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Failure Of Military Policy

Posted on December 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

An ongoing myth about American military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq is the performance of our generals. General David Petraeus is held aloft as a shining example of “success”in Iraq. Supposedly his famous “surge”did something, but what it accomplished is very unclear. Al-Qaeda still operates in Iraq, it continues killing and bombing  years after the “surge”allegedly accomplished its goals. The American military establishment rewarded incompetence in Afghanistan and Iraq.

During WWII, Chief of Staff General George Marshall relieved from command a few dozen generals for failure to aggressively lead soldiers into battle. Not a single American general has been relieved of command despite the ineffective General Tommy Franks who initially led troops into Iraq. We have excellent officers from major on down, the problem lies with those in leadership positions.

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Kurds And Iraq Standoff

Posted on November 27, 2012 by | Leave a comment

It is nearly a decade since American troops were sent into Iraq in the infamous search for Weapons of Mass Destruction. The result has been chaos for the people of Iraq in addition to obtaining new rights to make decisions without fear of a mad dictator killing anyone. Among the many cans of worms that were opened in Iraq is the conflict between Kurds and Iraqis. Kurds do not wish to be ruled by any Iraq government which has led to creation of their own nation and armed force. Technically, the Kurds are still part of Iraq-in name only.

Unfortunately for the Iraq government there is plenty of oil in Kurdish areas and they want control of that resource. Kurds have warned the Iraq government to steer clear of any area that is under their control. The Kurdish government sent 125 tanks to surround Kirkuk  as a warning to  the Iraq government.

Hardly a month goes by without some problem arising in Iraq. I wonder what Bush and his buddies think about these events.

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Bush Iraq “Success” Lives ON

Posted on November 23, 2012 by | Leave a comment

In March, 2003 President Bush was informed by UN inspectors there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq that had ever been found by their investigations. But, George Bush and his cronies, Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney knew better. He was determined to rid the world of the evil tyrant, Saddam Hussein and thus unleashed the American army. A decade has passed and now Iraq is run by Muslim clerics who want all the oil that is within their borders. Unfortunately for them, Kurdish people  do not want to be ruled by Shiite clerical folk and  have carved out their own area and control their own oil.

Turkish prime Minister Recep Erdogan charged the Iraq Maliki government with attempting to suck his nation into the possible civil war between Kurds and Iraqis. “The (Baghdad) regime wants to lead this country into a civil war” and he will not oblige Maliki. Turkey  fears Kurdish elements in Iraq, Kurds want to help fellow Kurds in Turkey, Maliki wants oil the is in Kurdish areas, and life goes on.

George, are you happy to have helped cause this mess?

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Christians In Middle East Get Screwed

Posted on November 4, 2012 by | Leave a comment

In March, 2003 about 800,000 Christians were living in Iraq under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. At that point in their lives, George Bush who had been “saved” and now loved God decided to send an invading army into Iraq in order to drive out Saddam Hussein. Along with this  army came Muslim clerics seeking to enforce the ideas of sharia law upon one and all. As Muslim clerics gained power in Iraq Christians decided this was not the place they wanted to be even though they had been there for nearly 2,000 years. So, about 500,000 have upped and left.

Syria is torn apart by a new wave of Muslims who want to overthrow the evil dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Of course, this has resulted in a conflict among Syrian Christians. As rebels enter cities like Homs they proceed to hunt down Assad followers. Of course, many Christians supported Assad because he had enough sense to  protect them against Muslim religious fanatics. There is growing concern among Syrian  Christians as to whether they should adopt the Iraq Christian model and flee. The problem is: where is there a country in the Middle East that would welcome Christians and allow freedom of religion?

The jihadist who arrives in Syria not only  seeks to drive out Assad, but all of his followers and that includes Christians. So, where do they go?

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Is The United States Guilty Of Violating Laws?

Posted on October 27, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The United Nations has decided to initiate investigations into whether or not use of drone planes violates international law. There is no question that drone attacks have not only led to the death of militants, they have caused the death of hundreds of innocent civilians. Earlier this year, Ben Emmerson, a UN special  rappoteur, in a speech at the Harvard Law School said killing of civilians who were attending funerals could be construed as an example of a war crime. “together with my  colleague Christof Heyns(Un special rappoteur on extra-judician killlings), I will be launching an investigation unit withint he special  procedures of the Un Human Rights Council to inquire into drone attacks.”

Mr. Emmerson also noted;

Secret detention is unlawful as a matter of international law.

Waterboarding is always  torture. Torture is an international crime.

When  will the United States accept the concept of international law?

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Iraq And Turkey

Posted on October 13, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Nujri al Maliki has been warned by the Turkish government to cease aiding Syria and there are even hints of possible entry into northern Iraq by Turkish soldiers to hunt down Kurdish rebels. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan believes that due to Iraq’s close relations with Iran supplies  from that nation to Syria are being transported across Iraq. Maliki insists no such thing is occurring. Of course, this is difficult to believe given the Iranian influence in Iraq.

Maliki urged Syrians of all backgrounds to sit down and resolve this minor problem. Undoubtedly, he wanted them to follow his peaceful resolution of problems with Sunni Iraqis by attempting to arrest and imprison his own vice president who is Sunni. Beware of Maliki when is involves solving Middle Eastern problems.

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Kill The Muslim!

Posted on September 10, 2012 by | Leave a comment

One of the joys resulting from departure of American soldiers from Iraq is knowing the idiocy which reigns in that nation is now the result of Muslims vs Muslims. Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, fled Iraq because he knew Shiite President Nouri al-Maliki was going to kill him and get rid of a prominent Sunni. Hashemi is now in Turkey where Prime Minister Recep Erdogan is protecting his fellow Muslim. A Turkish diplomat stated the obvious, “sentencing the country’s vice president is an absurd situation. This is obviously a political decision.”

Iraq requires cooperation between Sunnis and Shiites. Maliki already has driven over 400,000 Iraqi Christians from the country. He allowed Muslim fanatics to attack Christians. Maliki does not want peace, he wants a victory over Sunnis to restore “honor” to Shiites and he wants revenge for the horror of Sunni leadership during the past few decades.

Revenge may be sweet, but it is terrible politics and will not restore peace.

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TuTu Toots Dislike Of Blair!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Tony Blair used to be prime minister of England and was a close buddy of that great American statesman–George Bush. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was supposed to attend a conference in Johanneburg and share a platform with Mr. Blair. He made clear that any decent moral human could not be on the same platform with a man who lied to the people of England and lied to the world about Iraq.

Blair insisted there were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq even though provided evidence that no such installations were present in the country. Tutu is right, Tony Blair proceeded to send hundreds of English men to their deaths in search of WMD that never existed and Blair knew they did not.]

A spokesperson for Blair responded, “as far as Iraq is concerned they have always disagreed about removing Saddam by force-such disagreement is part of healthy discourse.”  The issue is not Saddam, the issue is lying about the causes of war!

 

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Wikileaks Aided Al Qaeda?

Posted on July 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The case of Bradley Manning continues to haunt the American way of justice since it reveals an arrogant attempt by the American government to silence a crtic. It is simply one further example of former Constitutional professor Barack Obama violating human rights. Manning is responsible for the famous Wikileaks that opened to the world what American diplomats said to one another.

David Coombs, lawyer for Manning, is concerned about the charge that Bradly “aided the enemy.” No evidence has ever been presented how al-Qaeda or the Taliban used Wikileaks to kill or wound any American soldier. As Coombs notes: “It defies all logic I think that a terrorist will farfe bertter in an American court for aiding the enemy than a US soldier would.”

Obama- name the example of when Wikileaks led to deaths. It is one thing to reveal with an ambassador said about a foreign government and another when information is provided the enemy to kill American personnel.

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Joe Walsh New Republican Hero

Posted on July 8, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Republican Congressman Joe Walsh is being attacked by the LIBERAL media because he  speaks the truth regarding his opponent, Tammy Duckworth. OK, so she lost two legs fighting in Iraq, big deal. Does Tammy know how much time Joe had to spend securing money from Tea Party patriots? Does Tammy know how much ass he had to lick of wealthy donors in order to raise money to help his campaign preventing whining Iraq war veterans to get into Congress?

Yes, Joe was right to say Ms. Duckworth was NOT a hero because she fought in Iraq. After all, how can you term a soldier a hero who allows the enemy to knock off her legs? If she displayed intelligence and ability, no rag head al-Qaeda terrorist would have wounded her. As Joe told CNN Ashleigh Banfeld, “I don’t regret anything I said.”

So, you liberals, cease attacking a man like Joe who had enough intelligence not to fight in Iraq. Do you know someone can get killed fighting in wars. Ask Dick Cheney, he got seven draft deferments during the Vietnam War because he had more important things to do like make money.

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