This is from the publication "Red State." It outlines all the religious reasons why the country has to back into Iraq as it did in 2003.
June 24, 2014
By Fred Dardick
George Bush had much bigger plans for Iraq (click here) than simply killing Saddam Hussein, securing his WMDs and handing over control of the oil rich nation to whatever remained of the Ba’ath Party once hostilities ended. Some might consider him naive, but Bush believed that a modern Iraq, one that respected minority and woman’s rights, one ruled by the rule of law rather than the rule of the mullahs, could act as a catalyst in the Muslim world bringing Judeo-Christian values and justice to hundreds of millions who lived their lives in Islamist chains....
The presence of the USA in the Middle East is not a workable solution for anyone. Much of the USA policy centers around Israel. That is a big mistake as Israel is becoming more and more a country that commits human rights abuses, including the taking of Palestinian lands.
I should not have to recite over and over how the face of the Middle East is not going to change. The people of this region of the world are born into their identity through deep religious ties. The only aspect of religion that is out of step with any modern day society is the extremists' Sharia Law. Most of the people in the Middle East practice a mainstream religion as well as embrace modern times and the benefits that brings. I don't care how much the right wing wants to set goals that estrange religion into a corner of a citizen's reality, the Middle East will always find religion as a dividing line.
There is a great deal of arrogance by the USA to ever believe it can influence the religious content in the Middle East. That is a call to war. The USA's right wing has not learned that yet? The evangelizing Christians of the USA can't get their heads around the fact the demographics aren't going to change as if the global savior had arisen at sunrise? That is problem for the USA.
September 17, 2014
By David Kirkpatrick
The most recent assessment of the Iraqi military by the American military personnel is there is no Iraqi military. There are groups of soldiers, some loyal to others and some loyal to the idea of Iraq. That isn't fairy tale it is the actual assessment of the USA's military personnel.
Now all of a sudden the USA arrives in Baghdad and the scenery changes. Right? The State Department and USA military has brought fairy dust for the entire of Iraq to put all the pieces of Humpty-Dumpty together again.
AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN !
There is no buts. There is no threat to the USA today regardless of how the media propagandizes local law in Syria with beheadings. There is no threat to the USA. Not to say anyone isn't trying, but, that has been the case since September 11, 2001.
See, Dempsey knows in 90 days there will no progress made in Iraq. He'll give his report that Iraq is still not cohesive ENOUGH to rely on their own military simply because there are militias that take orders from Ayatollahs and not generals or commanders. Dempsey already knows this. Like I said WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
The entire DESPERATE claims to a war strategy is BOGUS. It has no validity in that reality and quite frankly, if the McCain arm of the USA expects to find ? moderate ? jihadists in Syria that will be NICE to the USA in the future he is the master of fairy dust.
So, all said and done, the only methodolgy that will actually work is fairy dust and I demand to know where the factory is located. Iraq? Or China?
The ONLY country with a clue is Saudi Arabia and they expect the change will take up to ten years. That is the reality and it is time to allow the region autonomy to develop their own answers.
But.
But.
But, what about Israel?
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
June 24, 2014
By Fred Dardick
George Bush had much bigger plans for Iraq (click here) than simply killing Saddam Hussein, securing his WMDs and handing over control of the oil rich nation to whatever remained of the Ba’ath Party once hostilities ended. Some might consider him naive, but Bush believed that a modern Iraq, one that respected minority and woman’s rights, one ruled by the rule of law rather than the rule of the mullahs, could act as a catalyst in the Muslim world bringing Judeo-Christian values and justice to hundreds of millions who lived their lives in Islamist chains....
The presence of the USA in the Middle East is not a workable solution for anyone. Much of the USA policy centers around Israel. That is a big mistake as Israel is becoming more and more a country that commits human rights abuses, including the taking of Palestinian lands.
I should not have to recite over and over how the face of the Middle East is not going to change. The people of this region of the world are born into their identity through deep religious ties. The only aspect of religion that is out of step with any modern day society is the extremists' Sharia Law. Most of the people in the Middle East practice a mainstream religion as well as embrace modern times and the benefits that brings. I don't care how much the right wing wants to set goals that estrange religion into a corner of a citizen's reality, the Middle East will always find religion as a dividing line.
There is a great deal of arrogance by the USA to ever believe it can influence the religious content in the Middle East. That is a call to war. The USA's right wing has not learned that yet? The evangelizing Christians of the USA can't get their heads around the fact the demographics aren't going to change as if the global savior had arisen at sunrise? That is problem for the USA.
September 17, 2014
By David Kirkpatrick
“We receive orders and carry out attacks immediately,” he said, insisting that their militia commanders had been given authority by Iraqi security officials. That free hand has helped make Asaib Ahl al-Haq the largest and most formidable of the Iranian-backed Shiite militias that now dominate Baghdad.
Once a leading killer of U.S. troops, the militia is spearheading the fight against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State. That means Asaib Ahl al-Haq and the U.S. military are now fighting on the same side, though each insists they will not work together.
But the power and autonomy of Asaib Ahl al-Haq and other Shiite militias also pose a central challenge to the creation of a more just and less sectarian Iraqi government. President Barack Obama has said that the new U.S. military offensive depends on such an inclusive Iraqi government, to undercut the appeal of the Sunni extremists and avoid U.S. entanglement in a sectarian war....
Currently, there is no central Iraqi military. There just isn't. Those willing to take up arms and fight for control of land are militias. There is no central command in Iraq. NONE.
The most recent assessment of the Iraqi military by the American military personnel is there is no Iraqi military. There are groups of soldiers, some loyal to others and some loyal to the idea of Iraq. That isn't fairy tale it is the actual assessment of the USA's military personnel.
Now all of a sudden the USA arrives in Baghdad and the scenery changes. Right? The State Department and USA military has brought fairy dust for the entire of Iraq to put all the pieces of Humpty-Dumpty together again.
AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN !
Dempsey: “My view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true,” Dempsey said. “But if it fails to be true, and if there are threats to the United States, then I, of course, would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground forces.”
See, Dempsey knows in 90 days there will no progress made in Iraq. He'll give his report that Iraq is still not cohesive ENOUGH to rely on their own military simply because there are militias that take orders from Ayatollahs and not generals or commanders. Dempsey already knows this. Like I said WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
The entire DESPERATE claims to a war strategy is BOGUS. It has no validity in that reality and quite frankly, if the McCain arm of the USA expects to find ? moderate ? jihadists in Syria that will be NICE to the USA in the future he is the master of fairy dust.
So, all said and done, the only methodolgy that will actually work is fairy dust and I demand to know where the factory is located. Iraq? Or China?The ONLY country with a clue is Saudi Arabia and they expect the change will take up to ten years. That is the reality and it is time to allow the region autonomy to develop their own answers.
But.
But.
But, what about Israel?
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
