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Politics : MITT ROMNEY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (141)	1/29/2008 3:20:04 PM
From: RinConRon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5586

Iran has one, and only one, refinery in the entire country. They have to import at least 40% of their gasoline. We wouldn't even have to risk pilots. If any target was tailor made for cruise missiles it's a refinery. We need to show that little rodent in Tehran that he can't continue to kill our finest young people at will.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (141)	1/29/2008 3:24:13 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5586

So, the roadside bomb that went off yesterday and killed five of our guys... where was it made? Where did the parts come from? How did it enter the country? Who paid for it? Who sold it? What account funded it? The terrorists who hid in the Mosque and ambushed our soldiers... why is that mosque still standing today? Five years and 155,000 soldiers. Yet still there remain so many questions.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (141)	1/29/2008 3:34:31 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5586

Gus, the people involved in the conflict in Iraq understand what they're doing there, it seems to be mostly armchair generals here at home that don't understand. The offensive was over when US troops took Baghdad. After that, the mission was similar to what it was in Germany and Japan after WWII, namely creating an environment for a stable government. We may agree or disagree with the initial invasion (personally, I disagree), but regardless, it happened. Now that we're there, there are two goals. First, we need to make the place safe enough that an Iraqi government can exist. Secondly, and this is a "stealth" goal, we need a place to stage out of in the very likely event of future trouble in the region. The other Arab countries we now use, like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, can't be relied on in the event of a large scale disturbance in the region. Our very presence in Iraq will prevent the outbreak of a general war in the region. Specifically, if Syria or Iran want to invade Israel, without a strong presence in Iraq, we could do little to stop it. Folks may agree or disagree, but that's what we're doing there.