Letters to the Editor
Retired Military Patriot
Published Letters: 2275 Editor's Choice: 11
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@Craig A. Johnson, what’s so wrong with federalized decentralization and partition?
[Read the article: The truth behind the Pollack-O'Hanlon trip to Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]B. If America semi 'stands down' behind a multinational force the chances for a settlement and a hopeful future for Iraq (and the region) brighten.
C. Alternatively, if America insists on a continuing presence they should henceforth implement a tri-part Iraq. Post establishment of same, the U.S. could implement massive aid to each faction and a return to the time-honored foreign policy of "bribe-the-dictator."
Why is your B. course so much better than your C.? How does a civil war cease just because Shia and Sunni neighbors decide they will get more directly involved? Religious, tribal, political and oil (economic) issues don’t magically disappear especially after all the killing, mayhem and power plots inside and outside Iraq.
Senator Joe Biden’s federalized decentralization and partition is two-thirds there already. The Kurds have a separate nation in the north, but it can’t be called that yet, because Turkey and others get too excited. Just keep it a part of Iraq and protect it from any Turkey foolishness. The south is and has been run by Shiites. The center is left to the Sunnis and yes the desire for a secular Iraq will have to die at least for some time.
The role the neighbors can play is to make the Shiites realize their dream of controlling all of Iraq and assuming Saddam’s previous role will also have to die as long as they get a fair share of the economic pie. Our military presence will also have to be withdrawn outside Iraqi borders as recommended by the ISG
I don’t want to imply that any of this will be easy. I am implying that it is the only outcome that is feasible and probably inevitable. I wonder why the foreign affairs scholars and experts have essentially ignored Biden’s proposal. I am not an expert. Can you or someone else enlighten me?
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As we wave goodbye to Rove, we still have the even more dangerous one left
[Read the article: The truth behind the Pollack-O'Hanlon trip to Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The following was just sent to me by my son. The Dark One doesn’t care about the truth or consequences only what ends will justify his means. That’s why he and Rove are the master puppeteers.
“Cheney was right about Iraq all along; well, to be more precise, he was right about Iraq back in 1994.
In 1994 he was interviewed and answered the question of why the U.S. did not capture Saddam Hussein nor try to topple his government in the aftermath of the first Gulf War. He laid out all the reasons that invading Iraq would be an amazingly bad idea, and he proves to be amazingly precient.
Everything he listed back in 1994 has come true during the current war. Watch for yourself and weep for the dead:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
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@Jared Lessl, have you seen this video?
[Read the article: The Islamists are coming]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]“So clearly, we need to watch out for a man who runs as VP but chooses his own executive. An unscrupulous man who has a history of supporting radical, violent, authoritarian movements. Who uses unethical staff willing to break any rules, laws, or traditions of good behavior to accomplish his goals. And when we see this guy, whatever we do, don't vote for him!”
The following was sent to me by my son this morning. The present VP you allude to doesn’t care about the truth or consequences only what ends will justify his means as this video clip proves. That’s why he and the departed Rove are the master puppeteers.
“Cheney was right about Iraq all along; well, to be more precise, he was right about Iraq back in 1994.
In 1994 he was interviewed and answered the question of why the U.S. did not capture Saddam Hussein nor try to topple his government in the aftermath of the first Gulf War. He laid out all the reasons that invading Iraq would be an amazingly bad idea, and he proves to be amazingly precient.
Everything he listed back in 1994 has come true during the current war. Watch for yourself and weep for the dead:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
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@mc78, a simple solution for your pain
[Read the article: Enforcing the community's foreign policy orthodoxy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]“Although it may be painful, we need a sober, objective appraisal of what worked and what went wrong--not a barn fire”
Why wait for your foreign policy buddies to hold a meeting in plush surroundings and plot how you will ever be able to be so important in the future now that the emperor has no clothes? I have a very simple, cheap solution.
All you and your buddies need do is simply read all the concise, clear, postings in this blog compiled by very experienced, knowledgeable, caring, humane citizens who have no other goal than to help our country start on a long overdue, new path of common sense foreign policy devoid of corporatists and war mongers and their enablers like you and your buddies.
To all you commenters:
I started to save like I usually do the best comments and found that I saved something from almost all of you. My gut feeling about things is usually very good and my gut tells me today that Glenn and you have really begun to reveal so many emperors without clothes that as Bebop-o might say “ain’t gonna find them cloths fast enough than I can cook um blueberry pie.”
Thanks everyone. We have a long way to go, but blogers like you will get us there. So says my gut.
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@gen. apathy
[Read the article: Enforcing the community's foreign policy orthodoxy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What is a legitimate threat? If you were listening today, you would realize that many of us are questioning that far too many experts are so intense on finding a legitimate threat that they have lost the ability to evaluate one.
We need a fresh look at our history and where we stand in the world today and how we can go from looking for threats to spending a lot more time looking for peace.
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@lightning_fast_draw
[Read the article: Enforcing the community's foreign policy orthodoxy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So. Draw me up a lightning fast solution that won't get shot down right away.