The Great Moqtada Makeover

Why haven't we killed this terrorist yet? He will fight our military, but when he begins to lose he hide's in mosques and behind women and children so he doesn't get killed. The U.S. military needs to take this terrorist out. Why would you put the word "great" in the same sentence as Moqtada al-sadre? His Mahdi army
is not an army they are a bunch of killers and terrorists. We need to wipe them of the planet A.S.A.P.!

NOW HERE ARE THREE THING YOU ALL HAVE FORGOTTEN!
1. ENRON
2. WORLDCOM
REASON FOR BUSH TO DECLARE WAR ON AN ADJECTIVE!
3. 4 TONS OF STILL MISSING RX EXPLOSIVES ENOUGH FOR IEDs FOR 150 YEARS!
TRUST BUSH-NOT TRUST SADR'S MILITIA-NOT
ALL THIS= CHAOS FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME!

I find it funny how angry people are and believe that the Bush administration lied to them concerning the WMD's. Because if the admin truly "lied" about the weapons of mass destruction as all wacko's out there seem to, why wouldnt they just plant them? it would be simple as that. I for one believed that they would have. Hussein may have been hanged but he had the last laugh, because of his games and deceptions concerning the inspectors (that Bill Clinton allowed to be kicked out by the way, which is neither here nor there) Hussein goaded Bush into invading the country with a military force that wasn't large enough to clamp down on the sectarian hostilities involved in Iraq. If Iraq doesn't right itself the Bush legacy will go down as one of the worst presidencies of all time. I don't know i just think the "outrage" is kind of laughable, if Bush was such a liar/warmonger why not plant WMD's??? I would have lol. If he could pull off 9-11 as so many whackocrats claim, "finding" the lost WMD's should be easy in comparison

I may not be a history major, but as I look at , how can we ever have any relationship with peoplw who allow children to be killed, villages to be massacred, Americans to be beheaded, towns to be gassed, prizoners to be tortured and so on? Excuse me, but are we or are we not civilized people living in the 21st century? Perhaps we should just let these barbarians kill each other and stay away from them all.

When will they attack the USA next

So your version of bloody is acceptable, but you'll waste no time in more self-loathing that have undermined this historic endeavor for the last 4 years. The second Americans started getting weak and divided, the Iraqis began to get weak and divided. It is a testament to our military and our administration that we have enjoyed any success at all. Anyone who thinks that it's "okay" to let one non-government Militia exist really hasn't thought through what that precedent would entail-Kurds will pull away for their 'section of Iraq', Baathists will retreat to Tikrit for their 'section', al-Qaeda might even opt for their own 'section', you've already given Sadr a 'section', hell, why not let Iran walk on over for Basra. People have been griping about Bush not having a 'plan' in Iraq for so long that their arrogance has caused them to stop listening....Bush has repeatedly committed to the goal that Iraq would emerge united. It is a great American tragedy that we deeply believe that in order for us to actually have an opinion we have to completely destroy or discredit the existing or authoritative precursors.

Y DONT WE JUST NUKE THE LOT ITS EASER

Im with the second guys comment. Pinkpanther....shut up and commit suicide...america is better off without your type of ignant attitude.

What we're doing in Iraq right now with the surge is responding to three crippling problems we've had since the beginning of the invasion. First, taking the unemployed men that cannot earn wages for their families and are rightfully pissed off the streets and giving them a job, steady paycheck, and a way to defend their families and neighborhoods. Secondly, with the relative peace in the area we can now ensure that the infastructure we're building in Iraq is not sabotaged and destroyed. If we're allowed to finish the construction programs we've begun there, the Iraqi people will have better services than they ever had under Hussein and about 1,000 times better than they have now, And thirdly, and probably most importantly, by stationing the additional troops in Baghdad we are finally getting closer to the number we should have had since the invasion of Iraq. Our civilian leadership felt that we did not need a huge force to topple the Iraqi regime and in that regard they were right, but to keep the peace that Hussein was able to during his oppressive rule we obviously needed more troops. I have to applaud the job Petraeus has done up to this point, just when it seemed that Iraq was becoming an unwinnable quagmire we have seen some amazing gains there. The job isn't done by far yet, but with the way the situation is going we're hearing some amazing progress coming out of Iraq. Anybody dismissing them so far is someone almost wanting us to lose there. Let's keep up the good work and give this a chance to succeed. Positive hope for our troops and the Iraqi people is all we can do here, I realize that, but it is something. This is no time to dismiss our gains thus far. And honestly anyone who thinks that our gains come by "bribery" probably believes that Bush set up 9-11 and your viewpoints are pretty laughable. The situation is obviously improving much to the dismay of those that wanted us to run, so let's continue the mission and together we can all succeed, build a better Iraq and bring our brave men and women home with dignity, honor, and victory for all.

oh boy, when will we start taking care for ourselves before caring for others? we can't handle the world problems and miseries because we don't have unlimited resources. we need to get the rest of the world to help us solve the world's problems. we can do only so much. why are we even in South Korea? they are a rich country and can protect themselves. they can fight and die for their freedom and democracy. South Korea need to draft more of their citizens to match North Korea's soldiers so our soldiers don't have to be their. sell them our advanced weapons like stealth bombers and North Korea would not dare to attack. same goes to Japan. we need to protect our borders from potential terrorists from crossing in. we are over $9 TRILLION debt. and we're borrowing more money from India, China, Japan, South Korea, etc. to finance the war in Iraq which is unnecessary.

REQUIRED READING: The Surge to Nowhere by Andrew Bracevich, published in the Washington Post, Sunday, January 20, 2008. If General Petraeus is succeeding with the Shiite militia, it???s the same reason he succeed with the Sunni in Anbar province. He bribed them. We???ve had a terrible history with bribery in the Middle East. We bribed the Shah of Iran and got the Islamic Revolution. (The CIA, under the supervision of Dulles, overthrew a democratically elected government to install the Shah.) We bribed the mujadeen to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan and got the Taliban. We befriend the Saudis which is the primary funding source of al Qaeda and the country of origin for most of the terrorists involved in 9/11. The January 2004 edition of Jeune Afrique contains a photo showing Donald Rumsfield glad-handing Saddam Hussein. So we???re creating peace in Iraq by bribing everybody. What will they with the money? And, what happens when the bribery stops?

I have never believed the United States will maintain longstanding rule in Iraq.

Russell Lee

Thank you, you've made my point more concise than I could have.....We DID stop funding the Mujahadeen and we got Al-Qaeda, we DID stop effectively supporting the Shah and he was over-thrown, we DID leave Saddam Hussein blowing in the wind after the war with Iran and he got pissed. I define everyone of those situations as cutting-and-running. Our ONLY failure has been lack of perseverance....in EVERY instance. It's one thing to to sell some arms, send some advisors, or have the CIA fund a revolution. But what is missing is helping re-build schools, roads, water-towers, infrastructure and sustainable economy. I dont attach cutting-and-running to an occupation as you do. Cutting-and-running is when you walk away before you truly achieve the results required for success. People around the world respect our strength of arms but despise our lack of resolve. QUASIMODOMOUSE: You will continue to cherry-pick realities that reinforce your worldview. I suspect so will I. This world desperately wants to stop hating us...Americans desperately want to stop being hated. Cowards have effectively derailed many noble attempts...(and, the democratically-elected government of Iraq hung Saddam Hussein) I do agree we should have dealt with this issue in 1991 when we had the world supporting the effort.

David
The only thing the Bush family can pull offf is killing uneducated children! Daddy arms trains and funds Bin-Lauden accepts the fact in 91 we can NEVER AFFORD TO TAKE BAGDAD as stated by Bush Sr. we are attacked by terrorist from Saudi and invade Iraq and steal like Hussain ever did and then we put his handlers back into power to what? Create another Hussain Jeb gets to play with??? Allow then to take all the oil profits and rule like there ex-leader! WE ARE ALLOWING THE BAATH PARTY BACK INTO POLITICS AND POWER IF YOU ALLREADY FORGOT THE BAATH PARTY IS ONE REASON OUR KIDS WERE DIEING AND ONE REASON WE INVADED IN THE FIRST PLACE! BEFORE WE LOST 4 TONS OF RX EXPLOSIVES TO THE ENEMY! THEY HAVE BEEN FEUDING FOR 3000 YEARS WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT WILL STOP? WHEN EVERY RELIGION IN THE STATES WOULD KILL TO PROVE THERE WAY IS THE RIGHT AND ONLY WAY! IF THEY HAD A CHANCE!