The real pain in the butt about the whole thing is that Al Quaeda is providing aid to the Sunnis and the Iranians are providing aid to the Shia, both for the purpose of destabilizing the country enough to be able to establish their own enclave in it and giving the US a black eye in the process.

I* just heard a soundbyte of that lying, flip-flopping pos Reid already trying to undercut Bush’s new Iraq startegy.

It’s clear, folks. POSs like Reid want failure, period. As long as Bush’s name is on it, they want it to fail. Doesn’t matter what it does to America, their own self-serving goals are paramount in their diseased, degenerate, evil minds.

Time to initiate an investigation of Reid’s crooked land deals in Nevada. Put that POS in prison where he belongs.

I have been totally amazed that I haven’t heard anybody, not Bush, not the Republicans, nobody in the media, nobody point out that at least some, and probably much of what is called sectarian violence is perpetrated by Al Qaeda and other terrorists to inflame Sunni-Shia hatred. The Golden Mosque is a great example. I remember when that happened, I thought it wondered if that was the case. It’s a perfect setup.

Why is nobody talking about this???

1. Up until the bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra last year sectarian violence was on a downwards trend. The fact that Al Quaeda not only blew it up but also effectively blamed the US (if only temporarily) for it increased violence between the Shia and the Sunnis and left the US which had already begun a draw down in a bind.

2. The number of Iraqis who actually want the US out of Iraq is relatively small. Were it even as much as 10%, we would not be able to withstand the onslaught without burning the place to the ground. Hence, only a small minority want us out badly enough to take up arms against us. Why should a .1 – .5% minority (bolstered by a few hundred at most foreigners) be considered the majority opinion? That’s almost like saying that Los Angeles should be turned over to the Crips and Bloods and the police forces withdrawn.

3. Sufficient quantities of WMDs were found to kill a few thousand victims were they utilyzed properly by a terrorist organization. Enough enriched uranium was found to make a number of really nasty dirty bombs. Dirty bombs require no technology other than a normal car bomb.

4. Rules of engagement are ridiculously tight. Letters written by Marine snipers tell of finding a known or suspected insurgent/terrorist and having to hold their fire because an officer wanted to pad his resume by trying to capture the terrorist rather than simply killing them.

5. Murphy’s laws of combat says that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy intact. In other words, you never know what the other guy is going to do, so you can never plan for every contingency.

6. Harry Reid, D-NV was calling for a troop build up as recently as 12/17/2006. Doesn’t it just show what a liar he is that he is so adamantly opposing one now? Want to see him flip-flop again? Give his four lobbiest sons shares of stock in a body armor or ammunition manufacturer.

7. If the troops are used properly, and allowed to shoot terrorists on sight without fear of prosecution if they make an error, this war will be effectively over in the very near future. We simply have to stop trying to fight a PC war. Go in, hit them hard, and call in an airstrike from a B-52 if necessary. Nothing cleans out a village of terrorists like a carpet bombing pass of 2000 lb bombs from a B52.

8. There is NO diplomatic solution to this situation. It is not possible to negotiate with people whose only desire is to kill you and die in the attempt if possible. Negotiation requires that both sides be willing to compromise and give up something that the other side wants. That simply isn’t possible in this situation.

I really wish war weren’t necessary. However, there are people in this world who only respond to one thing – overwhelming force. Breaking the backs of the insurgency is the only way to stop the violence.

Want to see a poll?

While a bare majority of 51 percent called the Democrats’ victory “a good thing,” even more said they were concerned about some of the actions a Democratic Congress might take, including 78 percent who were somewhat or very concerned that it would seek too hasty a withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Another 69 percent said they were concerned that the new Congress would keep the administration “from doing what is necessary to combat terrorism,” and two-thirds said they were concerned it would spend too much time investigating the administration and Republican scandals.

Source

In other words, SFL’s and Eben’s “cut and run” position is NOT supported by the vast majority of Americans.

Of course it would. We left viet Nam not because we were losing the war militarily but because of political reasons. Politically driven reasons was also why it stretched out for 10 years.

In both instances, if the Powell Doctrine was utilized then we wouldn’t have the extended war in Viet Nam. And relatively speaking, troop casualties are exremely low in Iraq. Although I fully expected us to be in Iraq a full generation at least, it was foreseeable that like Viet Nam, politics would would over shadow the well being of the nation. it is expected.

We should not be in Iraq. We should be focused ENTIRELY on Afghanistan, militarily speaking.”

This reply once again show how narrow your world view is SFL. Iraq is a battle, not a war. Saddams Iraq was proven to be a state sponsor of terrorism. You are shifting definition as a matter of convenience.

No, it wasn’t.”

Yes, it was.

At least 2 million of the world was. Are you justifying their deaths?

We stood in South Viet Nam, South Korea, Germany and all over Europe to prevent the domino theory from happening. We threw up blockades around Cuba and almost went to outright war. We fought two actual wars, plus thoisands of skirmishes and conflicts to prevent it.

Are you suggesting we become the World Police Force and fight wherever there is injustice and all that?

Very noble of you, but very impractical.

“No One Is Free When Others Are Oppressed”

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine

So, I see you are content in your own freedom, and it is “impractical” to assist others who are without.

Unfortunate, but exactly an example of the type of complacency I’ve mentioned before. The exact type that is the downfall of this great nation.

So true…so very true…

Actually, we’ve seen that phenomena occur right within this country! San Francisco and Berkeley have both become Red!