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Mitt Romney is right on Iraq

by Phantom Ace ( 2 Comments › )
Filed under Elections 2012, Headlines, Mitt Romney, Progressives, Republican Party at December 22nd, 2011 - 1:42 am

I am not a fan of Mitt Romney, but I have to be intellectually honest. Knowing what we know now, invading Iraq was not worth it. Arab Muslims are not capable of having Democracy. Christians, whose population has been reduced by 3/4 since our invasion were better off under Saddam than they are under the current Pro-Iranian Islamist regime. We got no oil out of it either, since France and China got the contracts. It was a tragic loss of 4500 US soldiers and 32,000 wounded.

I can’t disagree with anything Mitt says here.

Iraqis in Fallujah celebrate US withdrawal

by Phantom Ace ( 8 Comments › )
Filed under Headlines, Iraq, Islam, Islamic Supremacism, Islamists at December 14th, 2011 - 11:08 am

Iraqis in the city of Fallujah burn American flags in celebration of our withdrawal.

FALLUJAH, Iraq — Hundreds of Iraqis set alight U.S. and Israeli flags on Wednesday as they celebrated the impending pullout of American forces from the country in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah.

Shouting slogans in support of the “resistance,” the demonstrators held up banners and placards inscribed with phrases like, “Now we are free” and “Fallujah is the flame of the resistance.”

Surrounded by the Iraqi army, demonstrators carried posters bearing photos of apparent insurgents, faces covered and carrying weapons.

This is why Iraq was a lost cause. We went into liberate. Well the Iraqis didn’t want to be liberated. They are Islamic and view us as the enemy. We should have went in as conquerors and put our boots around their neck. Let this be lesson to us, never again must we invade an Islamic nation to spread Democracy. Arab Muslims don’t want it.

Pew Poll: 2 in 3 Vets Thinks Iraq/Afghan Wars Are a Waste

by coldwarrior ( 13 Comments › )
Filed under Headlines, Military, Polls at October 5th, 2011 - 8:00 pm

Veterans who served on active duty during the post-9/11 era consider themselves more patriotic than other Americans, and most see the military as an efficient and meritocratic institution. They have a more positive view than the general public about the overall worth of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the tactics the military has used to wage them. Even so, only one-third (34%) of these veterans say that both wars have been worth fighting.

Read the rest here, its is a rather long poll with lots of info.

 

Veterans and members of active duty combat units tend not to be neo-con, nation building, democracy for our enemies the muslims fans.

 

The reason is, they, unlike Bill Kristol et al. actually have to do the hard work.

Iraq strikes Gas deal with Iran

by Phantom Ace ( 11 Comments › )
Filed under Headlines, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic Supremacism, Islamists at May 23rd, 2011 - 9:32 pm

1.4 Trillion dollars, 4,000 dead Americans and 10,000s wounded was spent on Iraq by America. The war divided American society in a way not seen since Vietnam. Luckily, we pulled out a military victory, despite our troops doing nation building. We did this in the name of Democracy. Well that great democracy of Iraq, has inked a natural gas deal with our enemy Iran.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has signed a tentative deal with Iran to import natural gas to ease its electricity woes, an official said Monday, in a step that deepens economic ties with Tehran as U.S. troops prepare to leave at the end of the year.

Iraq’s government has been struggling to rebuild its war-damaged electricity grid after power shortages last summer spurred demonstrations that turned deadly when security forces fired into crowds. But blackouts are still common despite billions spent on improving power stations and lines.

Iraq’s Electricity Ministry spokesman, Mussab al-Mudaris, said the five-year plan with Iran will let Iraq buy 25 million cubic meters of natural gas each day to feed two power plants in northeastern suburbs of Baghdad – one built by Iran and the other by South Korea’s Hyundai conglomerate.

What a waste of a war! Americans sacrificed and Iran gets the reward!This should be a national shame.