Unified, Stable, Democratic Iraq, Was that just a dream by Dubya?

Question

What a mess.................................?????????

Answer 1

Truth B. Told --

Who are you talking about?

DICK CHENEY

Mar. 16, 2002

"My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . [in] weeks rather than months."

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DONALD RUMSFELD

Nov. 15, 2002

"The idea that it's going to be a long, long, long battle of some kind I think is belied by the fact of what happened in 1990…Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that."

Jan. 10, 2003

“Well, the Office of Management and Budget, has come up come up with a number that's something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.”

Feb. 7, 2003

"It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."

Jul. 24, 2003

“Quagmire? That's someone else's business. Quagmire is -- I don't do quagmires.”

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RICHARD PERLE (Chairman of the Defense Policy Board)

July 11, 2002

"And there is a good chance that it [the war] will be less than that [3 weeks]," he said.

Mar 25, 2003

“I can't tell you exactly how many days or how many weeks. But by historical standards, this will be a short war.”
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KEN ADELMAN (U.N. ambassador)

Feb. 13, 2002:

"I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk. Let me give simple, responsible reasons: (1) It was a cakewalk last time; (2) they've become much weaker; (3) we've become much stronger; and (4) now we're playing for keeps.”

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GEN. RICHARD MYERS (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)

March 4, 2003:

"What you'd like to do is have it be a short, short conflict. The best way to do that is have such a shock on the system, the Iraqi regime would have to assume early on the end is inevitable."

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GEORGE W. BUSH

May 1, 2003

“… my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

May, 2005

"Good news to the men and women who fought ... their mission is complete."

Answer 2

More than being a dream, it is an utter delusion of Bush. To call it a dream, one must grant it as being viable. Yet, a democracy in Iraq, at least occurring within the next 10 to 20 years, is not viable and is therefore a delusion; a delusion just as absurd as Bush believing that God wanted him to be President.

Iraq’s history, culture, and overarching influence of religion makes it a nation that cannot give birth to a democracy, regardless of how much coercion, to make it a democracy, occurs from the outside.

Successful democracies emerge in countries only when certain necessary precursors exist, and these precursors or social conditions don’t exist in Iraq.

Answer 3

War is always a mess.
As you may already know. Congress, the United States, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, (speaker of the house and 3rd in line for the presidency) , Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Howard Dean, Madeline Albright, Jay Rockefeller, John Edwards (presidentual candidate) all voted and pressed President Bush to go into Iraq.

Yes, it is vital for Iraq to become Democratic. If they don't the terrorists will take over Iraq, take the oil that the people of Iraq need to survive, they will destroy Israel who right now is the only democratic state in the Mid East , then they will be in your lap here in the United States then you will have to fight them here.
Afghanistan is right now on the verge of a victory with the big election win and Benazir Bhutto returning back to her country.
It will soon be democratic nation and the people will be free.
They want this as they have proved in the recent.election.
Read about it in the Washington Post.

The beheadings, cutting off of hands and feet, cruel beatings of women, stonings will stop. Would you want them to be free as well? I do and so do our military. If you don't believe me just ask them. They are the ones doing the fighting this war.

You and I are enjoying our freedom, no new taxes, gas at a reasonable price (we are not walking or paying 10-00 bucks a gallon for gas.)...Employment and the economy is good.

If a democrat get in there will definetly be a tax raise...God help you then...you will need another extra job.

Answer 4

what desires to ensue is that Iraq and the remainder of the wartorn arabic countries embody education and stamp on corruption. I certainly have spoken at great length to others with regard to the subject concerns confronted via persons while it consists of low social and economic life, confronted in this usa and in another country ( in actuality thick people killing others) and all of it boils right down to a loss of education, freedom and determination..... if to procure an arabic farmer whos purely thank you to mediate is pulling out an AK47...he will do it....until eventually he's taught to chat efficiantly.......pulling a sequence off is plenty easier i comprehend yet extra unfavourable.... teach the worldwide...instruct verbal exchange skills!!

Answer 5

Nope.

It was a last chance for the Middle East before we station a carrier group permanent off of the coast of Israel.

Besides, we're supposed to be the ones fomenting democracy. St. JFK, bear any burden, oppose any foe, etc. etc.

Answer 6

I'd add the word 'wet' in front of that dream of Dubya's.

Answer 7

Denying the truth again. The US military has been cleaning house in Iraq. Coalitions among the various Iraqi groups are forming. Sunnis are turning on Al Qaeda. Both civilian deaths and military casualties are way down. Even left wing liberal loonies have had to admit the surge is working.

You are always bashing George Bush. Again you are wrong. Try posting a legitimate question for once.

Answer 8

That was never even part of his reasoning. He doesn't care about Iraq per se, he wants what they have and his cronies have made billions from this war, that was his dream! I wish his dream had been to find Bin Laden, but evidently he had other plans all along.

Answer 9

He warned us from the get-go that this thing would take a long time, and i don't think we wanted to believe it because this is the USA where you can get almost anything you want 24/7. And now we are frustrated and mad.

I think it would be nice if other nations pitched in to help the allied forces.

Answer 10

Hardly. It's come to light that Bush's real intentions were never about democracy or freedom for the Iraqis.

Just their OIL.