Comments on: Aussie Combat Troops Home From Iraq

Woman Suicide Bomber Kills 15 In Diyala Province; Top Shiite Opposes U.S. Bases

[ubrew12]

edintex said: "I might want to move down there every time the liberals take over our government!! "
Newsflash: The liberals own their government. You can run, but you cant hide.

[edintex]

Thanks Aussies! If I had to live in another country my choice without a doubt is Australia. I would love to visit your beautiful country...
Posted by Element51 at 08:06 PM : Jun 22, 2008

I agree completely. A BIG THANKYOU goes out to our Aussie friends down under. I too would choose Australia to live in. If you had a 4 year work visa, I might want to move down there every time the liberals take over our government!! LOL...

[bagdadshere2]

HALF our troops in Pakistan, and NONE of them in taking out the Taliban, who had nothing to do with 9-11 (its amazing how many military adventures that tragedy has been corrupted into justifying). Instead, we took over all of Afghanistan (1/10th of which was controlled by Al-Qaida) NOT FOR JUSTICE BUT FOR OIL. And now we and the Australians are losing lives for that oil! I just hope, when payback time comes, we remember the Aussies for their sacrifice with some cheap gas.

Posted by ubrew12 at 08:47 PM : Jun 22, 2008

ubrew12,,,Are you 12 years old? You think you know much but in fact you know nothing. Saddam Hussein had a dream (destroy America or control it controlling the flow of oil in Middle East), somebody told him that the only way to destroy almighty America was hurting our economy. Saddam died because of his dream. Now IRAN,TALEBAN,AL-QAEDA and a lot of Americas enemies are trying to hurt our economy so they can defeat us. How are they trying do do that? They are attacking Nigerias oil facilities, attacking the pipelines that supply America, threatening to spark an open war in the Persian Gulf. Bush was right, Is not about oil, its about everything, including our lives. We cant let the extremists destroy America can we? Your suggestion that we should leave Iraq and deploy our troops to Afghanistan is foolish. I dont think that leave Iraq with the second worlds largest oil reserve in the hands of extremists who want to kill us is such a good idea.

[ubrew12]

ausus said: "Australia is still committed in Afghanistan and has lost lives there"

There are only two practical ways to get gas and oil out of land-locked Central Asia to the sea: Through Iran, or through Afghanistan to Pakistan. Iran is taboo. That leaves Pakistan, but to get there, the planned pipeline must cross western Afghanistan, including the cities of Herat and Kandahar.

That''s what they''re losing lives over, a pipeline. If we were after Al-Qaida we''d have deployed HALF our troops in Pakistan, and NONE of them in taking out the Taliban, who had nothing to do with 9-11 (its amazing how many military adventures that tragedy has been corrupted into justifying). Instead, we took over all of Afghanistan (1/10th of which was controlled by Al-Qaida) NOT FOR JUSTICE BUT FOR OIL. And now we and the Australians are losing lives for that oil! I just hope, when payback time comes, we remember the Aussies for their sacrifice with some cheap gas.

[guadalcanal3]

ausus...It is so refreshing to listen to somebody who knows what they are talking about.

[ausus-2009]

ubrew12, Australia has nothing to heal over Iraq. Where they need to heal is from those Australians blown up on 9/11 and the hundreds that died in Bali in the bombing before the Iraq intervention. Australia is still committed in Afghanistan and has lost lives there.

In the aftermath of Vietnam, Australia had a real problem. With Carter gutting the US military, the then Soviet Union ruled the Indian Ocean and looked like cutting off Australian sea supplies from Europe and the Middle East. Fortunately, Carter lasted only four years and this threat lessened.

[ubrew12]

Now Aussies can begin to heal.

Americans won''t heal from Iraq, any more than they did from Vietnam. We just scab over, and later pick at the scab until it starts bleeding, all over again. The last thing Americans will admit is that when they said ''freedom isn''t free'', the particular freedom they meant was their freedom to drive their Hummer to their best friends soldier-sons funeral.

[idnnsg]

"Hunting kangaroos is safer than hunting suicidal terrorists." - BagdadsHere2

That''s true. But there weren''t any suicidal terrorists in Iraq before the US attacked it. And Iraq did not attack the US. And as long as US troops are in Iraq (helping Exxon/Mobil/Shell/BP/etc steal their oil), there will be an endless supply of suicidal "terrorists" (usually called "freedom fighters") for them to "hunt". Is that something we should be proud of? Are YOU proud of it, BagdadsHere2? We create the "terrorists", then we "hunt" them. What a sick little game!

[ausus-2009]

Australians did not leave with their tail between their legs. In fact, they were probably the most successful of the allies. Their discipline and use of suitable equipment meant that not one Australian was killed in combat in Iraq.

The Australians left because their recently-elected government told them to. It was part of their policy. Having spoken with Australian soldiers returned from Iraq, they believe the intervention was worth it and many were reluctant to leave.

[element51]

Thanks Aussies! If I had to live in another country my choice without a doubt is Australia. I would love to visit your beautiful country but I''m afraid I''m a few bucks short. But I have had a few Aussie friends and had the good fortune to get drunk with a Australian soccer team once and I think you guys are great. And thanks for all the terrific actors you have loaned us. I feel a kinship toward your country and your people and who knows..maybe someday I''ll get to visit.

[incog-nito]

BagdadsHere2: But, but, Bush said it was not about the oil. LOL

[downtowner97]

All the Aussies are out but 300. Sounds like a movie plot in the making.

[guadalcanal3]

BagdadsHere...Think whatever fantasies you want..talk about your philosophies all you want...I just deal with facts.

[bagdadshere2]

"Last Aussie Combat Troops Home From Iraq"

Australian are running away with their tail between their legs because they have lots of kangaroos to hunt. Hunting kangaroos is safer than hunting suicidal terrorists.

[bagdadshere2]

Re: "Woman Suicide Bomber Kills 15 In Iraq"

Sounds like another Blackwater/al-CIA''''duh orchestrated bombing.

It has all the hallmarks.

Posted by FeelFree4U at 07:02 PM : Jun 22, 2008
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You mean Blackwater and CIA have carried out this kind of attack in Palestine,Lebanon,Israel,Egypt,Afghanistan and Pakistan? Your conspiracy theory has driven you nuts FeelFree.

[bagdadshere2]

ramos937....The reason that these countries are pulling their "small" contingients out is because the Iraqi Security forces have grown much larger and more competent...it is for this reason that our troops will also be leaving (hopefully sooner than later)So...Stay tuned....Your..."If" Obama doesn''''t get elected that we will be in Iraq for another 100 years" statement does not make any sense at all...Presidents are elected every 4 years...remember?

Posted by guadalcanal3 at 06:55 PM : Jun 22, 2008
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ramos937...Those countries are running away with their tail between their legs because GWB the greatest terrorists hunter in history is about to leave office and they are scared about what is about to come. They cant fight suicide warriors without GWB. Pure and Simple.

[feelfree4u]

Re: "Woman Suicide Bomber Kills 15 In Iraq"

Sounds like another Blackwater/al-CIA''duh orchestrated bombing.

It has all the hallmarks.

[guadalcanal3]

ramos937....The reason that these countries are pulling their "small" contingients out is because the Iraqi Security forces have grown much larger and more competent...it is for this reason that our troops will also be leaving (hopefully sooner than later)So...Stay tuned....Your..."If" Obama doesn''t get elected that we will be in Iraq for another 100 years" statement does not make any sense at all...Presidents are elected every 4 years...remember?

[bagdadshere2]

Posted by FeelFree4U at 06:47 PM : Jun 22, 2008

FeelFree,,,We dont give a shiite for Iraqi infrastructure. We dont give a shiite for Iraqi reconstruction. We dont give a shiite if they want our model of democracy. As long as they keep pumping oil and as long as we keep the flow of oil in the Persian Gulf. We will stay there as long as they have oil, when their oil is over, and I think its gonna be within 10 years, then we can get out of that ******** piece of desert and stop feeding those fanatic nuts Muslim.Period.

[feelfree4u]

%u201CWhy we stand for immediate withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq%u201D

%u201CTHE U.S. occupation of Iraq has not liberated the Iraqi people, but has made life worse for most Iraqis.%u201D

%u201CTens of thousands of U.S. service people have been killed or maimed, and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis have lost their lives as a result of the U.S. invasion in 2003, the ongoing occupation, and the violence unleashed by them.%u201D

%u201CIraq''s infrastructure has been destroyed, and U.S. plans for reconstruction abandoned. There is less electricity, less clean drinking water, and more unemployment today than before the U.S. invasion.%u201D

%u201CAll of the justifications initially provided by the U.S. for waging war on Iraq have been exposed as lies; the real reasons for the invasion %u2014 to control Iraq''s oil reserves and to increase U.S. strategic influence in the region %u2014 now stand revealed.%u201D

%u201CThe Bush administration has insisted again and again that stability, democracy, and prosperity are around the next bend in the road%u2026But the U.S. has deliberately stoked sectarian divisions in its ongoing attempt to install a U.S.-friendly regime, thus driving Iraq towards civil war.%u201D

%u201CWe call on the U.S. to get out of Iraq %u2014 not in six months, not in a year, but now.%u201D

www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow