tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post7883322804421095119..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Bush was Right about Iraq!Alan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-16300387028185345002010-08-22T06:38:23.365-07:002010-08-22T06:38:23.365-07:00What Saddam did was everybody's business and i...What Saddam did was everybody's business and it was not for nothing that the UN published numerous resolutions against his regime (and revealed its own huge corruption with the Oil-for-Food program it managed.)<br /><br />Your "answers" to why the U.S. invaded are the typical knee-jerk response that ignores the world's dependence on the flow of oil.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-38243042571257339872010-08-22T04:53:34.883-07:002010-08-22T04:53:34.883-07:00Havent been to this site in awhile and now I remem...Havent been to this site in awhile and now I remember why:its a freak show.<br /><br />'Bush was right to invade Iraq'? What Hussein did was none of our business, and our illegal invasion had everything to do with oil. Americas geopolitical problems stem from not having a comprehensive, workable energy policy.<br /><br />Iraq/Afghan are continuing examples of Pentagon/CIA's stranglehold on American foreign policy. They'll do anything to get and keep us at war perpetually because it keeps the global military empire funded.<br /><br />Not sure why you dont get that.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155722347781080648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-17496756061327046362010-08-21T11:29:10.639-07:002010-08-21T11:29:10.639-07:00You know history well, Alan. A rare bird in our m...You know history well, Alan. A rare bird in our modern world.LarryOldtimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811006386363706079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-90070780159832251092010-08-21T05:23:13.575-07:002010-08-21T05:23:13.575-07:00Loplop: Sorry, but World War I began with an assas...Loplop: Sorry, but World War I began with an assassination in Serbia and WWII began with the German invasion of Poland in 1938. The US didn't get into it until 1941 when it was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-69517386782523245182010-08-21T05:23:10.414-07:002010-08-21T05:23:10.414-07:00Loplop: Sorry, but World War I began with an assas...Loplop: Sorry, but World War I began with an assassination in Serbia and WWII began with the German invasion of Poland in 1938. The US didn't get into it until 1941 when it was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-11963198945598175302010-08-20T23:20:00.303-07:002010-08-20T23:20:00.303-07:00Thank you for your service to the Republic, Alan.
...Thank you for your service to the Republic, Alan.<br /><br />I served with many former members of the Second Infantry Division while a member of the U.S. Army Security Agency and heard many stories about "Cold-Rea" and the patrols along the DMZ.<br /><br />If Korea,Germany and Japan are the model for Iraq we'll have troops stationed there for decades.Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-5135329160158077522010-08-20T20:42:30.273-07:002010-08-20T20:42:30.273-07:00There is little doubt that Isreal will be dropping...There is little doubt that Isreal will be dropping in on Iran soon to end their nuclear plans. They have done it once before. History repeats itself. Whether or not we follow in decides if World War 111 begins. And World War 11 began with the assasination of some rich putz prince; why shouldn't this one begin with the ousting of a putz dictator.loplophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17922453544630562091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-84024487340183099742010-08-20T19:45:27.203-07:002010-08-20T19:45:27.203-07:00Larry - main stream media circus deeply desired th...Larry - <i>main stream media circus deeply desired that President Bush be made in the media to look as bad as possible</i><br /><br />That is so true and obviously the converse applies with Obama.<br /><br />BTW I was reading a very interesting report (sorry can't find the link) on renewed interest being shown by 'several' intelligence agencies in, and of 'repeated satelite overflights', an area in Syria that had extensive earthworks done at the time preceeding the Iraq invasion and which has now has surburban housing built over it. There are also reports of massive Soviet assistance, in those days building up to the Gulf War 2, in moving some large objects from Iraq to Syria. <br /><br />I'm not so sure that the WMD don't exist. Maybe they have been stockpiled and are sitting there waiting to 'sucker punch' the US at a later time.mawmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096088408416933018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-72866989749259145412010-08-20T10:32:26.834-07:002010-08-20T10:32:26.834-07:00Alan, not only did Bush think that Saddam was a mo...Alan, not only did Bush think that Saddam was a mortal enemy to the free world, and not only the CIA. All intelligence agencies of the free world thought that. Most members of Congress thought that too.<br /><br />Before "Gulf War II" began, Saddam flew his significant military aircraft to Iran for safe hiding. No one knows what else Saddam had shipped to Iran.<br /><br />As far as I am concerned, there were a good many problems which could have been avoided after Iran was quickly conquered. Some were due to a far too "gentle" treatment of conquered Iraqis. Many of those roadside bombing deaths could have been prevented.<br /><br />I have always not understood why Bush had such faith that the Iraqis could quickly come to agreement on a constitution. It took our own founders 11 years from the Declaration of Independence to a final constitution in 1787. About 5 years of bloody battle from 1776 to 1781 took place, and after the victory of the Colonial Army it took about 6 more years to achieve our Constitution. After that war, no one was voting with bombs, as in Iraq.<br /><br />It takes, with our own fine military training, a minimum of 3 1/2 years to produce a Major, first field grade rank officer, and an additional 9 years to produce a general, and this is for the most qualified. No one should have thought that the Iraqis could have done far better. Train and promote in haste, repent at leisure.<br /><br />But you are certainly right in that it was imperative that Saddam be removed by military force, and that was done rapidly. Unfortunately,the clowns and monkeys of the main stream media circus deeply desired that President Bush be made in the media to look as bad as possible, and blew the losses of our fine military personnel and Iraqi civilians, those who were not actually our enemy, far, far out of proportion. Which should demonstrate exactly what one of the most dangerous of US enemies was then and is now, and it is the main stream media circus, along with its ringmasters and owners.LarryOldtimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811006386363706079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-21216202114849872832010-08-20T10:29:14.776-07:002010-08-20T10:29:14.776-07:00Alan, not only did Bush think that Saddam was a mo...Alan, not only did Bush think that Saddam was a mortal enemy to the free world, and not only the CIA. All intelligence agencies of the free world thought that. Most members of Congress thought that too.<br /><br />Before "Gulf War II" began, Saddam flew his significant military aircraft to Iran for safe hiding. No one knows what else Saddam had shipped to Iran.<br /><br />As far as I am concerned, there were a good many problems which could have been avoided after Iran was quickly conquered. Some were due to a far too "gentle" treatment of conquered Iraqis. Many of those roadside bombing deaths could have been prevented.<br /><br />I have always not understood why Bush had such faith that the Iraqis could quickly come to agreement on a constitution. It took our own founders 11 years from the Declaration of Independence to a final constitution in 1787. About 5 years of bloody battle from 1776 to 1781 took place, and after the victory of the Colonial Army it took about 6 more years to achieve our Constitution. After that war, no one was voting with bombs, as in Iraq.<br /><br />It takes, with our own fine military training, a minimum of 3 1/2 years to produce a Major, first field grade rank officer, and an additional 9 years to produce a general, and this is for the most qualified. No one should have thought that the Iraqis could have done far better. Train and promote in haste, repent at leisure.<br /><br />But you are certainly right in that it was imperative that Saddam be removed by military force, and that was done rapidly. Unfortunately,the clowns and monkeys of the main stream media circus deeply desired that President Bush be made in the media to look as bad as possible, and blew the losses of our fine military personnel and Iraqi civilians, those who were not actually our enemy, far, far out of proportion. Which should demonstrate exactly what one of the most dangerous of US enemies was then and is now, and it is the main stream media circus, along with its ringmasters and owners.LarryOldtimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811006386363706079noreply@blogger.com