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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: RMF who wrote (22918)9/13/2006 7:23:37 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 35834
 
I call for Saddam to be put back in power.

Do you think Bush will read my post and do it?...

No, thank God. But unlike most of those who agree with you, you at least have the courage to admit you're pro-Saddam.

If we hadn't gone into Iraq we could have secured Afghanistan completely (not just Kabul) and created a truly secure, economically viable democracy that could have given us EXTREME leverage in the entire region.

I don't think Afghanistan would be any different if we hadn't gone into Iran. Why should it? Many of the islamist fighters who have streamed into Iraq to fight us there, would have streamed into Afghanistan instead.

Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and every other country in the region would have been impressed and TERRIFIED at how easily we routed the Taliban and turned Afghanistan into a "thriving" democracy.

We did rout the Taliban easily and the region was impressed. As for turning it into a "thriving" democracy, what is the difference between a "thriving" democracy and what is there now? And why would it be any different absent an Iraq war?

After we quickly routed the Taliban the Iranians were "asking" us to talk to them and the Pakistanis were quick to support us on our "war on terror".

I think Iran is still asking us to talk to them - separately and instead of them meeting the UNSC's demands.

WE were in the drivers seat then and our military efficiency was THE SHOCK and AWE that could have turned the whole region.

THEN we stumbled into Iraq and our impotence and incompetence there has made us look more like the Soviets in Afghanistan than the invulnerable Super Power.

One thing you're not mentioning is that prior to Iraq, the US was largely united. Now the opposition party and the MSM media is more hostile to the administration than our enemies.
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