred in Iraq; nor did they have the will to fight their countrymen, especially those with similar religious beliefs.