Comments on: The Real Foreign Invaders of Iraq http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: CentFla http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/#comment-3950 CentFla Fri, 25 May 2007 20:35:51 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-iraq/#comment-3950 It is a huge overstatement to claim that all foriegn born insurgents (which absolutely are the majority of the suicide bombers I agree) are AQ. The bombers from most of those neighbors are Shi'ite and therefore not AQ. My point is that it does not matter who is coming into the country to stir things up, I believe we should be watching the borders and preventing them from coming in. Everything else is a civil war which we should not be a part of. It is working in al Anbar, it is working in Kurdistan. And our methods are not working in Baghdad. It is a huge overstatement to claim that all foriegn born insurgents (which absolutely are the majority of the suicide bombers I agree) are AQ. The bombers from most of those neighbors are Shi’ite and therefore not AQ. My point is that it does not matter who is coming into the country to stir things up, I believe we should be watching the borders and preventing them from coming in. Everything else is a civil war which we should not be a part of.

It is working in al Anbar, it is working in Kurdistan. And our methods are not working in Baghdad.

]]> By: Scott Malensek http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/#comment-3949 Scott Malensek Fri, 25 May 2007 15:07:46 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-iraq/#comment-3949 Might I add that every study since 2004 has shown that almost all of the suicide bombers in Iraq (the ones killing Iraqis in particualar) are "foreign fighters". Ask an intel professional who was or is over there...they'll tell you it's AQ. Read a milblog, they'll tell you it's AQ. Ask an Iraqi...they'll tell you it's AQ. Kucinich is a loon. I'm almost ready to ask Traficant to come back! Might I add that every study since 2004 has shown that almost all of the suicide bombers in Iraq (the ones killing Iraqis in particualar) are “foreign fighters”. Ask an intel professional who was or is over there…they’ll tell you it’s AQ. Read a milblog, they’ll tell you it’s AQ. Ask an Iraqi…they’ll tell you it’s AQ.

Kucinich is a loon. I’m almost ready to ask Traficant to come back!

]]> By: CentFla http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/#comment-3948 CentFla Fri, 25 May 2007 12:49:31 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-iraq/#comment-3948 Do you think that it is worthy of note that the two largest sections of the country which we have the smallest profile is where there is the least support for insurgents? When the Marines left al Anbar (for the most part) the locals stepped up and took on AQ themselves. Now that we have relocated the majority of our troops to Baghdad we are being killed in near record numbers. Our troops were not the solution in al Anbar and are not the solution in Baghdad. You can tell me why I am wrong with a lot of guesses on your part but the fact is that nothing we have tried in Baghdad has stopped the violence. And the two hot beds of violence in the west, Fallujah and Ramadi have the lowest profile of US presence since the start of the war and they are standing up as we stand down. We should be stopping Iran and Syria, not the civil war. Guard the borders, prevent the outside influences and let them decide their own fate. Do you think that it is worthy of note that the two largest sections of the country which we have the smallest profile is where there is the least support for insurgents?

When the Marines left al Anbar (for the most part) the locals stepped up and took on AQ themselves. Now that we have relocated the majority of our troops to Baghdad we are being killed in near record numbers.

Our troops were not the solution in al Anbar and are not the solution in Baghdad. You can tell me why I am wrong with a lot of guesses on your part but the fact is that nothing we have tried in Baghdad has stopped the violence. And the two hot beds of violence in the west, Fallujah and Ramadi have the lowest profile of US presence since the start of the war and they are standing up as we stand down.

We should be stopping Iran and Syria, not the civil war. Guard the borders, prevent the outside influences and let them decide their own fate.

]]> By: Skye http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/#comment-3947 Skye Fri, 25 May 2007 01:56:48 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-iraq/#comment-3947 "Iraq belongs to the people of Iraq" Hmmm, do I need to fax ALL members of the Senate informing them of this? Excellent post, Wordsmith. “Iraq belongs to the people of Iraq”

Hmmm, do I need to fax ALL members of the Senate informing them of this?

Excellent post, Wordsmith.

]]> By: BillT http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/#comment-3946 BillT Thu, 24 May 2007 22:19:58 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-iraq/#comment-3946 I meant to write Paul, but does it matter? I meant to write Paul, but does it matter?

]]> By: BillT http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-i/#comment-3945 BillT Thu, 24 May 2007 22:18:34 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/24/the-real-foreign-invaders-of-iraq/#comment-3945 "Can someone please inform the Republican Kucinich that al-Qaeda has no business citing America's foreign policy as the casus bellum, when Iraq does not belong to them. It belongs to the people of Iraq." You guys have been around long enough to know better! A high minded progressive man like Kucinich isn't going to let something as nefarious as factual documentation change the content, tone or tenor of the debate. Sheesh. Excellent find, though. “Can someone please inform the Republican Kucinich that al-Qaeda has no business citing America’s foreign policy as the casus bellum, when Iraq does not belong to them. It belongs to the people of Iraq.”

You guys have been around long enough to know better! A high minded progressive man like Kucinich isn’t going to let something as nefarious as factual documentation change the content, tone or tenor of the debate.

Sheesh. Excellent find, though.

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