Al Qaeda in Iraq has been a nuisance regarding our actions in Iraq. They have no connection to Al Qaeda, have no designs upon the US other than to get us out of Iraq, and became the scapegoat for every single attack. The group did not exist until we showed up and has no ties to terrorism.
Al Qaeda, arguably the most prolific terrorist organization in modern history, has no ties to terrorism? I suppose the PLO is also a legitimate wing of the government too...?
The question is why the Bush Administration and Tal and now you are trying to pass off AQI as some sort of grand threat to the US.
Oh, I don't know Rrhain... Maybe, off the top of my head, it has something to do with the destruction they've managed to cause. Give all the people that were incinerated in 9/11 and Bhutto my regards.
Remember, "We have to fight them over there so that we don't fight them over here," right? As if AQI had any plans on the US. Where is your evidence that they are tied to terrorism?
What?!?! Are you joking right now. Let me get this straight: You don't believe that Al Qaeda is a terrorist organization. Is that correct? Or do you think that AQI (heavy emphasis on the "I") isn't a terrorist organization? We'll take it from there as soon as you answer.
Um, if I were the president, I wouldn't have invaded in the first place. But if I had inherited the complete disaster, I would start engaging in diplomacy to get the international community involved. The country is in the middle of a civil war. There is no reason for our Soldiers to be their targets. The country is probably going to split up into three and Turkey needs to get over it (again, there's that diplomacy thing).
So, just let the country go to shit and call that "diplomacy?" Do you even know what the word diplomacy means? A lot of people seem to think it means just leave.
The Bush administration is LYING about the situation in Iraq and Tal is buying it. They are claiming that things are getting better when, in fact, things are much worse.
Tal is there right NOW! And you're damn right I trust the boots on the ground quicker than I believe the media. The lies stem from the negative reports that the news disgustingly cover like a bunch of vultures. They don't mention the number of schools that have been built or the progress in general. No, instead they need to cater to your kind -- think the war is a total failure. I don't know how many veterans I meet that were there tell me about how the good things almost never get reported. Its only until AQI comes in a bombs the school that Reuters or the AP will come and do a story.
He (and apparently you) are the type of person to whine about how we "never hear any good news from Iraq" when there really isn't that much good news to report. "Where are the reports of the schools we built?" They aren't there because the reporters were begged by the teachers not to divulge the fact that a school was built because if it gets out, then it becomes a target and gets blown up. That is not progress.
LOL! Source, please...
You could almost swear that you pray for disaster, just so you could say you were right. The libs do anything they can to undermine the effort.
If you aren't going to stand behind the troops, then at least stand from of them.
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:But it appears the Surge has worked.
How? All it did was move things to other parts of the country. We're playing whack-a-mole. The entire point behind the surge was to provide an environment for the Iraqi government to meet its benchmarks.
The idea is to siege a city. We've done that a hundred times. But they come back. With the surge, you take that siege, and then you secure indefinitely. It has made the larger cities much safer.
You keep doing this with the troop increase, until the entire country is secured -- as much as one can possibly secure a country of that size. Then the Iraqi government needs to grow some balls, get off mama's milk, and go out there and fight for their own country.
What does Al Qaeda have to do with anything? They're not in Iraq. You've fallen for the propaganda, NJ. Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism. They're in the middle of a civil war that we started. We won't be able to stop it until we get the diplomats in...which the Bushies will never do.
Rrhain, honestly, where do you get your propaganda from -- Democracy Now?
Edited by Nemesis Juggernaut, : typos
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