Comments on: The War In Iraq: One Big Fiasco http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Is The Surge Doomed To Fail ? http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5910 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Is The Surge Doomed To Fail ? Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5910 [...] The Surge Is A Fait Accompli Thoughts On the Surge Posted By: Doug Mataconis @ 7:20 am || Permalink || || Categories: War on Terror, Foreign Affairs TrackBack URI:http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/11/is-the-surge-doomed-to-fail/trackback/ Read more posts from Doug Mataconis • • • [...]

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]]> By: The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » The Surge Is A Fait Accompli http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5849 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » The Surge Is A Fait Accompli Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:02:32 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5849 [...] Time For Us To Go The War In Iraq: One Big Fiasco Posted By: Doug Mataconis @ 4:02 pm || Permalink || || Categories: Foreign Affairs TrackBack URI:http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/10/the-surge-is-a-fait-accompli/trackback/ Read more posts from Doug Mataconis • • • [...]

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5446 Doug Mataconis Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:10:08 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5446 Kevin,

Bush has always tried to tie Iraq into the War on Terror even though there was no real evidence prior to the invasion that Iraq had anything to do with al Qaeda or with September 11th.

Now, of course, the insurgency is aided by al Qaeda and terrorists across the Middle East in a situation reminiscent of what happened in Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5435 Kevin Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:20:40 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5435 The biggest problem with the Iraq War’s aftermath is that Bush has been it using to score political points. Bush decided to try and make Iraq safe for democracy so he can say the voters he’s tried to make them safe (nevermind the wide open borders, the inept airport security, piss poor port security, and incompetant civil defense as demonstrated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina). When given the opportunity to annihilate the major terrorist base in Fallujah in the Spring of 2004, Bush called off the Marines because he was afraid the casualties would hurt him in the fall elections. Now Bush is going to surge 30,000 troops with no clear mission, still no clear definition of victory, and no loosening of the rules of engagement in order to look like he’s trying to fight in Iraq. If we want to try and salvage victory (it has to be defined first), we need to get the politics out of the war.

]]> By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » The War In Iraq: One Big Fiasco http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5433 Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » The War In Iraq: One Big Fiasco Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:52:34 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/03/the-war-in-iraq-one-big-fiasco/#comment-5433 [...] Cross-posted at The Liberty Papers [...]

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