U.S. Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, But the War Goes On

The war against the tyrant and murderer of thousands of his own people,Saddam Hussein, was a war of choice. Just like our entrance into WWII in Europe was a war of choice - Germany did not attack us, yet we decided to fight in support of our Allies in Europe against the Fascist and Collectivist Nazi Regime. Just like our entrance into WWII was the right thing to do IOT preserve "FREEDOM." So was our attack into Iraq. The Iraqi people, though they have suffered tremendously, are experiencing Freedoms they never could imagine. Unfortunately, the media only covers the negative aspects of the war. Lastly, Americans are not at war, Americans are at the Mall - the Marines are at war. Its easy to critic from the comforts of an air conditioned office or comfortable couch, especially if you are enjoying a life that has been purchased for you by the blood, sweat and tears of brave men and women who have died in defense of our great Nation. You are welcome - signed...a veteran of both the Iraq and Afganistan Campaigns...enjoy your day, it was earned with the lives of braver Americans that you!

hernandezrpsd

Why did we get in WWII? Remember Pearl Harbor?

Lets recap:

9/11 Terrorist attack.
The WORLD gets behind the USA to support whatever action, against those who caused this attack..

Bush declares WAR on the Taliban in Afghanistan..
Allies of the USA unite, and go into Afghanistan ready to kick some a**
Bush declares WAR on Iraq.

The world allies question this decision, and are chastised by the Bush admin for doing so. World allies remove support in dismay at the decisions of the Americans to attack Iraq.

The US stands alone in Iraq.
Americans die in an unnecessary war in Iraq and the cause of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are lost in the minds of Americans.

Can we say digress?????

Please, someone tell where the REAL Republicans are?

Many Americans today have been enlightened by the wars we find ourselves involved. One war, the "war on terrorism", finds its main battleground as a complex array of worldwide criminal investigations. Liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Conservatives, most don't have a problem with us kicking down the doors of members of the Taliban.

When talking about the war in Iraq the parties have much difference. Democrats say that the public and congress was mislead to justify the war in Iraq and that the Bush Administration no longer deserved autonomy in situations where US service men and women's lives are on the line. Based on the results of the last elections, most Americans see a problem with GOP/Republicans; at least in the way they make decisions about the use of our military.

So why is it that in the GOP/Republican party there are no dissenters, no independent thinkers, no moderates? Where are the real conservatives who would laugh at how conservatively the current Republican Party has been spending taxes, and creating big government? Has the Republican Party lost its identity? Can the ideology of the GOP be so easily summed up in Karl Rove talking points like "support this and support that", and angry rhetoric like "liberals are traitors" or "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"?

Hello REAL Republicans! Anybody out there?

You truely have no knowledge of history and thus you belong to the idiocracy? Congratulations!!!! Your special. No really, you truely are special.

So which country is next on your war mongering tour?

It is perfectly true that an Iraq withdrawal will require something very painful: admitting a colossal strategic mistake. This is the #1 unbearable disgrace for Republicans and all other core backers of the war and occupation. The #2 disgrace would be payment of reparations to Iraq through a UN or World Bank trust. #3 would be the outrage of the post-occupation Iraqi government resolving the oil issue on its own terms, possibly contracting French, Russian, and Chinese firms, while leaving US or UK firms on the sidelines.

Self-denial, vanity, fear to face the music, and greed are at play. It has nothing to do with US security. The fiasco has made us less secure, drained lives and money, and now we are the laughingstock of much of the world.

Don't believe in polls? Well, how about the value of the US dollar on world exchanges?

Let Iraqis rule Iraq, whether by federation, partition, or unitary state. Any model we impose will crumble the day we leave, whether that occurs now or in 100 years. Iraq will not be pro-US, pro-Israel, or pro-anything we favor so long as we occupy them, or as long as we contrived to have privileged access to their oil.

Medieval Europeans wasted 250 years on their venture. Better to learn from them, plus from Britain's troubles in Iraq in the 1920s onward, rather than repeat a futile imperial exercise.

The trillion plus we waste in Iraq could have done so much more for our security or economy if spent on just about anything else.

I think Barrack Obama's, "be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in" sound pretty reasonable to me.

If it wasn't for President Bush there would be no troops in Iraq. Did the surge work? Or is it another example of the incompetence of the leaders who started the war in Iraq in the first place?

(1) the war is still a mistake grounded in false WMD accusations (2)the people that were killed before the surge are still dead and in fact more people (including US soldiers) were killed since then (3) the surge did not amend the suffering of the Iraqi people, e.g. 4 million of them are still refugees (4)the US reputation is still is still in the ditch and will be until we apologize and pay restitution to the Iraqi people for invading their country on false accusations (WMD, 9/11) (5)Iraq and the Middle East will continue to be a region divided along religious lines and old animosities; our invasion is making this problem worse.

I’ve got a question. Did we Americans torture people looking for a justification to invade Iraq? Now 4100+ US service men and women are dead and countless Iraqi civilians because Bush Inc. needed to get some oil and give Halliburton something to do. I can't believe that some Americans are OK with that. Talk about spending....how about a trillion+ tax dollars down the drain for some failed corporate hacks. Republicans have become Marxists, in the sense that they support propping up our economy with constant defense spending.

Out in Cali there is a property owner memorializing every US service death in Iraq. Yes, there are literally 4000 crosses on their property. They represent to me the tragedy that can be the MIS-USE of our military. The Vietnam memorial means the same to some from that era. The WW2 memorials mark a time of unification of the world to bring down two empires-to-be.

What will the Iraqi war memorial look like?
How many names are going to be on it?
Will we obfuscate the reasons for the fallen for our own historical gratification?

The Blue Sky Tribe has not left the building, but they do want you to hate somebody.

It is called free speech, so lighten up.

My posty name is purposefully contentious.

Where did I insult member of the arm forces?

I'll readily insult Chenney or GW, but mainly because they deserve it.

The facts as we know them today fly in the face of the self-adduced "expert opinion" of a man - Cheney - who has NEVER served or been formally trained in the military or in any law enforcement capacity or procedure. Cheney knows about as much about effective interrogation techniques as couch-potato bubba knows about triathlon training! This is what we get when we let two DRAFT DODGER CHICKEN HAWKS run the country and try to run two wars!

In the last 8 years or so Republicans have shown me that they will do anything and everything in their power to keep you from retaining an opinion based on the facts that their incompetence is comprised of.

joedenver60, you tell em!!!! Like your comments, but then, mostly always do!

how asinine you sound. That has got to be the stupidist attack against a liberal I have ever heard. Did you even use a brain cell to come up with such drivel.Your fear mongering and demonizing of dems is part of the reason you guys lost in the last two elections.