Comments on: By The Way, Candidates, There's A War On

The Silence About Iraq On The Presidential Campaign Trail Has Been Deafening

[dgwooster]

State of the Union address is over. Guess what. Apparently, "We need to be more patient."

[donevis-2009]

People please take a moment and think about all thats going on. Women, children, men, fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers, being shot down in front of each other. Being gunned down by "Black Water" thugs with American pay checks in their pockets!! Soldiers that don''t know when they''re coming home because the tours keep being extended. Mothers, Fathers, who promise their children they will be able to hug each other in three weeks, then "oh gosh" orders to stay another 3 MONTHS.
These are the situations that are hidden from us and none of the candidates are going into any depth to address it in their speeches. Ever wonder why we don''t get live reports from the battle areas? Why we don''t have footage of "In Iraq situation"? We had plenty in the Viet Nam era. I guess we''re too weak have these situations in our face at dinner time. Bob is just trying to say "WAKE UP" and demand that the War be addressed.

[rowdytexan2]

But BOB!!!! The surge is ''NO DOUBT'' working. Any day now we are going to see the troops come home, and all the security contractors in Iraq will be sent home!!!

Isn''t that what Dubya is saying tonite????

[random_radar]

afsc30574,

The United States has been occupying Europe for 62 years. After all, you can tell who occupies and who is occupied by whose troops are in the country. Europe is a vassalage of America whether they like to admit it or not.

China has become a satellite of the American Empire. You can deduce this by observing that they accept worthless dollars in exchange for their goods. They hold $1 trillion in IOUs that they can never collect. You don''t accept junk currency unless you are beholden to the nation offering it.

Russia is a pawn of the United States. And they came cheap--just a few tens of billions in aid to prop up their economy. The Russians make diplomatic noises, but they are awfully muted. They don''t want to bite the hand that feeds them.

The United States rules the world. The British Empire, the Roman Empire, the Mongol Empire all pale in comparison to the dominion of the first true world empire. But who rules the United States? Not the people. Those who have the gold rule here and everywhere.

[cbs_oliver]

I didn''t realize that BOb Schieffer was forshadowing the President''s speach.

***.

I guess Bob isn''t exactly an objective reporter.

Too bad.

[afsc30574]

random_radar,

You are exactly right: I went to Germany for the USAF in 1988. There was a terrorist attack against Ramstein AB the year before, 42 years after the war ended! These things take time and committment.

[hillaryin08]

whats the matter bob, things not going your way?

[carol131-2009]

Five American soldiers were killed today.

That America''s finest are still being killed should be on the mind of all Americans.

[random_radar]

There is no war in Iraq. We won the war years ago. We are occupying Iraq indefinitely. Wars have a beginning and an end, occupations don''t.

We took over Iraq fair and square and its the property of the American government now. Occupying a country makes some of the tenants mad, and you have to keep control by force.

So get over it. There is no war in Iraq. Its just a landlord-tenant dispute.

[deemsnyd]

If a libertarian is ever elected and actually digs us out of this mess, then the democrats and republicans will fall by the way side and they know it. Of course it''s in their best interest to hope and pray that we don''t take notice of Ron Paul who, in keeping on topic, repeatedly discusses the iraq war!