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Did the US really accomplish anything in Iraq?
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| Zharen |
Because it looks to me that sectarian violence has returned, back to 2006-07 levels.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/iraq-bombings-baghdad_n_1185345.html?ref=world
| quote: | Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded scores on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, raising fears of an increase in sectarian strife.
The biggest attack was beside a police checkpoint west of Nassiriya in the south, where a suicide bomber targeting Shi'ite pilgrims killed 44 people and wounded 81, Sajjad al-Asadi, head of the provincial security committee in Nassiriya, told Reuters.
Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki created the worst political crisis in a year on December 19 when he sought the removal of two senior Sunni politicians, a day after the last U.S. troops left Iraq. On December 22, bombs in predominately Shi'ite parts of Iraq's capital killed 72.
Maliki asked parliament to have his Sunni deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq removed and sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges he ran death squads.
On Tuesday, members of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc boycotted the parliament and cabinet, accusing Maliki's bloc of governing alone in a power-sharing coalition that was supposed to ease sectarian tension. |
I mean, I really like to believe that the 4,500 men and women who died there did something worthwhile in their sacrifice. But all it seems is like they died just to give the Iraqis the freedom to murder their countrymen in the name of their god. I'm also worried that the Shiite backed government may only end up serving as an ally in Iran, whom we've already had bad blood with for years. Even now, Iran is threatening to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, to prevent international oil tankers from moving throughout the Middle East.
COR version: Is it just me or is the Middle East more ed since we invaded Iraq in 03? |
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| Blake |
Isn't the main point of most of the violence that the US perpetrates around the world that the US gains some power or influence over a given area, and it's resources?
Now all we do is sit back and wait for them to finish destroying each other, and when the last man is standing we go back in, under some humanitarian pretense, and offer our services again in exchange for whatever we want. I thought that was clear from the beginning :conf: |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| they killed a whole bunch of darkie. how can that be bad? |
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| Moral Hazard |
The goal of the invasion/war was never to free the Iraqis from a dictitorial regime. The goals were 3 fold; a) display US military prowis, b) install a friendly (relatively anyway) government in Iraq, c) secure bases for a presence in the region thereby allowing them to take military personel out of Saudi Arabia per the request of the Sauds. Most certainly the initial phase of the war acheived a) and the conclusion of the war acheived c). As for b) that is arguable; however, I would suggest that the present regime is more friendly to the US than the Baathists were. Looking at it in this light I would say that the US absolutely accomplished something... were their goals worthy goals and did the achievement of same justify the cost (human and monetary) is the real question; the answering of which will only be possible in the fullness of time.
Plus they killed a whole lot of darkies. |
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| EgosXII |
If anyone is suprised, that person is an idiot.
It was a purely political war; nothing was ever going to be accomplished, and no change could ever have happened.
edit: But at least they killed a lot of darkies |
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| ziptnf |
| A recent study has shown that before the war, there were more darkies than there were at the present moment. Polls found that 100% of whities agree that fewer darkies is a good thing. Mission Accomplished. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
Because it looks to me that sectarian violence has returned, back to 2006-07 levels. |
Interestingly, Georgie Sr. noted that the inevitability of sectarian violence was the principle reason he would not authorize the invasion of Iraq during Desert Storm. Of course Desert Storm also resulted in the death of many darkies but not nearly as successful in that regard as the latest Iraq war. |
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| Pantone199c |
I know this is a stereotype but...
The Middle-East not killing each other is like Florida without old people. Just doesn't make sense. |
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| hardcore trancer |
| That invasion worked SO WELL for them in Iraq that's why they are about to do the same with Iran. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
The US is not going to invade Iran.
...this year. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
they killed a whole bunch of darkie. how can that be bad? |
Word..... and now the job is complete because we have them killing each other.
America : 1
Brown people : 0 |
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| Zharen |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Interestingly, Georgie Sr. noted that the inevitability of sectarian violence was the principle reason he would not authorize the invasion of Iraq during Desert Storm. Of course Desert Storm also resulted in the death of many darkies but not nearly as successful in that regard as the latest Iraq war. |
America: killing darkies since 1990 |
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