“We Were Better Off With Saddam”– There, I Said It
“Last month American soldiers captured a Mahdi Army death squad leader in Baghdad — only to be forced to turn him loose on order of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Two weeks ago, we were ordered, again by Maliki, to take down the barricades we had established around Sadr City in search of another notorious death squad leader and a missing American soldier.”
This on top of Nancy Pelosi’s statement that the Iraq War is not a war to be won, but a situation to be solved. We are no longer fighting a war, we are playing games.
A decisive victory in Iraq is still the best possible outcome, but without the political will on either the Iraqi or American side to do what is necessary, staying is madness. With the Democrats in power and Bush rolling over for them (not that he had the initiative anyway), there is no mission. Not another American soldier’s life should be wasted in Iraq under these circumstances.
We were better off with Saddam in power. He was easily containable and prevented the Iranians from having their run of the region. [Editor's note: And most importantly, Saddam was a ruthless blood-thirsty dictator, who ruled by instilling fear among everyone. With public executions, rape rooms, and putting people through plastic shredders -- evidently, that's the barbarism it takes to contain the savages that are carrying on the terrorist activity.]
This should be a clear message to any country that supports terrorists who threaten or attack the US. We will come into your country, kill you and destroy your government, and leave you with the mess.
November 22nd, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Bush, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki to Meet in Jordan…
President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will meet next week in Jordan to discuss the…
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:26 pm
You are having a meltdown.
When you go into the Middle East, you only have two options, One you Alexanderize their ass or second, your fail miserably. U.S. went in their to fail and there is no surprise.
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:36 pm
What?
If US Armed Forces cannot kill or capture terrorists on the order of the newly created government in Iraq, then you know what, peace out, motherf****ers, we’re going home.
No more of that BS. If they want our help, they need to get out of the way and let us do our jobs. Otherwise, we shouldn’t spend one more second out there.
To hell with that insanity.
November 22nd, 2006 at 3:18 pm
I have supported the Mission and the Troops from the beginning, adn I still do.
That being said, Bush erred in making “The Iraqis” the center of attention.
“Operation Iraqi Freedom” my but.
Now they are free, and what are they doing with it?
It should have been, “Operation WMD - seek and destroy.” Rather than grant Saddam’s goons amnesty, we should have wiped them out from the beginning.
A pullout now will leave a VACUUM, and into that will pour the grimiest sludge of the Middle East.
Mistake or not, I fear the only answer is to send over another 100,000, kick but, gather up all the Kalashnikovs, give them back to Russia and say, “Look, your house is clean, NOW we are going home.”
But does America have the guts for this kind of move?
McCain would if he were Pres!!!
November 22nd, 2006 at 4:31 pm
California Conservative ‘Cut And Run’…
This is another “Things are tough, so let’s quit” proclomation from a respected conservative. Check out Ben Stein The Appeaser for the template. I’ll respond to California Conservative in the same way. In his article, “We Were Better Off With……
November 22nd, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Finally, some common sense coming from the right! Krauthammer points out a couple of facts but misses the major reason that we’ve failed in Iraq: a lack of understanding of what drives the Muslim world. Saddam understood what it took to rule a Middle Eastern country, and it takes tyranny, torture, and ruthless weilding of power. At least we got the torture part right while handing the tyranny and power to Iran via Moqtada al-Sadr. And all it took was the Democrats seizing Congress for the right to see the light.
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:00 pm
The Democrats still have not proposed, let alone tried to implement one sensible plan.
November 23rd, 2006 at 1:01 pm
The original objective was simply to remove Saddam. Then, Bush posited that everything would magically come together. As if that was all you needed to do. Remove the dictator, win the war.
Ain’t that easy. The scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz coulda toldja that.
The original objective was woefully shortsighted - almost to the point of being criminal. If you ain’t going to do the job right, you shouldn’t do it at all. And Bush Co. never had any intention of doing that job right.
To put this loss on the heads of newly elected Democrats is fucking rediculous. Insane even.