Comments on: We Made Mistakes In Iraq, But War Was Just

By: John Cunningham

John Cunningham — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:57:05 +0000

Well, we’ll see what the democrats have to say about that.

By: Mike Mose

Mike Mose — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:31:52 +0000

The Left has gripped liberties death on every continent on the planet. The Iraqi families are meaningless to them, just like the soldiers on the battlefield.

American defeat over all else is how they hold power.

By: danielle

danielle — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:22:28 +0000

I think President Bush, like all brave warriors, is giving his all in the War on Terror. He’s fighting two major wars abroad, another one back at home, and a few other smaller wars around the globe. He has kept so many Americans and allies safe and I will be forever thankful to him for that.
A lot of painful mistakes were made in Iraq, but I don’t believe a war could ever be run perfectly. A lot of people, including the President, did their best.

By: Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:29:01 +0000

@Danielle

Amen sister. The sad reality is that the hatred of Bush and all that is Republican on the left has them blinded to the reality of thier own positions.

They will oppose the war because they hate Bush/Republicans, they will oppose protections like the Patriot Act because they hat Bush/Republicans. They are like petulant children who have been spoiled by the blanket of protection that these things have brought them and deny to their last breath that these protections had anything to do with the lack of terrorist incidents over the recent past.

They believe that with a Republican in office the world hates us more but yet if that is the case how is it we have not been attacked in 7 years. Something must be working here and if it is not the Patriot Act, and not the engagment of the terrorist enemy in Iraq then what is it. They talk out one side of their mouth while spouting a contradiction out the other side.

Bush has done right by this world by taking action against the terrorist scum that have existed on this earth for far too long.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:48:55 +0000

Lots of errors in the article about the errors. Re-standing-up the Sunni government and army was a non-starter. It was disfunctional at the core, being fundamentally organized around maintaining what Bueno de Mesquita calls the provision of Private Goods (payoffs and exploitation) from Public Goods (the economy as a whole) to the Inner Cabal, the Saddamite inner circle. The security forces were concentrically focussed on SH’s safety, especially from Iraq’s own citiizens. Etc., etc.

If you still think it could have worked, read de Atkine’s Why Arab Armies Lose Wars. http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_17/articles/deatkine_arabs1.html

There was no saving that governmental or civic structure. No matter your hand-waving; a tyranny minus the tyrant does not leave a functional country. He’s spend his whole reign making sure of that.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:50:50 +0000

** previous comment addressed to Perle, of course. **