SallyMac's Blog

What goes through my mind? The war was a huge mistake, but we know that only through hindsight.

I thought the war was the right move at the time, but I had my doubts then about whether we had a plan in place to deal with a post-war Iraq. Obviously, we did not.

What have we ended up with? An Iraq open to terrorists. A better position for Iran in its dealings with Iraq. Neither of those two realities are desirable, but what will we be able to do about them.

The question that plagues me is: Why are we still there?

Each day I hear about another American soldier of civilian working being killed, I ask myself that. Is the money that good that civilians STILL want to go there for a shot as tax-free cash? Is one man's pride so hurt that he won't bring our troops home?

Me and ole tony boy really don't see eye to eye but I have to agree with him this time wholeheartedly.
Unfortunately you ask either of the two pres. that want to pull the troops neither one has any idea how they are going to do it. And if we thought Iraq was violent a year or two ago we haven't seen nothing yet when we leave those innnocent people high and dry. To bad the Iraqi Government doesn't see any urgancy on getting their sht together.

I cried the day I saw the speech that Bush gave that said we were doing this. I knew this was a disaster, and I also knew in that speech that he was lying. Every day we've been there, my heart has been heavy for the loss of lives on all sides. Some wars are justified and are necessary; this was not a war; this was an invasion. People complain that Clinton couldn't get Osama; well, folks, neither did W. What a great diversion -- a new war so people won't be constantly reminded of his inability to capture him either.

I was just writing on Chassan's log about some stats people don't talk about a lot. The people who were forced from their homes who have not returned. These are stats from the IRC

60,000 Iraq refugees fleeing their homes every month mostly because they have been threatened with death, torture, or kidnapping.

4,400,000 displaced Iraqis

220,000 displaced Iraqi children who have stopped going to school.

12,000 United States goal for the number resettled Iraqi refugees to enter the country in 2008

1,432 Iraqi refugees actually resettled in the US in 2008.

1.5 million of these almost 4.5 million are now in Jordan and Syria in hiding (not in camps).

And as Comedy Central used in a sketch, we've established Halliburtonland there. Who benefitted from this? Corporations. This was never about liberating people. This was a move that was strictly and totally based on greed and feelings of superiority. Let this be a lesson to everyone that it is our patriotic responsibility to always question our government and not just blindly follo

what better way to take over a country then have all the people leave? why because there will be now one left to put up a front..or maybe just take over he country from the inside.as some plan to do.