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| Iraq Destabilized: Flee |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2006 |
Abductions are nothing new to Iraq and have been dominant spectre on the nations landscape since the start of the occupation. The smart people in Iraq are fleeing and this will likely encourage more to find a means of exodus.
The kidnapping was another blow to Iraq's post-Saddam education system, which has already been undermined by the murder of over 180 professors and the emigration of over 3,000 others. In recent weeks, prominent academics have been killed in Baghdad.
Iraq has a lot of criminals on the loose and their are a lot of old scores to settle. The stage is set for continuous urban violence and assassinations that would make the Columbia of the 1980s seem like a nice safe place to raise the kids.
In the Karrada neighborhood, where the research directorate is located, residents said the scale of the kidnapping suggested collusion — perhaps even participation — by real policemen. "How can you kidnap 100 people in the middle of the city and not be caught at a checkpoint?" said Raed Hussein, a shop assistant who works not far from the directorate. "The only way you can get away with this is if you have the support of the police." There are hundreds of police checkpoints in the Iraqi capital, and it is almost impossible to travel more than a mile without having to pass one.
And, once again, it appears that this was an act fo secular violence. The
In 2003, Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, stated prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein released "something like 100,000 prisoners out of all of the prisons in this country before liberation...." He sure didn't do that because he thought he was going to win the war by using his stockpiles of WMD to drive off the Americans. Saddam also wired the oil wells in his own country with explosives and attempted to set them on fire. Many of these efforts failed. He sure didn't do this because he thought he was going to drive the Americans off with his stockpiles of WMD. He knew the score.
With all respect to those out there who thought that Saddam Hussein was stupid, because he was referred to as a thug forget that the power over the nation that Saddam was able to maintain and the methods he used to capture power in the nation were based on his ability to design and utilize and intellegence apparatus. This is his coup de grace. While he may be the guest of honor at his upcoming hanging, he's taking a lot of people with him and he has created an extremely expensive project for his conquerors.
This is why the Dems, a lot of independents, and a growing number of Republicans, just want to wash their hands of the whole business and be free of the expenses. Harry Reid will be taking over as the majority Senate leader in January and will push for a phased withdrawal of US troops from the Iraq. If the Dems are successful, it would probably be better form most Iraqi's to simply flee ther country, because although Romania has vowed to stick it out in Iraq, what good is that going to do. I mean really they have a token force of 800 to 900 non-combatant trainers in Iraq.
Whoever thought it would be a good idea to start arming any Iraqi group before the entire nation was disarmed has never observed the basic economies of the playground. And, any Democrat that views a withdrawal from Iraq as the way to peace in the country is simpply ignoring the slaughters that will happen in the absence of a US presence, when rivaling factions can move throughout the city with greater impunity. The fact is this although the Bush doctrined is failing to achieve results that the democrats find satisfactory, then Democrats have no policy that will achieve result that the bush administration will consider satisfactory. This is in large part due to the fact that the semantics used have so distorted the definitions of key words and spun the messages so far out of whack. That the objectives of both groups are less clear than ever - and this is what hurts our military. Military need clear definable and most importantly achievable goals. Neither the left or the Right is providing those. This is what happens when you let politicians do generals jobs. |
posted by Domesticated Dog @ 1:39 PM   |
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Did you see the comments yesterday (November 15) by the leading military figure in Iraq? He didn't use the exact words but it sounded a lot like "stay the course". The Democrats are the first to point to the military if it disagrees with Bush, but when the military agrees, they are either quiet or try to undermine it.
I believe we need a new direction in Iraq. I don't believe that involves a "phased withdrawal". The tactis we have been using up until now are not working in the current situation. Time to change gears. Maybe it is time to take the gloves off. Maybe it is time to reevulate how we wage war. I think Bush, the Republicans, and the Democrats need to listen to the assorted panels going on right now to find a new course in Iraq. We can only hope they can set aside their politics long enough to find what works best for the Iraqi's and the Americans, and not what looks good in the polls.
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Did you see the comments yesterday (November 15) by the leading military figure in Iraq? He didn't use the exact words but it sounded a lot like "stay the course". The Democrats are the first to point to the military if it disagrees with Bush, but when the military agrees, they are either quiet or try to undermine it.
I believe we need a new direction in Iraq. I don't believe that involves a "phased withdrawal". The tactis we have been using up until now are not working in the current situation. Time to change gears. Maybe it is time to take the gloves off. Maybe it is time to reevulate how we wage war. I think Bush, the Republicans, and the Democrats need to listen to the assorted panels going on right now to find a new course in Iraq. We can only hope they can set aside their politics long enough to find what works best for the Iraqi's and the Americans, and not what looks good in the polls.