Comments on: National Guard May Extend Iraq Stays

Under New Pentagon Plans, Stateside Troops May Return To Iraq Warfront Or Remain Beyond 24-Month Limit

[j-whitman]

WV,, You've had a chance to meet & talk with the Iraq people,,, They are just like us aren't they?? They have had freedoms, just not like ours.

[wvopfor81]

Sanctions against them did work %u2013 sanctions don%u2019t work .. the strong get what they need the poor/weak starve


still working on Free's coment

[j-whitman]

WV -- These answers are Good For The Troops now, & future.

[j-whitman]

WV - Our White House exposed the CIA Front Company that was tracking WMD's with the Valire Plaine affair (spelling probs.) -- Iraq factories where bombed back to the stone age in 91,,, they haven't had any capability for years -- thier development programs where destroyed. -- Sanctions against them did work -- WE NEED ANSWERS

[j-whitman]

WV,,, yes, I also know our Customs & Border Patrol have been concerned about that longer than our govermnent has.. all the way back to the Clinton administration.

[feelfree1]

WVopfor81,

The "No-Fly Zones" in Iraq were unilaterally imposed on Iraq by the US and UK and had no basis in any agreement or law. During that period, US war-planes routinely bombed Iraqi sites, including civilian infrastructure, another war crime.

No US planes were even hit during this period, so this could hardly be considered much of a threat. If Saddam declared "No-Fly Zones" in the US, and Iraqi jets were flying around US air space and dropping bombs, you can be sure that the US would fire back, and justifiably.

You are incorrect that the UN authorized the "use of force" in order to compel Saddam to comply with inspections. The US failed to push through any such actionable UN Resolution.

Furthermore, prior to the illegal invasion, UN weapons inspectors were on the ground in Iraq and begging for more time to complete their work. The Bush regime ignored those requests, and as we now know, they were determined to invade Iraq no matter what.

The Bush regime fools said that they "knew" the location of the WMD. They failed to provide this information to the UN weapons inspectors despite their requests. We now know that this information was not supplied because it did not exist.

[wvopfor81]

Yes that is the game you have to give some to get some %u2026. Like dating ;)

[wvopfor81]

So you are to tell me that the Intel was skied by the other nations as well

[j-whitman]

WV,,, Anyway we all need answers,, I'm retired military myself, & I know how this administration pays no heed to handling classified materials correctly. You have to question Tenant taking our secrets to a foreign country even if they are allies...

[wvopfor81]

J I will have to argue that the reality is that a small amount of chemical or biologic weapons could kill thousands if %u201Cproperly%u201D imploded. That is a threat