Comments on: Now who would think that your best friend Would be your worst enemy and your enemy your best friend

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:47:32 +0000

same difference, though, isn’t it?

By: JimC

JimC — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:43:00 +0000

our Sunni insurgent allies having to be restrained at gunpoint from attacking our Iraqi Security Forces allies

I believe it is the other way around unless the reversal was intended, any way, carry on…

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:25:05 +0000

Here’s a contest for our readers:
“our Sunni insurgent allies having to be restrained at gunpoint from attacking our Iraqi Security Forces allies” is to “pointing out the need for the Iraqi government to pass the needed laws to share power and wealth and integrate Sunni and Shia (and Kurds) into an Iraqi democracy” as “Bush commuting Libby’s sentence” is to what?

Readers are more than welcome to substitute any other statement for “Bush commuting Libby’s sentence”, if they like.

By: sarabeth

sarabeth — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:20:33 +0000

Actually, on the ground our military is making huge advances, attacking Al Qaida on all fronts and holding the areas we take from them.

and, so, in another two weeks — three weeks, tops — al Qaida will have been eradicated from Iraq? hooray!

Congress is our troops greatest obstacle to succeeding Iraq.

aw-right! way to finger the enemy, dude!

By: matt

matt — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:58:11 +0000

You know what, Iraq is turning out like Vietnamâ€¦

i’m not going to read all of that, but i’ll agree with your statement, just not in the same way as you probably think.

By: JimC

JimC — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:38:45 +0000

You know what, Iraq is turning out like Vietnam...

By: matt

matt — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:35:25 +0000

they’ll get to it after vacation. they’ll have about as much progresss as before, none. i’m sure all the soldiers who are killed in august will appreciate your optimism and support.

By: JimC

JimC — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:29:56 +0000

did you not read the part about our troops having to intervene in conflicts with our new best buddies and the army weâ€™re supposed to be training?

No, I didn’t miss that part hence the part about me saying the political piece has to be put in place to foster power sharing and cooperation….but this incident is hardly a reason to scuttle the whole progress made with gaining Sunni support.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:19:01 +0000

No but I also donâ€™t ignore the fact that Sunnis who were once trying to kill our troops are now working with us.

did you not read the part about our troops having to intervene in conflicts with our new best buddies and the army we’re supposed to be training? the army that is backsliding in readiness.

As for the being taken serious? On this side of the line, that doesnâ€™t really sting muchâ€¦.

please just go away. or go re-enlist. or both.

By: JimC

JimC — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:15:36 +0000

No but I also don’t ignore the fact that Sunnis who were once trying to kill our troops are now working with us. I also noticed that this NYT piece confirmed that fact, granted the Shia majority needs reasons to cooperate with the Sunnis.

Actually, on the ground our military is making huge advances, attacking Al Qaida on all fronts and holding the areas we take from them. But as we have already discussed, we still need the political piece of the puzzle to succeed. Iraq is hardly the Lost War that has been advertised. It appears that we now have a military stategy that is actually working. Right now, it looks like Congress is our troops greatest obstacle to succeeding Iraq.

As for the being taken serious? On this side of the line, that doesn’t really sting much….