Bullshit!
In 2005, retired Lt. General William Odom said: “If Bush wants to bring democracy and stability to the Middle East, the only way to achieve that goal is for the our armed forces to get out of Iraq now.”
Three years later, General Petraeus acknowledges an overall reduction in violence, which in part was due to a cease-fire by Shiite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr.
However, our military has been making payments to more than 90,000 local Sunnis in Iraq to fight insurgents, who protect their communities from the terrorists. Actually, they are former Sunni insurgents, who have given their loyalty to our military in return for cash. These, newly formed militias are acting as a counter-force to the predominately Shiite Iraqi security forces. Consequently, we’ve armed both sides of the sectarian divide.
Recently, Bush claimed the surge is working and we’ve begun bringing some of our troops home. In fact, the troops that are coming home were due to be rotated home anyway. No additional troops are due to return after July. Therefore, 140,000 American troops will remain in Iraq, which is more than before the surge began.
Bush would have us believe that Moqtada al-Sadr’s militia and those 90,000 local Sunnis, who our military is paying to fight insurgents are incapable of surviving without the occupation of 140,000 of our troops.
Senator McCain claims al Qaeda would regain its lost sanctuaries and foment violence, which could spread beyond Iraq’s borders with serious consequences for the world’s economy.
We went into Iraq to disarm Saddam, to find WMD, to change regime, to liberate the Iraqi people, to bring democracy to the Middle East, to stop al Qaeda, to protect America, to stop Iran and now we have to stay inorder to help the world’s economy.
Bullshit!
Three years later, General Petraeus acknowledges an overall reduction in violence, which in part was due to a cease-fire by Shiite cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr.
However, our military has been making payments to more than 90,000 local Sunnis in Iraq to fight insurgents, who protect their communities from the terrorists. Actually, they are former Sunni insurgents, who have given their loyalty to our military in return for cash. These, newly formed militias are acting as a counter-force to the predominately Shiite Iraqi security forces. Consequently, we’ve armed both sides of the sectarian divide.
Recently, Bush claimed the surge is working and we’ve begun bringing some of our troops home. In fact, the troops that are coming home were due to be rotated home anyway. No additional troops are due to return after July. Therefore, 140,000 American troops will remain in Iraq, which is more than before the surge began.
Bush would have us believe that Moqtada al-Sadr’s militia and those 90,000 local Sunnis, who our military is paying to fight insurgents are incapable of surviving without the occupation of 140,000 of our troops.
Senator McCain claims al Qaeda would regain its lost sanctuaries and foment violence, which could spread beyond Iraq’s borders with serious consequences for the world’s economy.
We went into Iraq to disarm Saddam, to find WMD, to change regime, to liberate the Iraqi people, to bring democracy to the Middle East, to stop al Qaeda, to protect America, to stop Iran and now we have to stay inorder to help the world’s economy.
Bullshit!
posted by Jim O'Leary | 12:02 AM
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