Comments on: Have We Forgotten Iraq?

Washington Post: While Iraq Celebrates the Pullback of U.S. Troops From Cities, Most Americans Seem Indifferent

[iam4honesty]

Hey Enrique,

Where did Saddam get those chemicals? I'll bet someone here can give you a link where you can look at the picture of D. Cheney giving Saddam a big hug.

[iam4honesty]

nottrue,

Were you in a coma six years ago? It is common knowledge that the Bush/Cheney crime cartel 'cooked' the intelligence for the purpose of lying to congress and the public. Were you asleep when Cheney and others talked about mushroom clouds, yellowcake uranium, bogus aluminum tubes, chemicals, mobile WMD labs, balsawood airplanes for the purpose of delivering biological weapons to America? Were you on life support when Valerie Plame (a covert CIA agent) was outed by Cheney and his band of pirates to punish her husband for uncovering the 'yellowcake' lie... and to send a signal to anyone else who dared cross the mob?

Have you been 'out-cold', or have you learned to lie just like your heros, or are you just simply stupid?

[americansoldier]

I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER OVER HERE IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME. THIS IS MY SECOND DEPLOYMENT GRANTED I WAS IN HERE IN THE AT THE FIRST BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS A COUNTRY BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND DO THE RIGHT THING. I AM PROUD OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST. IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON OVER HERE THEN YOU SHOULD GROW SOME BALLS AND JOIN YOURSELF NOT JUST SITTING HOME WATCHING THE MEDIA COVER WHAT THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU. IF I MAKE YOU MAD THIS COMMENT I DONT CARE. I JOINED IN THE TIME OF WAR SO WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE FOR SITTING ON YOUR A** AND TRYING TO BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THE GOOD THINGS HE IS DOING TO PULL THE TROOPS OUT OF HERE AND TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.

[Questionews]

All I can say is "Thank yous for serving"!!!

[gypsy37]

Hi soldier: just copying to you this comment I made to Dan, re his article, as a way of saying thanks to you.

I agree with you. I joined this CBS thread in order to comment on Dan's article, then was astonished and appalled (as I was on Cnn's Ireport, and even the Organizing for America blog, at the absolute ignorance and triviality expressed here; I wish most of these "writers" would would stay with my space.
Re the troop pullout, I searched all the television news channels on the day of the troop pullout expecting some kind of victory celebration comments, and could find nothing but the endless tabloid mentality coverage of Michael Jackson, etc. I wanted to find some way to say thank you, to you for your article, and to our troops for their sacrifices, and so, for what it's worth, say it here.

I fault, not so much the American public, as the American media, which has been sliding down a slippery slope from real journalism, to "news for the sake of entertainment" ("let them eat cake?")for many years; now, the major "sources," for news seemed to be the social networks. Without Charlie Rose and C-Span, and AP on the Internet, I'm left to watching the BBC to find out what's happening in the world that is not "pop" op.
Tonight, though, watching the 4th of July celebration in Washington D.C., (hardly inspiring), I was still proud (and have traveled and taught in various nations, and may even go to Kurdistan), to be an American. During the Gulf War, we were able to write to people in the military, simply by addressing a letter to "any soldier;" I did this, and within a month was corresponding with U.S. men and women in Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force and even the Coast Guard. I wish I could have done the same with those serving in Iraq, and now, Afghanistan. It is well to remember, I think, as we celebrate our own Independence Day, and to remind those who would prefer the sort of isolation in the U.S. that allowed the Nazis to march into Paris, and Hirohito to bomb Pearl Harbor before we cared enough about Europe to get involved, that we were assisted in our own struggle for independence the valient French. It is well for those you are young, and for those who have no vision for the future, to realize the same British we fought against then, are our Allies, as are the countries of Japan and Germany from another War, and that no country today is living under the forced rule of the Swaztika. I've lived through it all and I wish I could tell our U.S. military buddies and allies, as well as the courageous people of these countries we try to assist, on their pathway to their own independence days, that this sacrifice is at least witnessed by one person, and appreciated. (and by many, I assure you, who are actively working within their own communities and their nations, and not writing trivia on these blog pages). Thanks again for the article, and thanks to our men and women, their allies and courageous nationals. The future will vindicate them all....claudia

[erasmus111]

by udontnoitall July 1, 2009 12:43 PM PDT
grose.


That would be "gross".

You don't need to thank me, I'm just returning the favor. : )

[udontnoitall]

"But he said he remained confident that the forces behind the bombings will fail."

How in the world can he know whether or not the forces will fail? At any rate, this war on terror was doomed from the start simply because you can't win a war like this unless you go all the way and blow them off the map. There's no way the UN would allow that, so we should have just stayed out in the first place and launched an all out search for Osama Bin Laden. I am glad that the sniveling coward Saddam Hussein in history though. The article talks about how there seems to be a difference in the public opinion now vs last year during the elections. I think during the elections, there are many hot button issues that the candidates use to get votes, you don't hear anymore about illegal immigration now that Obama is in either. That was a hot topic at least at the beginning. Most Americans still feel the same about financially supporting Mexicans from within our own borders but no one is paying any attention to the promises made now! What's the point with Obama in the White House? Socialism for everyone....what will happen when he runs out of our money?

[hermitdave]

I have no idea what will happen to the country of Iraq in the future. I just know for a fact that this country of Iraq had nothing what so ever to do with 9/11/01 in America. I also know for a fact that 39 years ago this oil rich nation threw out the western oil companies. I also know that the Cheney Bush gang lied America into attacking the country of Iraq. Now after a few thousand dead crusaders, many more maimed and hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens of Iraq murdered, guess what. The puppet government of Iraq is negotiating with the western oil companies for their return to Iraq. Only humans so bone stupid they should not be allowed to do anything but believe in a GOD refuse to believe that this was the one and only reason for the invasion of Iraq.



Sad to say the man who took over from the Cheney crime family is forced to play along with the game. You can bet for sure that American military force will continue either open or covert to insure that western big oil remains in Iraq.

[chonder2]

Damn Joe! I'm on her side and she made me feel bad.So turn over the yellow cake and a new life.

[chonder2]

Mr. Cheney is here with me. We've been hanging out most of the day. He swears that his dog ate the aluminum tubes.

[HiTor15]

"Unless there is a spectacular reversal there, what happens in Iraq may play out largely outside the consciousness of the American public,".............YEAH WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN IS THAT UNLESS ALL THE MEDIA FAIL TO PLAY BY THE RULES PROPOSED BY THE CONTROLLING MOGULS AND START TO REPORT THE REAL CATASTROPHY OF THE PULL OUT THEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOT REALLY KNOW ANYTHING...AFTER ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO REALLY LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN MEDIA...IF THEY WERE REALLY SMART THEY WOULD TRY LISTENING TO FOREIGN OUTLETS WHICH ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT ITS REALLY LOOKING LIKE IN IRAQ!!!! OH BY THE WAY...WE WILL BE BACK IN IRAQ BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...I SAID IT ONCE WILL SAY IT AGAIN THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF IRAQ!!! NONE....EVEN OBAMA, WILL SOONER OR LATER BE FORCED TO THAT MOST PAINFUL OF ALL CONCLUSIONS!!!!! THOUGH HONESTLY NOT HIS FAULT....HE CAN THANK GEORGE AND DICK AND THE MEDIA FOR ALL HIS PROBLEMS....HE CAN ALSO THANK THE MEDIA FOR HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT...WITHOUT THE MEDIA THIS WOULD HILLARY TIME...AND THINGS COULD WELL BE DIFFERENT FOR THE MEDIA ELITE...

[chonder2]

Mr. Cheney is here with me. We've been hanging out most of the day. He swears that his dog ate the aluminum tubes.

[HiTor15]

CELEBRATIONS???? WHAT CELEBRATIONS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU MEAN THE VICTORY CELEBRATIONS? The terrorists are having a field day....another day, another little spin hey?.....THE ONLY PEOPLE CELEBRATING ARE AL QADA AND ALL THOSE WHO WILL NOW HAVE THEIR WAY WITH THE COUNTRY.....SO CUT THE CRAP....