On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > That was always a purpose of the Iraq War. >> >> Stated where? The rhetoric before the invasion was to find and >> prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction, and eliminate a safe >> haven for Al-Qaeda. The agenda was to bring down Saddam Husein. >>
> What did you think they intended to do after they removed Saddam? Giving the > Iraqis the ability to choose their own future was always a primary > consideration. I repeat..stated where? > > Odierno, Al-Qaeda in Iraq is building strength and is now being run >> by disaffected Iraqis instead of foreigners, so it is even more >> entrenched than when US forces invaded. >> > > It's up to the Iraqi government to do a good enough job to bring people back > to their side. They have been struggling to figure out how to govern > together, that's part of the learning process of becoming a democratic > state. Would you prefer they had an angry strongman dictator to keep a lid > on things? What happened to "we broke it, we fix it?" Wasn't that the reason for staying after Saddam was deposed? > >> Establishing a democratic state seems to be an afterthought and not >> one that has been very well executed, something to use as a reason >> when the stated reasons failed. >> >> So, really? We won in Iraq? Damn strange definition of victory. >> >> > On this front, our goals were to help the Iraqis establish a democratic > state and give them the opportunity to govern themselves. We did that, now > it's up to them to make it work. You think the Shiites and Kurds would > rather have Saddam back? Red Herring. I never implied that wanted Saddam back. I just don't see a successful government in Iraqi, especially not a successful demo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
