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2011-10-16 Iraq

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Posted by Sofa-Soldier 2011-10-16 04:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I have to wonder if Iraq is a prime example of "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". Will it revert to dictatorship without GI's in-country providing coup insurance? It would be amusing if al-Maliki makes himself president-for-life and restarts Iraq's nuclear weapon program. Republicans can blame Obama for not staying the course. Democrats can blame Bush for invading Iraq in the first place. I always thought Colin Powell's "you broke it, you bought it" premise for nation-building silly in the extreme. The whole point of punitive expeditions is "we break it, they fix it" so they understand the consequences of pissing us off.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-10-16 18:31|| 2011-10-16 18:31|| Front Page Top

#2 ..not the the Eurocrats who ignored their own ratification process [keep voting till you get the result we want] aren't on the road to achieving what various strongmen of Europe have attempted for most of modern history. Centralized, imposed, elite vision of one government. So much for that effort [WWII-Cold War] as well.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-16 20:58|| 2011-10-16 20:58|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect this is posturing - on both sides.

Posted by Pappy 2011-10-16 21:06|| 2011-10-16 21:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Agree wid #3 - even presum that the Bammer Admin wanted to up + leave, IMO many in the USDOD, State, + US Congress won't support leaving Iraq or AFPAK insecure + at the mercy of Radical Islam, irregardless iff the latter are locally legally elected to political power vee "Arab Springs" [Political-Legal Jihad]. Mainstream America is NOT going to stand US Milfors having to come back + fight the MilTerrs again due to defective foresight + planning.

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ION GUAMPDN > [Guam Legislature Senator JUDY] GUTHERTZ PROPOSES GUAM HOST [post-pullout] IRAQI REFUGEES. Ex-IGA, Contractor newly unemployed + those that choose to leave.

Pragmtically, its one way to offset or counter RISING CHINA'S DESIRE FOR MILITARY, TRADE ACCESS TO GUAM-WESTPAC + CENTPAC, espec as per Muslim Iraqi, Kurd Ex-Pats.

D *** NG IT, WHY WAIT FOR PHILIPPINE + EAST ASIA JIHAD, OR ACCEPT/ALLOW ONLY RUSSIANS + CHINESE ON THE PROPOSED VISA TOURIST WAIVER FOR GUAM ???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-10-16 21:29|| 2011-10-16 21:29|| Front Page Top

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