Comments on: Iraq Reconstruction "Less Than Optimal"

Report Finds Poor Oversight, Bad Planning, Lack Of Coordination, Mistakes, Delays

[lars008-2009]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2006532,00.html

the bbc one works for me
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1446003.stm
http://www.likud.nl/extr220.html

and memri is not a blog

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.

[j-whitman]

Radio,,, I'm trying to ignore Lars ,, Maybe this link would help him with his problerm

Schizophrenia Health Channel
http://www.healthline.com/channel/schizophrenia.html?utm_medium=google&utm_source=schizophrenia&utm_campaign=channel&utm_term=schizophrenia

[radiob-2009]

J are you there?

[j-whitman]

One cannot try an idea, nor can it be killed by a gun. An idea must be replaced by a better idea. We must stop glorifying killing "the enemy" and replace the existing war-ethic with a new "peace-ethic."All must learn that law is better than war. The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg held that aggressive war is the "supreme international crime." That was affirmed by the United Nations and upheld in many legal decisions. Nazi leaders argued that they acted only in self-defense against a presumed attack by the Soviet Union. Their justification for mass murder was rejected and responsible leaders were hanged after a fair trial. Who is to try those who continue to use such invalid and deceptive justifications for sending young persons and countless civilians to their death? --
Benjamin B. Ferencz

[radiob-2009]

Thanks J for leaving with multiple personality Lars.

[j-whitman]

Nuremburg Trial prosecutors web site..

http://www.benferencz.org/index.html

[radiob-2009]

Lars your BBC link does not work either, the other one besides the London Times are not reputable. They are blogs.

[radiob-2009]

Maybe Lars missed this part of the article, this is the article that equates non Muslim believers to filth or pigs and dogs.The funding part is worrisome, with it coming from Iran.

The text is one of a number of books that some students say they find %u201Cdisturbing%u201D and %u201Cvery worrying%u201D. Their spokesman told The Times: %u201CThey are being exposed to very literalist interpretations of the Koran. These are interpretations that would not be recognised by

80 or 90 per cent of Muslims, but they are being taught in this school.

%u201CA lot of people in the Muslim community are very concerned about this. We need to urgently re-examine the kind of material that is being taught here and in other colleges in Britain.%u201D

[radiob-2009]

Yes it strikes me odd.Is it a case of mulitple personalities? I am beginning to wonder.

[lars008-2009]

radiob
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article707299.ece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1446003.stm

http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1185

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/216808.php

[j-whitman]

Radio,,, Strange indeed,,, Radical militant Christian, who never wore a uniform,, -- No differant than the ones we are fighting.

[radiob-2009]

Lars where is a better link to the story in the London Times?

[j-whitman]

BENJAMIN FERENCZ
Ferencz was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials for Nazi war crimes after World War II and is available for a limited number of interviews. He said today: "It's a sad commentary when the president of the United States has apparently no knowledge or concern for international law. We said at Nuremberg that we would be bound by laws -- that they would apply equally to all. But it's a violation of international law to go to war without the approval of the [U.N.] Security Council when you are not under armed attack. The U.S. has violated that in its attack on Iraq, as well as other times. The Bush administration has repudiated the International Criminal Court, when over 90 nations want to carry on the legacy of the Nuremberg tribunals, but the administration is trying to cripple it in its cradle."

[radiob-2009]

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[lars008-2009]

the war is legal

the resumption of hostilities was only a matter of time since iraq broke the ceasefire agreement.....

blame saddam for iraq..... even clintoon and the dems wanted the resumption of hostilities in 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

[radiob-2009]

J I posted the link
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[j-whitman]

Radio,, Thanks

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[crater7]

I'm going to build a rocket:

Not going to work, your rocket will be considered a WMD, and you will be considered a Terrorist. OH WAIT! maybe it will work, by the time this Adminstration finds your WMD, you will be in a deep sleep on your way to your new planet. GOOD LUCK

[radiob-2009]

Lars your links do not work. I tried the one from the London Times. Did you copy and paste it correctly?

[dallison7]

George W. Bush ordered a War of Aggression against Iraq. This constitutes a Crime Against Peace - for which Nazi leaders were prosecuted at the Nuremberg Trials - and violates the UN Charter.

Iraq never attacked the US or threatened an attack, so the US was not acting legally in self-defense, which is permitted under the UN Charter.
Iraq played no role in the September 11, 2001 attack on the US and never provided material support to any terrorist group that attacked the US, so even the non-legal Bush doctrine of pre-emptive attack did not apply.
At the time of the US attack, Iraq was nearing full compliance with UN Resolution 1441 and prior resolutions requiring disarmament, and the majority of the Security Council believed UN inspectors should be given more time, so the US was not enforcing UN resolutions, as it claims.
George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq in order to bring about a regime change, which was never authorized by a UN resolution, and violates the UN Charter.