2007-11-17 03:46:03 · 24 answers · asked by James T 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I rank those reports along with the "Mission Accomplished" banner.
In the first two weeks of war we saw the exact same thing: the US would sweep through a town, declare the town safe and then move on to the next town. Meanwhile, the insurgents would pop out of their hidey-holes in the previously searched "Safe Towns" and open fire on our troops' backs in ambushes.
This "surge" is just another episode of smoke & mirrors. There was a bombing in Baghdad this morning.
2007-11-17 03:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋
No. The fact is the coalition are responsible for the majority of the violence, as they align themselves with the Maliki government which is corrupt and has turned a blind eye to sectarian killings between seperatist parties (against nationalists) in return for his untennable postion as prime minister.
The only elected body (the Iraqi parliament) has to fight tooth and nail against the Maliki regime, and it's seperatist paymasters to keep Iraq in one peice. Not a loose federation of states drawn on ethnic lines (Sunni, Shia, Kurd), promising massive oil revenues to private foreign (US) corporations.
There is no end in sight for Iraq. The coalition has taken the wrong side in this war. We should be supporting the nationalists, the only elected body that the Iraqi's trust, who can make Iraq a working democracy were it not for the greedy US and their divide and conquer tactics.
The coalition causes more problems than it fixes and rather than playing passive onlooker, has taken active sides in this civil war (against the nationalists; the only force for good in Iraq).
It's not a question of 'winning' becuase everything is going according to plan so far, because as we've all been told a million times, war is hell. So your notion of winning is pretty callous. It depends on the eradication of the Iraqi state entirely to be replaced by ethnically cleansed fifedoms. If that's winning, I would rather see every American in America killed before one more innocent Iraqi, or seeing our own country having any more involvement in that fiasco.
2007-11-18 11:49:47 · answer #2 · answered by jasemuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just another lul before the next big storm.
A few less troops die, so they call that a victory.
They can never win and all they are doing is creating an extemist state with a hatred for the west.
Best get out now while the going is good...!!
2007-11-17 12:50:01 · answer #3 · answered by Terry M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a conventional war so I think to say winning is the wrong word.I believe that a war torn Iraqi people are tired,I think that they are more being coalesced than beaten.Which does not change the mind set of the majority rather it suppresses it.In time it will again raise its head.
2007-11-17 12:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by mach 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Coalition? Our "allies" in Iraq have been slowly and quietly withdrawing their few troops for the last 4 years.
2007-11-17 12:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
We can do no more than sustain there until the Iraqi people decide they want to have a country at peace. The U.S. can't win or loose this conflict at this point. I am hearing reports that it is better, which is a very hopeful sign.
2007-11-17 12:01:30 · answer #6 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes its true.
Haven't you noticed that the Iraq war has disappeared from the front page....That means we are winning..
Good news is no news....The BBC, NYT, Wash Post.
2007-11-17 15:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I assure you that the msm kept it quiet until it was imposable to bury anymore. Notice Iraq isn't covered on the front page anymore. Always way in the back, usually side by side with the "terrorist scoreboard". You know x number of troops have been killed in Iraq since 2003.
2007-11-17 11:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by Michael 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Winning what ? Saddam has long been toppled and put to death. The 'war' itself is over. We are now playing babysitter to a population of Iraqis who tend to hate each other over religious differences. Unless we can find a way to cause these factions to work together, nothing will change in the foreseeable future.
2007-11-17 11:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by acermill 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It is definitly true because I was reading reports about it last week. The media does not post them because they want to just post the bad things about the war.
They are beginning to send troops home because they are slowly giving more load to the Iraqi troops that they have been training since the beginning of the war
2007-11-17 11:56:14 · answer #10 · answered by bee bee boo 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Would you believe the reports that indicate that the Coalition is losing? That the war is lost? That the war is pointless?
If so, why then, would you not believe the media when it says we're winning?
I want out , too ... but, if you don't support the war, you should STILL wish for victory for our country.
2007-11-17 11:50:18 · answer #11 · answered by gooup 2 · 7⤊ 3⤋