Comments on: A Nonsensical Plan For Iraq

National Review Online: Proposal By Sens. Lugar And Warner Undercut's President Bush's Authority

[roach9703]

Agreed, but we need to restructure our foreign policy in Iraq. One reality is the strong possibility that Iraq may simply fall apart and disappear.
We going to have to bring into play such countries as Iran, Syria, Turkey,Jordan, Israel, and Europe into a bi-level conferance. The top level consisting of Europe and the U.S. will have to face the geopolical consequences of Iraq as failed state. They will need to consider the following:
Turkey's concerns about Kurdish territorial claims and settlements,
how Iran can be brought to bear in governing the Shias and what impact that has on Isreal's strategic interests,
what role can Syria play in sponsoring the interests of the Sunnis?
On the second level, Syria, Jordan, Iran, further abeted by Turkey,Egypt and Saudi-Arabia, can deploy military assets to this region along with existing U.S. assets to assist in the reorganization of this section of the world.
The risks are serious but alternatives are far worse.
Iraq has immese intellectual and physical wealth. It is in the interest for all parties to have a just. orderly peace.
Ironically, Iran could become a less belligent country being a part of this process. Iraq Shias may actually tranquelize the militant currents in Iraq.

[clestes-2009]

to continue


Because of his continuing in your face, my way or the highway attitude, the Republicans lost control of Congress in 2006 and stand a very good chance of losing control of both the Whitehouse and Congress in 2008.

He has NONE of the qualities needed to be leader. He is a liar, a hypcrite, stubborn past a reasonable point, completely incapable of dealing with a changing reality, wedded to a "faith-based" viewpoint that is out of touch with more than 2/3 the American people, has ZERO intellucualism and has brought this great country nothing but ruin.

Bush does not deserve any respect or support. He should be impeached and then hung for his crimes against humanity. And Cheney and all the little neo-cons that conspired to drag us into Iraq.

[oleander8]

The "commander-in-chief" has usurped the authority of congress for almost 7 years. It's time for them to get it back. There is no reason on God's green earth for proud patriotic Americans to support George Bush's power grab.

[random_radar]

What ever happened to the proposals to reinstate the draft and send a real troop surge to Iraq? I am sure that a half million conscripted soldiers could put down the opposition in Iraq.

And while we are at it, we could draft another million to occupy Pakistan. And a couple million more to invade every other nation that looks cross-eyed at us. We could conquer all of the Islamic world from Morocco to Indonesia with a few million men.

And why stop there? Draft a couple million more to form a paramilitary force to occupy the United States. Suspend the constitution, declare marshal law, and monitor and control the movement of every person in America. No more threats or problems.

Why do I have to point out the obvious to the NRO? They get paid to think this stuff up.

[clestes-2009]

Surely you jest here.

No one has undermined Bush's authority except himself. How can he be respected by anyone, when he allowed himself to be suckered into standing on an aircraft carrier with a big banner of MISSION ACCOMPLISHED in the background, with a big fat smile, a big fat chip on his shoulder and arrogantly swaggered around pronouncing all military actions were over in Iraq.

If indeed the mission is accomplished, why the hell are we still in Iraq almost 5 years later????

Bush then continued to show his arrogance, his in your face stupidity and his total lack of understanding middle east political affairs by refusing to listen to anyone except Cheney, who has ZERO understand of middle east affairs except to know that "thars oil in them thar hills".

[monty_4]

I'm glad this proposal undercuts Bush's authority...he's a lousy president, a leader of sheep, and has no respect for the law. I only wish Congress would have stepped up to the plate years ago and avoided this mess.