Comments on: Iraqi Government Incompetence

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:18:45 +0000

Cassandra,
The post was not intended to discuss the “merits” (or lack thereof) of invading Iraq. It was meant to suggest that American economic assistance is not only being wasted, but will actually be used against us by certain international forces attempting to gain influence in Iraq. It is clear that America will never have much influence in Iraq, or any Muslim country, over the long run. The question is whether Baghdad will end up paying homage to Tehran or to Saudi Arabia when the civil war has ended.
The effectiveness of the Obama Administration cannot be assessed after only nine months in office. Americans need to show a little more patience.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:56 +0000

Hans,
Although the Kurds have been suppressed by the Muslims in Iraq, they are not exactly known for tolerance either. The Christians are caught in the middle of all the fighting.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:04:08 +0000

Is there anyone out there who thinks the Iraq invasion was a wonderful idea? Why are we still discussing something that everyone agrees about?
Maybe it is because it is more soothing to discuss past Bush administration failures than to address the real issue of what a disappointment the present Obama administration has been?

By: Hans

Hans — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:45:12 +0000

The North, dominated by tribal clans of the Kurds are surpressing now Christians, Turkmen etc.
In fact, the 500.000 Christains are or left or killed, maybe some 2.000 are left. This was was insane, and the USA is paying the price for years to come. Al Quada found a safe heaven their now.(

By: admin

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:56:26 +0000

Bluzdude,
We will probably never know the true cost of this ill-advised invasion. Given what has occurred in Iraq, it is hard to believe that the government is contemplating escalating the war in Afghanistan. Let’s hope and pray that President Obama decides to let the Afghanis decide their own fate, and pulls out U.S. combat troops.
We will not win the war in Afghanistan! No one has conquered them in their own mountainous terrain in a thousand years, and no one ever will.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:47:23 +0000

Willoaks,
The senseless war in Iraq, which was probably a result of Cheney’s undue influence on George Bush, will end up costing more than the trillion dollars paid by the American taxpayers. It has de-stablized the entire region, and left the door wide open to Iranian military involvement once U.S. troops have departed. I fear that America’s actions have changed the course of history, and perhaps allowed the countdown to Armegeddon to begin.

By: bluzdude

bluzdude — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:46:41 +0000

The United States of America: leading exporter of White Elephants.

You know, this just covers the money spent that had actual results… how much money disappeared through bribes, embezzlement or just shoddy accounting?

By: admin

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:18:09 +0000

Antony,
It is a shame that the lies told to the American public by President Bush in order to justify the invasion of Iraq were also told to the British. Perhaps Prime Minister Blair was “taken in” by the same lies. If, of course, he knew all along that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, then the British should be righteously indignant.

By: willoaks studio

willoaks studio — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:07:18 +0000

I feel ill when I hear about the waste of those amounts of money, then look at our deficit (what we now owe the Chinese) and see what we are UNABLE to do for the good old USA. But hey, Cheney’s friends profited, right? Haliburton and who else, both as subcontractors and maybe as the ones around when the “suitcases of money” were brought over, and the ones who build all the war machines that were needed? Is this another case of the American memory being so short that we LOOSE patience with Obama when he had nothing to do with this war, this mess and this waste?? When history is written, the Iraq war will not be just a huge boondaggle by American, but could be the beginning of the end….

By: admin

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:53:46 +0000

PJ,
It was recently reported that one out of every six people in America goes hungry. It’s amazing to think of how many jobs could have been created and people fed if we only spent that money at home.

By: Antony Waller

Antony Waller — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:43 +0000

Interesting to read your views from the American perspective. Here in Britain the Chilcott Inquiry into the Iraq war gets underway shortly and Tony Blair’s role and how he took the country to war will come under close scrutiny. It is widely believed we, the British people, and our Parliament were lied to. We shall see.

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:13:18 +0000

i couldn’t agree with you more on this subject. when i think of how much good that money could have done here in the country that supplied it, it makes me nauseous.

have a great day…hugz!