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Iraq Study Group Reaches Concensus
reporter writes to point us to a story in the Washington Post reporting that the Iraq Study Group has reached consensus and will issue its 100-page report on December 6: 'The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting the U.S. role from combat to support and advising, according to a source familiar with the deliberations.' The Post mentions that first word of the panel's conclusions came from the New York Times yesterday. The Times points out that it is not clear how many U.S. troops would come home; some brigades might be withdrawn to Iraqi bases out of the line of fire from which they could provide protection for remaining U.S. operations.
I wonder if this will, in anyway, help stabilise Iraq as it is now. I hope the final report has something on the lines of -"..before we remove a significant fraction of the soldiers from Iraq, we will plan and implement a self-standing, well trained Iraqi police/armed force..".
Arguing about whether it was right for the US to invade Iraq is rather academic now - however, if the US quits now, you can expect it to be spun as a huge victory for radical Islam. It will also destroy what little credibility the US has left."Laziness is an optimisation protocol"
Yes there was proof. Violations of 19 UN resolutions, breaking the no-fly zone, photographic evidence of torture and genocide. What more would you need?
By way, profited HOW? This is costing us, not making us money. The Oil for Food fiasco was profit motivated, not the deposizing of Saddam.
Technically speaking, the war in Iraq has SAVED some 180,000 Iraqi lives. But hey, don't let facts get in the way of a good America-bashing session. God forbid any of you bigots actualy try to educate yourselves for a change.
I guess in your world, "two" == "all"?
Yes, it is hard to get unbiased info, and that's unfortunate. People like you distorting the facts doesn't help either.
1. Stop making up numbers.
2. Irrelevant.
3. A handful, maybe?
4. 1% possibly? Irrelevant in any case.
5. Ah yes, gotta link the US again. Those brown people are too stupid to do anything for their own reasons. It's always the white man's fault.
6. 0
7. 0
What the hell does any of the above have to do anything? You remind me of the 9/11 deniers, always linking irrelevant information (and disinformation) to try and make your case appear more legit. If you're going to discuss how many lives were saved by the US invasion, it doesn't matter what the US position on Saddam was while he was butchering people. Using your logic (or lack thereof) we could link the US to every single death that occurs anywhere in the world. And by the same (lack of) logic, nobody ever has the right to intervene in any crime committed by his or her friend, acquaintance, or business partner. I can't understand how anyone living in a western nation could believe this sort of drivel. You make creationists seem almost logical.
We'd probably be willing to admit that the war was a big mistake (I was against it from the start, as my journals here can testify) if the anti-American left weren't about to astroturf about it the moment we admitted it.
Wow, what a complete moonbat you are.
So the right wing traitors who made up a bunch of lies in order to start this idiotic war are continuing to lie because the truth will make them look bad (and of course lead to their executions for treason).
Due to this fact, your claim is that the people who actually did stand up to defend this nation are "anti-American".
Your bullshit is falling apart fast, Sparky. Trying to slip that little number through just shows how desperate nad delusional you really are.
30% of the public is never going to admit that it isn't working because 30% of the public doesn't want to embolden a bunch of traitorous scumbags.
And again all you demonstrate is you complete lack of contact with reality.
Continuing the lies is the only thing emboldening the treasonous scumbags like Bush Cheney, and everyone who ever supported them.
You coming to the delusional and wholely contradictory conclusion that supporting traitors is the only way to not support traitors shows how truly dizzying your intellect is.