if pahlavi had put any effort into humanely governing iran rather than inflicting the savak on its citizens and spent on them even a fraction of the money he wasted on the ridiculous celebration of a fake millenium anniversary of the so-called 'peacock throne', there might never have been an iranian revolution. King, Using the same logi
just in case it somehow eludes you two students of history, team b rejection of anything that doesn't meet preconceptions explains why the cia's intel on iraq was so flawed. The purpose of the B-team was to put forward an alternative point of view. The intelligence used to go to war with Iraq came from such right wing kook frings like Germany, t
only if most reasonable people are--like you--willing to ignore the inaccuracies i pointed out earlier. i'll admit to ignorance of one historical fact: i don't recall you being appointed spokesperson for most reasonable people. King, If you are ignorant of one small fact that you based your beliefe on, would it not make your bel
here's what really happened and who was responsible according to lawrence korb: I disagree with his conclusions. The B-team is a good concept, and I find little fault with it. The rest is political opinion which is his to have and yours to embrace.
The insurgency is an Iraqi problem, staying there forever or even a few more years isn't going to change that. Ok, this is where you are correct and incorrect at the same time. The insurgency is a local problem and not much of one. AQ is a global problem that the government of Iraq can't deal with unless they get as brutal as the former leader.
At the begining of this war, there were never a set series of conditions to leave, after the war was over a few short weeks, then it was the "terrorists" planting all these roadside bombs and irregular guys making attacks, all terrorists of course, throught the standing up of their governement, it isn't Al Qaeda or terrorists it's been insurgents and people fighting to rul
Do you see that increasing upon our departure? Do you mean like what happened when we pulled out of Vietnam? We had an agreement with the North Vietnamese government, we honored that agreement until we were left with only a few dozen troops and then they pushed hard to make it look like they were kicking us out. Given the mentality of the Middle
"Paladin wrote: I don’t see any of the “no end in sight” crowd screaming about the troops still in Germany, Italy, and Japan. Where are the “no end in sight” crowd shouting that we have to get our troops out of Haiti.We still have troops getting killed in all four nations but no one has said a word about it since the 1950’s. So if you are serious and honest then either dem
"Paladin wrote: I am uninsurable and no one cared about me or my people that got hurt" Mr. Greene replied: I wasn't alive during the war in Vietnam, but for your service let me extend a thank you. This is exactly my point today, dozens of troops are mutilated by the actions of war, in Vietnam, the rate of deal to wounding was 1:3, today it's more like 1:10, or 1:12,
"To say we'd be returning for a third time is ridiclious, under what circumstances can you make that asertion? Al-Qaeda infestation? Doubtful as Sunni and Shia Iraqi's are about as happy to have Al-Qaeda there as they are to have us there. My point about the permanently injured American and alliance soldiers is that is the untold story in the media. There is no daily repor
To date, I am unaware of any WMD found in country, that is to say any nuclear bombs or even low grade radioactive waste, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons, only naturally occuring desert anthrax bacteria. Regime change has been a success, Iraq was stable enough for a vote, a government has been elected, yet we still remain. Yeah, I know
This war did not begin about us building Iraq into a free and democratic Iraq, it was sold to the public as a hunt for WMD, and a regime change, to that end, the stated goal was to stabilize Iraq enought to permit a vote, and election of a government, turn the country, with it's problems over to the Iraqi government and then the silent but implied notion was to leave. </td
I am truly sorry I foolishly expected the reader to have some small grasp of history so I hit the high points quickly. Mr. Ford was president when the Church Commission started to cripple the CIA and FBI. Carter too the presidency in 76 and ran the military into the ground by 1980. The nation’s ignorance to what was happening around the world is what lead to the ouster of the Shah. Mr. Carter’s policies and inaction lead the world to believe we were weak and would allow the invasion of Afghanist
Xythe: I'm have not read all the above content, other that the article itself. In response to the OP and his article: It's lonely at the top, and your entitle to be as jealous as you like. Be nice.
You cant even handle that which is currently on your plate sunshine so dont bother making idle threats. Although you could add that to your list of why the world dispises you.i.e "threatening overtures" and "openly hostile to any form of dissent", despite your shallow attempts of trying to pass yourselves off as the "defenders of freedom". Thi
I wont suggest your deliberately "telling lies" about such facts. As it's clear you're more ignorant than cunning. You are delusional if you think you have proven anything. The articles you site have one consistant theme. The words "suspect" and "suggest" are speculative, not difinitive. In short you are taking the word of un-named sources that w
Besides knowing you guys, your "intelligence" on the matter was probably completely wrong anyhow. How many times are you going to attempt to rewrite your lousy pretext for war? Speaking to British MPs, Prime Minister Tony Blair was just as explicit: "Let me deal with the conspiracy theory idea that this is somehow to do with oil. There is no way
Lies.... like the ones about WMD you mean? I see you ignored what I wrote about the stockpile of WMD found. So far they have discovered three different stockpiles. Proof that Iraq had WMD's has been there for years. It was in the surrender document signed by Iraq at the end of the Gulf war. The listed what stockpiles and types of WMD they had. Un
I started to fall asleep as soon as I started reading about "Tuck didn't have opportunities in life to make the best choices" Who cares? This hate crime crap was invented to get at people the liberals defended in the past. Now the "wrong" people are using that defense it is a bad thing. How about the sentence he was given? Was he released because of his misfortune? None of that is covered in your story. When bad people do bad things they should be punished. I was investigated by the police for b
ScoffPiggyThomlinson: If you hadn't invaded oil rich Iraq, you'd be but a blip on the radar. I mean, beyond bombs and Microsoft, all thats left is a cardboard culture. Frankly in New Zealand at least, you're far more pitied than hated. Oil rich Iraq? My friend you are sorely misguided. There is more oil in reserve off the coast of one of our stat
ScoffPiggyThomlinson:The mere fact that you choose to lump everyone in the rest of the world together is typical of the black and white, for and against, American idiocy thats so dispised. Thats why you lose wars by the way. You cant distinguish one enemy from another.i.e Saudis attack you on 9-11 so you invade Afganistan and Iraq? You are good a
This article is entitled "Why America is hated" and yet the entire article basically consists of the author pointing out what he hates about the rest of the world. :ScoffPiggyThomlinson I think it would be best if you learned reading comprehension. I have never stated in any article I have written that I hate any nation. With the exception of Fra
American money is whats fueling the rise in our coastal property prices. Very widely reported down here. Frankly it (your figure of a 1000) even sounds ridiculous as does the rest of article. So you are sayin that more than 1000 Americans leave to take up citizenship in other nations because they have a gripe with America? I understand your disli
I never said the US was alone in doing it. But this article seems focused on America. It doesn't make much sense to go roping in every country that indulges in a little neo-colonialism. By the way, neo-colonialism is separate from colonialism because it does not require direct rule. PNG and the Solomons are neocolonial possessions of Australia but we don't rule the
Why did the US have a superior economic base? We had a superior economic base because we believed in freedom. Take a risk, if you do well you are rich if not you try again. In other countries failure is the end of the line. In America failure is just a false start. We don’t tax companies into the poor house or at least we try not to because we un
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