Comments on: UPDATE III: 2010 Battle For Baghdad

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:52:54 +0000

RE: “Update # 2” – John Quincy Adams was actually highly intelligent (David McCullough considers “Old Man Eloquent” to be our smartest President) even if his dad was a President.

RE: “Update # 3” – of these 2 million refugees – which will be 6 million in a generation… – how many will wind up become suicide bombers, etc? Even a proportion of 0.0001 comes out to 600 whack-jobs Thank you, George Dubya Bush (example of idiotic Presidential son) for the legacy that will keep on giving ad nauseum!

By: MYRON Non-interventionist PAULI

MYRON Non-interventionist PAULI — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:31:59 +0000

It sounds like the Iraqi army was “trained” by the same incompetents who couldn’t stop Malik Hasan Nidal!

Of course you are quite right. Col. Andrew Bacevich who lost his own son in the insane fighting has made similar observations:

http://whyy.org/cms/…/2010/…/andrew-j-bacevich-how-washington-rules/

Operation Iraqi Freedom has now been replaced by Operation New Dawn.

Pathetically, NOTHING WILL EVER TEACH THE NEOCONS! They believe that had England declared war on Germany in late 1938, Hitler would have just gone “poof” – even though 5 million Brits, Frenchmen, and Poles were at war with Hitler 11 months later and Hitler did not instantly evaporate! They believe that if the US had given corruptokrat Thieu $ 50 million in 1975, his million man “Army” (and reserves) would not have completely collapsed the way they did in a 6 week North Vietnamese blitzkrieg. And if Obama had said “Klaatu Barada Nikto”, the Iranians would have overthrown the Ayatollahs. These idiot-savants are beyond the grasp of reality. Hence, the surge was an enormous success and if Iraq is ever found to be less democratic than Norway, it is merely the fault of Obama.

Moslems worldwide eagerly wish to be bombed and occupied by Americans!
“Wolfowitz Akbar!”

By: Mike Marks

Mike Marks — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:31:56 +0000

Ilana,

I found the following link on MSNBC and thought you might find it interesting.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/39015584#39015584

According to the Times of London the Iranians have set up several front companies in Kabul that pay the Taliban to kill US soldiers and destroy certain pieces of equipment. I think a killed US soldier went for $1000. I guess the dialogue between the two chosen ones has been going swimmingly, eh.

By: Mike Marks

Mike Marks — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:12:54 +0000

Ilana,
I think Bibi liked the theory but for Israel it is truly not a practical way to go about things. Defending the homeland for Israel is about defending the homeland not projecting power to lands far away.

I also must admit that I admire Bibi’s oratory skills in English I assume he is as articulate in Hebrew as he is in English.

By: Mike Marks

Mike Marks — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:28:40 +0000

I’ll admit that I initially fell for the idea of “exporting democracy”. The idea that democracies tend to discuss internal issues and would be far more likely to discuss and debate to work out international differences rather than immediately go to war. There were times in the 90’s when Benjamin Netanyahu spoke very eloquently of this idea and the need for an Islamic reformation much like that started by Martin Luther.

I’d like to believe that people yearn to be free. However, a civil society needs some foundation to gird it. This foundation must come from some tradition of rights and responsibilities. I know it is a worn out phrase but nature abhors a vacuum and so does political power. I believe we are leaving a vacuum of power in Iraq.

Dictators seem to be able to step into “the vacuum” as they are less encumbered by procedural niceties or care for their human subjects.