‘If I Had to Do It Over Again’

This whole war was concocted by neo-con wackos. Ups that is redundant.

Rice has forgotten the ugly past of being black in America. She is now doing it to people of Iraq by imposing American standard onto another cultural group that is totaling different from both the White and Black Americans.

If ms. rice had it to do all over again , she would 'nt be able to do it any differently than before, the myth of government officials working on behalf of the nation that put them in office, has become a stench that reaches the lower heavens. The bankers, the Oil industry and whatever other profit driven greed crazed monopoly, are the ones dictating national policy and giving marching orders to these supposedly elected officials and there appointee's. Communism, racism, even immigration pale in significance when it comes to the damage done to the concept of capitalism compared to the greed , of the souless big money entities, that have demanded the blood of americans and iraqis to increase a profit margin and secure there strangle hold on the world.

WELCOMED AS LIBERATORS. Maybe it's a Cheney-ism, but all who were in the room share responsibility for this and other disastrous bits of groupthink. Rice frankly should have known better, and she and Powell should have challenged some of the unquestioned assumptions. Of course any dissent wasn't welcome and they had to know that, but that won't spare them from a harsh historical judgment. Powell is already realizing it. Bush also realizes it in a similar way to LBJ not wanting to be the first president to lose a war, so he keeps doubling down. Americans die so the security situation can improve, but without a political settlement it'll be a long and unwelcome occupation. And the things getting in the way of a political settlement weren't even talked about four years ago when everything was framed as us-versus-the-terrorists. Indeed, Rice and others have not only been behind the curve and very late to admit basic mistakes, but there's also been a pattern of intelligence reports and other expert opinion surfacing that anticipated many of the problems. Clearly Rice and Bush either didn't read the reports, or ignored anything that conflicted with their own entrenched, ideological views. The result has been a quagmire that has hurt the U.S. standing in the world, saddled future generations with debt and may well be the key turning point if this is the Chinese Century.

Comment: It is too bad that one of the team is a Monday morning quaterback 5 years and several trillion dollars late!

Mike

Say, ExpatAmerican, it is only NOW obvious to you that the US needs oil? You probably shouldn't be posting comments about anything.

BAGHDAD=BABYLON=CONFUSION. ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL.

The reason there's war in Iraq doesn't have a single thing to do with WMD's, terrorists, liberating the Iraqi people or any other such ruse. It has everything to do with the Luciferian Mystery Religion. This is NOT the first time the people of the world have become confounded in Baghdad (Babylon).

Rice ought to be ousted, along with Bush and Cheney. She"s a liar just like they are. These people have ruined the lives of many Americans with this senseless war they started. Ever since this administration started, they have been doing nothing but lying to the American people. These people are a disgrace to the American people and this country.

BAGHDAD=BABYLON=CONFUSION. ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL.

In terms of her legacy, Dr. Rice will never be viewed outside the Neo-Conservative Community as anything more than ???Junior???s Bottom ***???.

BAGHDAD=BABYLON=CONFUSION. ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL.

In terms of her legacy, Dr. Rice will never be viewed outside the Neo-Conservative Community as anything more Than ???Junior???s Bottom ***???.

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Are these people insane? One day they publish an article about how Iraqi refugees are returning home because the countries they fled to won't keep them anymore, the next day they say their going back to iraq on their own free will because they feel that it's now safe. This is one more pathetic attempt by the bush administration before they leave office (if they ever do) to leave us with the feeling that Iraq was a success. They bought their tickets, they knew what the were getting into. I say, let em crash.

I quote Leo Delaney. I could not have said it better myself. He is 1000 percent correct!!

Posted By: leodelaney @ 11/08/2007 9:56:30 PM

Comment: I don't think history will allow her and the malevolent incompetent she works for to get away with the tens of thousands of young Americans dead and maimed, the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis suffering the same fate, the half trillion already spent and the trillion that remains to be spent, the destruction of the United States honor and morality and the loss of all our allies and the respect of our enemies. Nor will it accept that "we made some mistakes, but its not as bad in Iraq now as it was when we invaded four and a half years ago." as a fit apology for the greatest military, political, ethical and economic blunder in the history of the nation. History will underscore the illigitimacy of the invasion, the lack of reason for the invasion, the lies and evasions utilized to dupe an ignorant populace into supporting a farcical war in Iraq and the "War of Terrorism." George W. Bush, Condaleeza Rice, Dick Cheney and others will go down in History reviled as the other leaders of formerly great nations who, because of their own incompetence and malevolence, hurled their nation down the path to a totally unnecessary and ineffective war; a war that was lost early on, but which their intransigence and pride kept from ending even though the carnage was increasing day by day. History won't let them off because "Well gee, maybe we made a few mistakes."

Posted by Natalie Rosen: I am quoting again Leo Delaney because his comment is exactly correct in every way. I could not have said it better myself. He says the following:

Posted By: leodelaney @ 11/08/2007 9:56:30 PM

Comment: I don't think history will allow her and the malevolent incompetent she works for to get away with the tens of thousands of young Americans dead and maimed, the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis suffering the same fate, the half trillion already spent and the trillion that remains to be spent, the destruction of the United States honor and morality and the loss of all our allies and the respect of our enemies. Nor will it accept that "we made some mistakes, but its not as bad in Iraq now as it was when we invaded four and a half years ago." as a fit apology for the greatest military, political, ethical and economic blunder in the history of the nation. History will underscore the illigitimacy of the invasion, the lack of reason for the invasion, the lies and evasions utilized to dupe an ignorant populace into supporting a farcical war in Iraq and the "War of Terrorism." George W. Bush, Condaleeza Rice, Dick Cheney and others will go down in History reviled as the other leaders of formerly great nations who, because of their own incompetence and malevolence, hurled their nation down the path to a totally unnecessary and ineffective war; a war that was lost early on, but which their intransigence and pride kept from ending even though the carnage was increasing day by day. History won't let them off because "Well gee, maybe we made a few mistakes."