Thread: In Iraq 'til 2020?

Originally Posted by bla bla

I know.

That is why I try to find some meaning behind it that I can understand.
I have stated many times that only the simple minded would think a
ME occupation would be easy, or without constant cost to maintain.

Are you kidding me?

That's the most idiotic freakin' idea, since burnt toast.

The Quran tells those people what to do, when someone takes their land, right?

Duh......

We could be there for a dozen, hundred, a million years - it wouldn't matter. It would not matter.

The way that would end up, is with the entire Middle East becoming a hell-hole just like Palestine, only, it would be policed by the United States, instead of by Israel.

And, pardon me for saying so, but that's a really dumb idea!!!

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

Are you kidding me?

That's the most idiotic freakin' idea, since burnt toast.

The Quran tells those people what to do, when someone takes their land, right?

Duh......

We could be there for a dozen, hundred, a million years - it wouldn't matter. It would not matter.

The way that would end up, is with the entire Middle East becoming a hell-hole just like Palestine, only, it would be policed by the United States, instead of by Israel.

And, pardon me for saying so, but that's a really dumb idea!!!

You haven't read my posts, and dont understand my point.


And "burnt toast" isn't an idea, its a mistake.

Originally Posted by Dayton3

I think the best parallel to Iraq would be the Phillippines.

We won the Phillippines from Spain in the Spanish-American War in 1898.

We spent the next several years putting down rebellion there that cost the U.S. thousands of lives.

But we worked steadily to prepare the Phillippines for independence.

It took more than THIRTY years!!

We were preparing for that when World War II intervened and the Japanese took over.

But the fact remains, working at building a stable nation there took more than THREE DECADES!

Why would be expect Iraq to be any better.

Yet your post says nothing about why we are really in Iraq does it?

Originally Posted by steezer

Yet your post says nothing about why we are really in Iraq does it?

That's because Republicans have moved on from needing to justify the war any longer. They don't care why we are in Iraq.

[quote=bla bla;489883]You haven't read my posts, and dont understand my point.[quote]

Whoosh - nah - what I was trying to say is, "you're being polite".

I mean, why mince words?

Call a spade a spade, right?

Don't talk in euphemisms, speak English.

You know, if I'm gonna tell you how I feel about Bushie, I'm gonna say it in such a way as to make sure you understand just how much I hate the guy, right?

So, all I was saying was, "I think you're being polite".

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

So, all I was saying was, "I think you're being polite".

I'm smashed, ill read it all again tomorrow.

Originally Posted by bla bla

I'm smashed, ill read it all again tomorrow.

Okay, sounds good. I used to do that too...

I'd like, usually wake up around noon or so, and bedtime, would usually be around sun-up, and by then, I'd be "smashed" in some kinda way, usually....

But I mean, that was college, you know - now I got the wife and kiddies 'n all, so I can't really do that kinda thing anymore. (I mean, I "could", but, well, long story and I'll spare you).

But yeah, so now, I gotta be up at four in the morning so I can talk to Tokyo on the phone, and I mean, you know, it's not that I "wouldn't" like to be smashed, it's just that, I probably couldn't be doing what I'm doing now, if I were smashed like that, you know, "all the time", like I used to be.

Well, hey - so enjoy, and I'll catch up with you tomorrow.

Multinational Force Mandate Renewal - Iraq - Global Policy Forum AlterNet: Iraqi Government to UN: 'Don't Extend Mandate for Bush's Occupation' ZNet |Iraq | The Iraqi Government Opposes Renewing the U.N. Mandate for U.S. Troops Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal - washingtonpost.com Iraq Parliament Speaker Calls for US Withdrawal Sure we would, like we are paying attention to the wants of the parliament.

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When these were posted it was implied that these sources indicate that Iraq wants the US out of Iraq. But these do not say that (I onlyt read three of them so if they really do say that someone might be so kind as to quote it). I have no fear that someone will quote that kind of a statment since I found this quote from one of them:

"We haven't asked for the immediate withdrawal of multinational forces..."

What the links do demonstrate is that there is political maneuvering in the UN (I am no supporter of the UN - it is a liberal bastion of corruption), and that some in the Iraqi parliament have drafted a bill for the eventual removal of forces at some point in the future.

Big deal.