tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post114927766514845249..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: A few words on HadithaFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1149353757262016042006-06-03T09:55:00.000-07:002006-06-03T09:55:00.000-07:00That was my thought as well, and to me it was the ...That was my thought as well, and to me it was the only defensible reason for occupying the country in the first place..we could have dealt with Saddam's WMDs by using air power and targeting every suspected site. And not waiting 15 months to do it!<BR/><BR/>Bush pretty much screwed that up by (a)allowing radical Shiite candidates and parties with ties to Iran to run in the election<BR/><BR/>(B) not securing the borders with Syria and Iran and <BR/><BR/>(c) not only allowing al-Sadr and the Shia militias to exist, but allowing Iran to arm and train them.<BR/><BR/>We should have pushed for an independent Kurdistan controlled by our real allies there. Then we would have had a base.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1149301619223175372006-06-02T19:26:00.000-07:002006-06-02T19:26:00.000-07:00Yeah it is beginning to look like `Arab democracy'...Yeah it is beginning to look like `Arab democracy' is pretty much a failure. Would suck to be asked to leave Iraq without a thank you. My thought was that we'd have a military base there forever...Roseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831258809546539352noreply@blogger.com