Comments on: 8 Captured In Iraq Security Crackdown

Suspected Insurgents Captured North Of Baghdad; Shiite Rites To Begin In Karbala

[rsoxfan1123]

There is no military solution in Iraq, there never has been!!!
What is wrong with the people in this administration in that they cannot understand this very simple idea??
Posted by clestes

Because that would mean Bush admitting he was wrong and he will throw as many limbs and lives away as necessary if he thinks there is even the samllest chance he can avoid that.

[bluestardad]

Iceman_1960; VERY WELL SAID!

[clestes-2009]

How many more times is it going to have to be said. There is no military solution in Iraq, there never has been!!!

What is wrong with the people in this administration in that they cannot understand this very simple idea??

Here we are 4 years later after a strictly military campaign still fighting the same people. This is stupid, costly and useless and I am SICK TO DEATH of reading about the number of soldiers and civilians killed in the same fruitless way. Me and a lot of other people all predicted that putting more troops in Baghdad would accomplish NOTHING except kill more soldiers and drive the insurgents to pop up in another place!!

General Petraeus, I am sure, is a fine soldier, but he himself ackownledges that he cannot win in Bahgdad with just the military. There MUST be a diplomatic push as strong as the military push to accomplish ANYTHING.

And even then it will take years. This whole stupid mess is beyond belief. It will be a problem for decades to come.

[rsoxfan1123]

We have a general speaking truth that this is no military solution.
Posted by Rochest
And this guy was hired after the last one "retired" for saying there was no military solution (along with all the other who said the same thing). I thought he was supposed to be Bush's bobblehead? Looks like he is developing his own brain.

[musty2u]

Contact your Senators! Contact your Represetatives!

Tell them Hadj sent you and you want more bombs rained down upon your heads.

[iceman_1960]

"Hussein's death in a 7th-century battle near Karbala cemented the schism between Sunnis and Shiites."

How do they put it in Texas ?

"We don't have a dog in this fight."

(Or is that, "We don't have a God in this fight" ?)

[iceman_1960]

"Hussein's death in a 7th-century battle near Karbala cemented the schism between Sunnis and Shiites."

OK, we're going now. America wasn't even in existence in the 7th century.

When the Iraqis get done refighting the 7th century and catch up to the 21st, we'll be back.

[antoniof123]

Wow, another day in Iraq. I really wonder how it would be if some of you who say we are fighting for freedom were there. You do not have a clue just like this group that is in office now. They do a good job of supporting the troops yea right. Once they are spent they come home and have to fend for themselves and do not say that it has always been happening. When you say support the troops then you allow things like this you are the worst of the worst. Never again will I vote for a Republican. I did not have a problem but now when you call me a tratior because I do not support the troops when did you support me when I got out. SOB like you do not deserve to live in this country.

[rochest]

EVENTUALLY this war will be over but how many more young men and women will die and be maimed and how many Iraqis will have the country and their lives destroyed before this happens? We have a general speaking truth that this is no military solution. He and the Iraq study group are saying the same thing .... negotiate even with some militant groups.... get our combat troops home NOW .... equip and train the Iraqi army and police and formalize some type of oil revenue sharing so all Iraqis have a stake in this government.

[iceman_1960]

If the Joint Chiefs would just be honest enough to authorize these words in military recruitment ads, no one would ever enlist.

"You can be among the brave men and women of America's armed forces as they fight to protect the holy city of Karbala, where Shiite religious rites mark the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Hussein's death in a 7th-century battle near Karbala cemented the schism between Sunnis and Shiites."

Can this get any more absurd ?

[rsoxfan1123]

The American military has better things to do than guarantee security in "the holy city of Karbala."
Posted by Iceman_

Like come home to their families in one piece and let Iraq take care of its own problems maybe?

[bluestardad]

HERE ARE THE SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 08 WRITE THEM OR QUIT COMPLAINING! The longer we interject American military and money in the Middle East the longer the problems will exists. If America pulls out of the Middle East then the countries will have to work out their differences between themselves and true peace will be achieved. 50 YEARS OF SACRIFICE IS ENOUGH! We cannot want peace in the middle east more than those who live there!

Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Baucus, Max- (D - MT)
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Harkin, Tom- (D - IA)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
Johnson, Tim- (D - SD)
Kerry, John F.- (D - MA)
Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA)
Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)
Levin, Carl- (D - MI)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Reed, Jack- (D - RI)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

The House Speakers email address: [e-mail]

[iceman_1960]

Well listen up, Pilgrims...

The American military has better things to do than guarantee security in "the holy city of Karbala."

[rsoxfan1123]

For only $2 billion a week, we can liberate another random nation! Why spend money on education, transportation, law enforcement, fire departments in America when we can give it to various third world nations that hate us anyway? Leave it to the genius of the republican mind to devise this brilliant plan. Just think, elect another republican president and we'll have more of this "fiscal responsibility".

[observantx]

Here we go again with the continuing game of "Whack-a Mole"

We "surge" into Baghdad, the militias and insurgents melt away into the countryside. We go to the provinces, they scurry back into Baghdad. Repeat as desired.

And with every swing of the mallet, a minimum of 3 US soldiers make acquaintance with an IED or a sniper.

If we cannot win over the general population, there is no amount of troops or equipment that will insure any success in Iraq. So far, we have had a dismal record.

Partly, it is because in the eyes of the Iraqis, we morphed very rapidly from liberator to occupier. They want us gone yesterday. They need the room to get on with their own plans for bloodbath and mayhem. The few mutilated bodies that keep turning up in the street every morning aren't enough for them. They want to start the production lines rolling.

So do we futilely chase moles or do the smart thing: pull out, seal the borders tight and wait for the sectarian slaughter to begin, flourish and then finally ebb.

Until the Iraqis either resolve their internal religious strife or let it lay waste to their country, there is little we can do to improve the situation.

Unfortunately far too many innocent lives have been lost. That loss is partly on the heads of our little tyrant and his dark prince and their aides and spinmeisters in our White House.

We need to deal with them as quickly as we can for our own nation's sake.

[rsoxfan1123]

Stay tuned for more "Stay the Course Part IV", part of the change in strategy promised to us by the ever-incompetent republican administration.

[crater7]

bluestarted: I'm sure most people know who their elected officials are. Thanks for the info. We will leave the complaining to you, since your opinion is the only one that matters.

[iceman_1960]

"Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims have been streaming by bus, car and foot toward the holy city of Karbala, about 50 miles south of Baghdad, for annual religious rituals that begin Friday... Petraeus said U.S. forces are ready to help provide additional security for the pilgrims if asked by Iraqi authorities."

This triple aterisk *** is not what America's servicemen and women signed up to do.

And this isn't even a declared war.

Bush should be impeached for abusing the military like this.

[panhandlpete]

"We need to mobilize this country. They need to understand the what and the why, and what happens if we fail,"
Maj. Gen. John Batiste (Ret.) says the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "are going to take a lot longer than we think."

I say this is a fine example of the people at the helm. He found his tongue after he retired. It is difficult to gain credibility once you have LIED, LIED, and LIED again. We were told by the DECIDER: an immediate threat, WMD's, would be paid for with Iraqi oil, mission accomplished, and then it changes to.....stabilize IRAQ, fight the terrorists there so we don't fight them here.

It is the people in the Middle East that need to be mobolized together at a conference, and let them find a way to either live together or KILL each other as long as they wish. (How will they know when they have gotten the last terrorist? As long as people exist, they will find ways to kill.)

[us_infidel]

"Attacks Intensify Outside Baghdad".....and the MSM giggles with glee.

We should give the Iraqi government real deadlines and tell them we're pulling out if they don't meet them.
Posted by Iceman_1960 at 08:53 AM : Mar 08, 2007

I agree with this 100%. They better start getting a handle on the forces entering their country causing strife. If they can't control it, it will for sure be a lost cause.