Comments on: Is Iraq A Failed State?

Senators With Dueling Prognoses Of Iraq And the Success of the Surge

[j-whitman]

I got a laugh out of Alabama''s Shelby this morning.... "You can wald down the streets of Fallujah" ----
---- I want to see him even try to stand in the streets 15 minutes after we turn over to Iraqi''s & say that.

[seven-pesos]

in the south christian love is not christ''s love.

in the south christianity is all about politics and power.

if jesus could see what christianity in the south has devolved to...

jesus would surely cry.

war, hate, christian creeps, republican snakes...

nothing good comes out of the south.

[tnichlsn]

When are these moronic GOP sheep going to realize Iran won this war the day Rumsfeld forgot to secure those weapons depots? The war has been over for years now except for the needless bloodletting. The longer we stay there the more nails in the coffin of the GOP. A good number of American voters are a bit ''slow'', but not many are so slow as to not see the writing that''s been on the wall since 2005... In the end, the Sunnis will be extinguished unless the Saudis intervene, and the Kurds will have their own state, which will **** our friends the Turks off no end. I wonder if the arab states will continue to bend over backwards for their good friends the Bushes and the GOP???

[radiob-2009]

Is a Iraq a failed state? Cmon now its Disney world, with lots of "rides" courtesy of suicide bombers, full of colours, friendly hosts (as long as your back is not turned)magical sounds that go off at any time any place, dancing in the streets (to move away from flying debri) Flowers(for the dead).Reserve a room bring the family and thank Bush/Malki/Sadr for their"Disney World". Round trips are not currently available.

[j-whitman]

I like the Dixie Chicks, Southern Fried Chicken, & Biscuits & Gravy

[armandbeni]

The war in Iraq was won when we dragged its leader out of a hole. War is about destruction and we did that very well. This concept of bombing the hell out of a country then fixing it and installing a government is not war, it''s a fantacy. Democracy is formed by the people seeking it, the people have to have the will to make it work, it is not formed by young soldiers from a far away land. I was not against the war until it was transformed into nation building. We should have stopped when we were ahead and left Iraq in ruins. If the people of Iraq, once rid of their tyrant decided to rebuild as a democracy that would have been great, if they tolorated a new tyrant who wanted to treaten the west, then we could have revisited and put them back into the dark ages where tyrants and warlords belong.
If the USA insists that we build governments then I believe our armed forces are not equipped to do it. We should send Congress, they''re the experts and they aren''t doing much these days anyway.

[seven-pesos]

not one southern state will vote for hillary...

that''s because hillary refuses to bend to those phony chistian creeps that control the south.

war, hate, christian creeps, republican snakes...

that''s the south for you, folks!

[seven-pesos]

white trash, republican christian south...bush country!

who''s the next creep those idiot southern snakes will try to put in the white house?

war, hate, arrogance, reborns & rednecks...

that''s the south for you, folks!

[micma-2009]

Iraq was a lost cause when Bu$hco allowed it to slip into a civil war. There is no military solution and the Iraqis don''t have the will for a political solution. It''s all over but the denying.

Gee, the criminals that have blundered us into this nearly 5 year old disaster are now finally getting it right and success will result if just stick with them. That''s not optimism, it''s delusion.

[seven-pesos]

the south makes big talk about winning the war in iraq.

the south has lost every war they ever started...

davis, johnson, bush...

all slave state losers.

the religious, christian south is all talk.

alligator mouth...canary azz!

ha,ha,ha.

war, hate, arrogance, christian creeps, republican snakes...

nothing good comes out of the south.

[mcvet]

And neither party has a solution for what ails the Middle East. Which is evident in their flip flop politics.
Posted by Edward1975 at 03:05 PM : Sep 02, 2007
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I beg to differ. Bill Clinton actually had these people TALKING to each other and Jimmy Carter had Egypt and Isreal reach an agreement. We DO have statesmen or Stateswomen who can and DO get people together who do treat people with respect. By invading this country and imposing our beliefs and OUR system on these people we not only insulted them we created a Civil War. You can NOT get people to respect each other and honor their beliefs at the point of a gun. That''s why the vast majority of the world looks upon Bush as a Fascist..that''s what fascist do. Sieg Heil Bush

[rafterman1]

84 US soldiers and almost 1800 Iraqis died in August. It''s been over four years now. No one can possibly say that we are "winning" in Iraq. Not with those casualty numbers after four+ years.

[j-whitman]

Is Iraq a failed state ??? ---- I guess if you consider failing 3rd grade over, & over, & over -- Then of coarse it is ---- Bush lovers would argue that point.

[ubrew12]

CBS_Oliver said: "the government of Iran is well known to despise al Qaeda." Well, duh, since one is Shia and the other Sunni. However, Graham is preaching to the group of Americans for whom they are all jihadists, screaming for the blood of American babies. This group isn''t into the subtleties.

[seven-pesos]

after bush and his southern christian base have lost the war in iraq...

they will procede to lose the war in iran.

after the war in iran is lost, america will be too weak to lose anymore wars.

the russians will obtain hegemony in europe and the middle east

and the whole world will be laughing at america.

thanks, bush... thanks, christian creeps...thanks, confederate south...thanks, republican snakes!

ha,ha,ha.

that''s the south for you, folks!

[ubrew12]

cdfoxtrot said: "under Saddam, it was a secular state - not the religion-based collection of sub-states it is degenerating into." Too true. Basically, in taking out Saddam, we took out an effective deterrent to islamic extremism, including Al-Qaida. Only Bush would do something that stupid post-911.

[seven-pesos]

in the south a nonbeliever cannot win public office.

even if he is the most qualified.

the church will not allow it.

in the south religion is not about christ...

in the south religion is about politics.

and the church controls the politics.

ha,ha,ha.

and the southern church loves bush, war, hate and false religion.

ha,ha,ha,

that''s the south for you, folks!

[sevenveils]

Iraq is a failed state. When the US occupied Germany and Japan after WW2 every aspect of the these countries government were scrutinized and tweaked with US oversight. In Iraq, this is not the case and as a result the majority of politicians running Iraq are allied with Iran.

Iran is recognized world wide as the heart of religious terrorism and to let Iran have any aspect of control over a Iraq; whose freedom was paid for with the blood of American brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers is absolutely unacceptable.

The Iraq government should be reigned in again. If it takes one or two "do-overs" to get Iraqi politics right, then so be it.

[actornaught]

libsluvsuvs, i had thought to respond with something evenhanded, even tho'' your broken english is hard to read.

BUT, your last statement just flags you as a jerk, nevermind...