Comments on: False Dichotomy

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:29:49 +0000

OWL, that oil getting wasted by sabotage and isn’t pumping at the same rate as before the war, so there isn’t even cheap gas for pay back.

I want Osama. I want him to rot in a small cell for decades to contemplate his crimes. Attacking Iraq cost us Osama.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:00:06 +0000

Agreed! I thought it was really stupid to go in to Iraq, when Afghanistan wasn’t vanquished yet, nor was Osama bin Ladin. Since bin Laden is thought to be the mind behind 911 (even though, at first he claimed no responsibility) it would have been best to follow through with that war and to find him. I see no reason behind attacking Iraq, except that they have all that lovely oil.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:56:23 +0000

Oh, I don’t think it will take Iran that long to absorb Iraq. No one else has a reasonably sized military. They will make a deal with Turkey to partition Kurdistan.

By: John B.

John B. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:02:38 +0000

Absolutely right, Bryan. Not only “illegal and unnecessary” but also inimical to U.S. interests. The thousand year, bitter history of Arab-Persian-Kurdish-Turkish hostilities tells the tale. That’s why in this area of the world encouraging stability, not chaos, is the only sensible grounding for our foreign policy. Bush’s father knew enough to rely on knowledgeable history, culture, economic, and military experts when he elected not to go on to Baghdad after Kuwait. On the other hand, his idiot son didn’t do his homework and surrounded himself with like-minded dolts. We will be paying and paying for this over the next two generations, at the least.