Nobody could have possibly forseen that...

[Bucky]

Nobody could have possibly forseen that...

1. Iraqis would fight against people who invaded their country
2. Sending all the deactivated Iraqi military home penniless would provide a recruitment base for insurgents
3. Iraqis would become resentful about an occupying force that killed tens of thousands of "collaterals"
4. Iraqis would become incenced by continuing incidents of torture and murder and rapes of civilians
5. Terrorist groups would exploit even exceptional stories of American atrocities as proof that the West is evil
6. Creating economic chaos and widespread social dislocation would turn Iraq into a breeding ground for terrorism
7. Staying on in Iraq 2 years after Saddam is caught and WMDs disproved would trigger wider anger in the MidEast
8. Turning Iraq into a sectarian shooting gallery would improve Iran's appeal to Shi'ites
9. In the ensuing chaos, anybody who takes a potshot at Israel, however futile, would gain instant street cred

Who but an Einstein, who but a veritable Nostradamus, could have ever predicted such unlikely outcomes from our simple, humanitarian desire to save the Iraqi people from a WMD-weidling madman like Saddam Hussein and his known al-Qaeda associates?

[pooja]

1. When the British were there, they created a manual on dealing

with the Iraqi people... so far been pretty dead on.. and so far has not been followed by Americans

[maxsolomon]

2. but you must admit

the world is better off without "Saddam in Power".

:sarcasm:

a cursory read of Sun Tzu would have presented an obvious strategy for their imperial adventure: DON'T DO WHAT THEY EXPECT. which is exactly what we did.

[patdem]

4. I work with an EXTREME right winger at work...and he says Sadaam

SHOULD be put back in power and we should get the hell out! I was flaberghasted to say the least!

[maxsolomon]

5. funny

ive been saying since saddam's show trial started that if he's cleared, he should run for president. he'd win in a landslide.

living under a repressive government is preferable to being dead.

[patdem]

6. Hells Bells..look at how WE want to be surpressed in order to be safe?

Freedom? what freedom...'the constitution is not a suicide pact'...as I have heard too many times ..AND US WHO GREW UP IN A VERY FREE DEOMCRACY! How must the Iraqi's feel now?

[Bucky]

7. you were "flabbergasted" that a Republican said something dumb?

Half their thoughts are unformed and spur of the moment sarcasms not to taken seriously.

Except when they choose to act on their half-formed idiocies, of course.

[Fridays Child]

3. k/r