Will dictator Bush take a hint from Tony Blair and get out of Iraq's civil war?

Question

I'm not a lib,I belong to the silent majority.

Answer 1

no that is not going to happen he will just push it under the table and go with the "father knows best" terms and tell you that is ok it just shows that the iraqi people are stepping up to take up the slack and that is why the british are coming home , as far as us getting out of the war goes not going to happen cause then Bush would have to take responsibility and say that it was an unecessary war and that is not going to come out of his mouth, instead it will be up to historians to tell the truth and the only truth they can tell is we invaded a country for no other reasons than we needed to pack the blame for 9/11 on them in order to take out Saddam so that it would not look like it was done for his attempt on daddy

Answer 2

Wrong on all accounts - President Bush is not a dictator, Tony Blair is cutting his troops like always planned not leaving - less than 3,000 coming home. You are a lib & not in the silent or noisy majority. Read the news more & learn the facts.

My25cents - I want a refund, I read the news without your twist.

Answer 3

Iraq's civil war is every ones civil war. Cause it's against terrorism. If you can't see that. You are blind. There government is not strong enough yet to handle this stuff on there own. But they are getting there. If we leave now. They will be overthrown and the terrorist will take over again and start the same stuff over again we are trying to stop. do you really want to see that? Or do you not care cause you think just because we are an ocean apart it's not gonna effect us?

Answer 4

positive he ought to i'm no longer anti conflict notwithstanding i'm adverse to the invasion of Iraq placed on the Lies that Tony Blair &Co recommended. uk /u . s . of u.s. allegedly have the pleasant intelligence amassing on the planet MI5/MI6/CIA/SIS/FBI so if the Iraqi's had WMD why were they now no longer in a position to pinpoint the places and direct those inspectors on to them. would u.s. allow a russian delegation of inspectors into all their internet web content of WMD i doubt it. How would america and Britain trust if the troops of distant places authorities pulled down the statues of their leaders. The BBC gave Tony's spin on Saddam's crack royal shelter the position are they if the existed there favor to were truly some individuals killed that the united kingdom u . s . of u.s. have not admitted to killing became it proper to seek out his sons execute them and parade their bodies would blair like this to ensue to his kin he became in simple terms as massive a tyrant as Saddam in his own means

Answer 5

You have it all wrong, Skippy...George Bush is the elected President.....The hint from Blair??? no hint at all. His military has met their objective and therefor can move on...Of course, he did knuckle under form Liberal Pressure..Thankfully, our strong President won't, give in to the cowardice of the Libs

Answer 6

(consfearacy)I need to redefine all the thing i hate today politic's that fail from a president derailed i hate the **** economy it might as well be sodomy i know that in the end i'm expected to pretend but i can't relate to your verbal idiocy no one can control when the government's the enemy!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Why can't liberals EVER tell the truth and accept reality? Why must they always spread their retarded lies? Liberals are destroying America.

The truth is in the article I have linked.

Answer 8

dictator? are you kidding me? hugo chavez is a dictator, stalin and hitler were dictators, the president is NOT a dictator! he was voted for! sheesh!

Answer 9

Of course not.

Answer 10

---------------------------------I DOUBT IT------------------------------------

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
5 minutes ago



BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter that crashed Wednesday north of Baghdad was shot down, the military said after initially stating that the chopper made a "hard landing." All aboard were safely evacuated by a second helicopter, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver.



"I can confirm that initial reports indicate that it was brought down by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades," Garver said, adding that the site had been secured.

The statement from Garver came hours after chief military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell told reporters that the Black Hawk had made a "hard landing."

CNN first reported that the helicopter was shot down.

At least seven U.S. helicopters have crashed or been forced down by hostile fire since Jan. 20, killing 28 troops and civilians.

Also Wednesday, a suicide car bomber struck a police checkpoint in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, killing at least 13 people in the spiritual heartland of the militia factions led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Britain meanwhile outlined its plan to withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and Denmark said it will withdraw its 460-member contingent by August. Lithuania also said it may pull back its 53 troops from the country.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite the announced withdrawals, "the coalition remains intact." In Japan, Vice President Dick Cheney said the U.S. wants to finish its mission in Iraq, then "come home with honor."

Political tremors grew stronger in Iraq following claims that a Sunni woman was raped while in custody of the Shiite-dominated police — a case that threatens to escalate the sectarian friction that drives many of the bombings and attacks across the country.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired the head of the influential Sunni Endowment, who had called for an international investigation into the rape allegations.

The Najaf blast hit while streets were filled with morning shoppers. At least seven of the victims were police and the rest civilians, authorities said. It was the first large-scale bombing in months in the city, which is heavily guarded by police and al-Sadr's powerful Mahdi Army militia. More than 40 people were injured.

On Aug. 10, a suicide attack near the Imam Ali mosque killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100.

Najaf is a major Shiite pilgrim destination for its iconic Imam Ali shrine near the city's huge cemetery — used as a burial place for Shiites throughout the country. It also is headquarters of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Sadr, whose militia engaged in heavy fighting with U.S. forces in the area in 2004.

Government officials marked the first week of a wide-ranging security sweep in Baghdad by U.S. and Iraqi forces seeking to put death squads and insurgents on the run. But a string of bombings in the Baghdad area — which have claimed more than 100 lives since Sunday — have quieted the early fanfare and highlighted the huge challenges of trying to reclaim control of the blood-soaked capital.

A car bomb in the western Baghdad district of Bayya killed at least two and injured 31, police said. Later, a car bomb in the neighborhood killed at least three people. The area, a hotbed of sectarian tensions, is mixed between Sunni and Shiites.

The Iraqi spokesman for the security plan, Brig. Gen. Qassim Moussawi, said the campaign to reclaim control of the city neighborhood by neighborhood "has achieved very important goals despite the expected criminal reactions."

"God willing, the plan will continue to uproot terrorists and outlaws across Baghdad and other areas," he told a news conference. He added that 42 "terrorists" have been killed in the sweeps and more than 250 suspected militants arrested, but gave further details.

Caldwell told a news conference that U.S. and Iraqi forces were focusing on "belts" of extremist activity in Baghdad and suggested political talks are continuing over when and how to move into Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia.

He added that U.S. military planners are moving ahead with efforts to establish smaller outposts around Iraq. They seek to work with Iraqi soldiers on forging ties with community leaders and gathering sharper intelligence on militants.

"If we are going to protect the population, we have to be down there with the population," he said.

The rape claims by the 20-year-old woman, which surfaced Monday, have sent the political leadership into turmoil.

A statement by al-Maliki's office gave no reason for the dismissal of Ahmed Abdul-Ghafour al-Samaraie, who directed the state agency overseeing Sunni mosques and seminaries. But suspicion fell on his harsh criticism of the government's handling of the rape allegations.

The government's quick rejection of the woman's claims have outraged many Sunnis, who accused al-Maliki of a high-level cover-up. The Association of Muslim Scholars, a militant Sunni group known to have links with insurgent groups, called it a "moral genocide" and warned of more fallout ahead.

"Those who perpetrated this crime must know their guilt will not be forgotten," the group said Tuesday.

A statement by al-Maliki's office accused "certain parties" — presumably Sunni politicians — of inventing the claims to try to undermine forces during the Baghdad security operation.

Caldwell confirmed the woman was treated at a U.S. military hospital, but said no medical reports would be made public because of confidentiality codes.

In London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said about 1,600 British troops will leave Iraq in the coming months if Iraqi forces can secure the southern part of the country. Britain — the main coalition ally in Iraq — has about 7,100 soldiers in Iraq, concentrated in and around the southern city of Basra

British troops will stay in Iraq until at least 2008 and work to secure the Iran-Iraq border and maintain supply routes to U.S. and coalition troops in central Iraq, Blair told the House of Commons.

"What all of this means is not that Basra is how we want it to be. But it does mean that the next chapter in Basra's history can be written by Iraqis," Blair said.

Denmark said it will withdraw its 460-member contingent from southern Iraq by August and transfer security responsibilities to Iraqi forces. The Danes serve under British command in Basra.

The major effect of the British and Danish withdrawals will likely be political, coming as the U.S. is increasing its troops in an effort to stem violence in Baghdad. Democratic leaders could use the announcements to pressure Bush to put forth his own timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals.

Rice played down the British announcement, saying it is consistent with the U.S. plan to turn over more control to Iraqi forces when possible.

"The British have done what is really the plan for the country as a whole, which is to transfer security responsibility to the Iraqis as the situation permits," Rice said in Germany. "The coalition remains intact and, in fact, the British still have thousands of troops deployed in Iraq."

Elsewhere in Iraq, a U.S. Marine was killed Tuesday in fighting in volatile Anbar province, the military said.

At least 3,149 members of the U.S. military have died since the war began in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.