tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post1473444151386402952..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: Cheney-Bush's Occupation of Iraq Will Inevitably FailVigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-58224413166932814002007-07-21T14:34:00.000-07:002007-07-21T14:34:00.000-07:00Peter Galbraith confirms my statement that Bush-Ch...Peter Galbraith confirms my statement that Bush-Cheney's conflicted, cross-purposed "strategy" is already <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/18/iraq/print.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">defined by the specter of American defeat</a>.<br><br><i>The developments in Anbar are more significant. Tribesmen who had been attacking U.S. troops in support of the insurgency are now taking U.S. weapons to fight al-Qaida and other Sunni extremists. Unfortunately, the Sunni fundamentalists are not the only enemy of these new U.S.-sponsored militias. The Sunni tribes also regard Iraq's Shiite-led government as an enemy, and the United States appears now to be in the business of arming both the Sunni and Shiite factions in what has long since become a civil war.</i>Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-20543396372889972732007-07-17T18:39:00.000-07:002007-07-17T18:39:00.000-07:00Skip nailed it spot on! I have nothing to add to ...Skip nailed it spot on! I have nothing to add to that. ;)Suzie-Q (S-Q)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13726628714596925390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-67130069669445423282007-07-17T08:01:00.000-07:002007-07-17T08:01:00.000-07:00I associate myself with Sievert's options.I associate myself with Sievert's options.Yellow Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07240896921792157807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-28437876972366337772007-07-16T22:30:00.000-07:002007-07-16T22:30:00.000-07:00[Training Iraqi troops to stand up so our troops c...[Training Iraqi troops to stand up so our troops can stand down?<br>That won`t work.<br>[Completing Regime Change by installing thug(s)?<br>We have already done that. It does not work either.<br>[Growing Democracy?<br>Ha ha.<br>[Occupation Force Protection and Legitimacy?<br>Huh ?<br>[Buttressing & propping up Iraq against Iran?<br>Why bother ?<br>[Civil War Monitor?<br>We can do that from space.<br>[Rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure?<br>Special interest contracts. Bad idea.<br>[Reorganization and updating oil production?<br>We don`t want the oil production to go up, that lowers the price.<br>[Killing as many of al Qaeda as possible?<br>That works both ways.<br>Realistic approach>?<br>Withdraw the troops post haste.<br>Apologize to the world.<br>Start a new type of society.TbonePickensetchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07637880436646526278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-85432628707313835832007-07-16T20:57:00.000-07:002007-07-16T20:57:00.000-07:00I don't like polls that much. But I am curious...I don't like polls that much. But I am curious about how my half-dozen readers feel about the limited range of options I have posted above. So I have established an Instant Recount Voting poll. IRV allows you to vote for as many or as few options, as you prefer. The question I pose is:<br><br><i>How so ever soon American forces can begin their re-deployment (in 60 days, 180 days or 553 days) from Iraq, to what <b>single</b> mission should they be assigned?</i><br><br>You can find my <a href="http://www.demochoice.org/dcballot.php?poll=antisurge" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Anti-Surge Options for American Assets in Iraq until 20-Jan-09</a> here. You are invited to agitate for your choices as well as post running results in the comments below.Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.com