Comments on: Air Strikes Kill 17 Iraq Al Qaeda Fighters

U.S. Helicopters Target Hardline Militants In Baqouba As Diyala Sweep Continues

[tuckerndfw]

Tucker and the rest of the American hating defeatists, please enlighten us average Americans as to what your solution is? Pack up and leave?? Is it that simple or are you people just simple minded?

Posted by notblue at 12:44 PM : Jun 22, 2007

My solution is to restrict US forces to their nice, comfy barracks in fortified compounds, only to be used in case of extreme emergencies, such as running short of pizza and beer.

US forces cannot realistically totally leave Iraq for the foreseeable future, but there is no reason whatsoever for them to be "patrolling" or "detaining" anyone. There should be no US "detainees" or US controlled or operated "prisons" (for anyone other than US forces, that is) in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Using US forces as policemen in Iraq is not "supporting the troops," it is grossly abusing them. And, so long as they are allowed to be abused in that manner, the insurgency will never end. Nor will Iraqis ever step up to the plate and do their own police work.

Anyone who supports the Bush administration's continued abuse of US forces hates US troops and America far more than I.

[prinzowhales]

Yes, by all means, PACK UP AND LEAVE!! If the Oligarchy and the Zionists want to fight an unjust war against Iraqis--then let them put their own sorry hides on the line and spend their own money on the 'enterprise'.

[j-whitman]

notblue,,,, Americans hating Americans is it ???? How about corrupt incompetence running our nation & increasing terrorism, that's fine with you isn't it ????

[smirk5]

Now, that we're surging again, is the new slogan:
"As they stand up, we'll stand up even more"?

It's hard to keep up with the propaganda.

[notblue]

Tucker and the rest of the American hating defeatists, please enlighten us average Americans as to what your solution is? Pack up and leave?? Is it that simple or are you people just simple minded?

[hungry1968]

It really, really does not take years to train police officers or soldiers.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 12:11 PM : Jun 22, 2007

Right on. The NY state troopers receive 40 weeks of training at their academy and they are some of the finest law enforcers in the country. (I'm not one by the way - I just happen to know about their training.)

[retiredinmex]

Is anyone as mad as me? What the hell is Bush doing still in office?

He has illegally, immorally and unilaterally invaded a country that originally had no ties to terrorism. Now, yes, there are many terrorism threats as Iraq is an international terrorist congregation point.

I served in Iraq and spoke with hundreds of US and "Coalition" military members. I guarantee you there was no one who agreed with our/their presence in Iraq.

When was the last time you heard the media refer to "the Coalition?"

Who are the terrorists in Iraq? What the hell has Bush gotten us into? Where's the plan to get out of this quagmire?

Is there a poll of parents of the dead, injured or missing as to their support for this war?

[tuckerndfw]

So long as US forces are "detaining" people in Iraq, the "insurgency" will never end.

Why are US forces detaining anyone in Iraq? Shouldn't Iraqi forces be detaining their own citizens?

The same goes for Afghanistan and Afghani forces.

It really, really does not take years to train police officers or soldiers.

The Bush administration and Congress are blowing smoke when they claim "we're making progress." We'll be making progress when there are no US forces playing Barney Fife on the streets of Iraq or Afghanistan.

[j-whitman]

mudrose,,,, Guess what ??? -- Iraqi's are not like republicans or Bush Christians at all, you can't buy thier loyalty or honor.

[j-whitman]

mudrose,,,, Who doesn't pay attention ???? --- Iraqi's all have said they will fight al Quida & once that's done they will turn the fight against us again.

[hungry1968]

If 15 years go by and we're still in Iraq on Surge #20, the Neocons will be telling the majority against the war that we don't know what we're talking about and we just need to listen to them. In their world, being wrong all the time means they know what they're doing.
Posted by Smirk5 at 11:21 AM : Jun 22, 2007

In 15 years they'll still be telling us, "Just wait a few more months. Then the Iraqi government will step up and take control..."

[smirk5]

If 15 years go by and we're still in Iraq on Surge #20, the Neocons will be telling the majority against the war that we don't know what we're talking about and we just need to listen to them. In their world, being wrong all the time means they know what they're doing.

[prinzowhales]

Remember this story line, now...'Anbar Province has been largely wrested from al Qaeda.' Let's see what happens in Anbar next month...how will they spin this bit of 'ell in the Stupid People's War then?

Soldiers! It is time to come home! There is nothing in our Constitution that demands that our blood and treasure be squandered for the sake of Oil and Zionism, or that our arms be disgraced by their application in the service of Evil. Come Home! The enemy is in Washington, the borders are open and the Constitution has been betrayed!

[neoconrcrazy]

It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Posted by soldat44


is that what your parents did when u arrived?

[hungry1968]

Questions: Is the White House seeing and accepting that fact? If so, what now? Plan B?

(Come to think of it, I don't recall hearing about any Plan B, only the "surge." However, the folly of never having a Plan B seems to have dogged this administration since Saddam's fall. What's new?)
Posted by dukeudevil at 09:15 AM : Jun 22, 2007

Plan B? They still don't have a Plan A!! Unless Plan A is to let our troops sit out in the open exposed to the IED's.

[mudrose-2009]

(Come to think of it, I don't recall hearing about any Plan B, only the "surge." However, the folly of never having a Plan B seems to have dogged this administration since Saddam's fall. What's new?)
Posted by dukeu

That's because you don't pay any attention. Or didn't you hear that the Iraqis are demonstrating in the streets against Al-Qaeda. Not working? You are so misinformed.

[mudrose-2009]

Pull back and B52/Carpet Bomb the area. Then hit them with Napalm.

If it's a fight to the death they want let's speed up the process for them.

We should have brought in an Einsatzgruppen. The only thing muslims understand and respect is strength and fear. Hit'em and hit'em hard.

It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Posted by soldat44

At long last! Righteous!

[soldat44]

Pull back and B52/Carpet Bomb the area. Then hit them with Napalm.

If it's a fight to the death they want let's speed up the process for them.

We should have brought in an Einsatzgruppen. The only thing muslims understand and respect is strength and fear. Hit'em and hit'em hard.

It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

[dukeudevil]

Fact: The "surge" is *not* working.

Questions: Is the White House seeing and accepting that fact? If so, what now? Plan B?

(Come to think of it, I don't recall hearing about any Plan B, only the "surge." However, the folly of never having a Plan B seems to have dogged this administration since Saddam's fall. What's new?)