What Obama Should Say On Iraq

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  Posted By: ahmad819 @ 07/16/2008 12:30:15 AM

  It seems like Mr Zakaria is suggesting that Iraq can only be held together by a Strong Military, is he implying that Iraq needs another strong man? So the objective is order and stability, not freedom and democracy. So after 5 years and over 4000 dead, the best we can hope for is a muddy solution in Iraq. Can any one tell me out of the wounded 25000 US troops, how many were wounded by the Taliban? So we will keep ???through our friends-negotiating with a state that has armed, trained and funded the militias in Iraq, has a weapon gradable Nuclear programme , which has openly threaten Israel a key US partner on the one hand, and then bomb our only real partner in the regions who???s supply convoys have for almost 7 years kept NATO afloat in Afghanistan. What would be a sustainable, victorious, and clean strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan? Is it not the case that the US is leaving one un finished war and rushing into another one?

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  Posted By: ahmad819 @ 07/16/2008 12:28:31 AM

  IIt seems like Mr Zakaria is suggesting that Iraq can only be held together by a Strong Military, is he implying that Iraq needs another strong man? So the objective is order and stability, not freedom and democracy. So after 5 years and over 4000 dead, the best we can hope for is a muddy solution in Iraq. Can any one tell me out of the wounded 25000 US troops, how many were wounded by the Taliban? So we will keep ???through our friends-negotiating with state that has armed, trained and funded the militias in Iraq, has a weapon gradable Nuclear programme , which has openly threaten Israel a key US partner on the one hand, and then bomb our only real partner in the regions who???s supply convoys have for almost 7 years kept NATO afloat in Afghanistan. What would be a sustainable, victorious, and clean strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan? Is it not the case that the US is leaving one un finished war and rushing into another one?

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  Posted By: saminiowa @ 07/13/2008 6:27:44 PM

  Last week I talked to my brother who recently returned from Iraq. He and his team were responsible for training Iraqis. Listening to him and watching videos of REAL footage (not from FOX or CNN) I'm not so sure the Democrats are entirely right. I selfishly want the war to end as much as anyone, and will vote for Obama, but I really think Obama needs to not rush into promises he can't keep. The reason I say this is the troops we are training are not ready. They are like children, and we can't compare them to a normal army. Americans stil call all the shots over there, and they don't trust the Iraqi troops at all. Coruption is everywhere, and there are many local players that we don't know about here in th US that are complicating the situation.
  John McCain would only fudge up the situation more though. We need a politician who can bring a different style of diplomacy to the table. Bush is too stupid to negotiate anything. Same for McCain. He's too darned proud and arrogant to concede anything.
  
  I liked the comment about finding the muddy middle ground. That is exactly what has to hppen.