It's Not A Civil War Because I Say It's Not
It appears that President George Bush feels that what he says makes something a reality. All around the world the press, world leaders, and even the United Nations are saying that Iraq is in the early stages of a civil war. Anyone who reads the daily papers or papers online has seen it coming for months, but for some reason George Bush simply can not accept reality as fact!
It is a common problem with powerful people and this is what our President is saying... It is not a civil war in Iraq because I say so, it is just secretarian violence. Well he hasn't said that verbatim, so don't quote this, but it sure sounds like it doesn't it?
I think that it is time for Americans, Iraqis, and world citizens to come to grips with this fact. Iraq needs help and unfortunately it is not the American kind of help that they need. Instead of saying that we are not removing troops from the battlefield until the mission is done (President Bush), we need to be saying we need help as the violence is spiraling out of control and Iraq is entering a civil war. We need to be aggressively empowering the Iraqi leaders to be negotiating with the UN and NATO directly for troops and we need to be making sure that the Iraqis really want us to stay.
It is time to look at this problem with fresh eyes and take a fresh approach, business as usual is simply not cutting it!
It is a common problem with powerful people and this is what our President is saying... It is not a civil war in Iraq because I say so, it is just secretarian violence. Well he hasn't said that verbatim, so don't quote this, but it sure sounds like it doesn't it?
I think that it is time for Americans, Iraqis, and world citizens to come to grips with this fact. Iraq needs help and unfortunately it is not the American kind of help that they need. Instead of saying that we are not removing troops from the battlefield until the mission is done (President Bush), we need to be saying we need help as the violence is spiraling out of control and Iraq is entering a civil war. We need to be aggressively empowering the Iraqi leaders to be negotiating with the UN and NATO directly for troops and we need to be making sure that the Iraqis really want us to stay.
It is time to look at this problem with fresh eyes and take a fresh approach, business as usual is simply not cutting it!
If Iraq isn't in a civil war then what is it in?The present situation is spiraling out of control and neither UK or US troops seem to be making any difference at all.It we can't stop it should we remain there or cut our losses and leave before any more of our troops die needlessly.I think we should pull out and leave Iraq to sort out its own problems!
Posted by Scipio | Wed Nov 29, 02:32:00 PM EST
I agree. Iraq is in total civil war!!! You have to be an idiot not to see that! Americans need to get out of there now. Additional deaths are not for any political cause except to protect US oil interests. I say let Exxon, Haliburton, and Shell hire mercenaries to control the situation if they are so interested in the area. Americans need to invest in energy independence like agressive solar power instead of wasting 100's of billions of dollars a year and young lifes on the pyre of petroleum.
Posted by Anonymous | Sun Dec 03, 11:09:00 AM EST