luckydog71 said:
I agree with you guys. The Iraq war is no longer a big issue. And elections are no more about domestic affairs.
I wonder why that is????
In Britain that would because the Tories support the war effort. The issue was the trustworthiness of Tony Blair. The drop in popular vote and the loss of a great many seats, but still a Labour majority, is indicative that there is a lot of unhappiness with the PM.
luckydog71 said:
I have my thoughts on this, but I am sure they would be at odds with most on the board.
Iraqiis are stepping up. The government is in place. The police are gaining strength and being trained. The terrorist insurgents are reduced to strapping bombs on themselves and killing a few dozen Iraqiis at a time.
It seems to me the sucide bomber tactic has been used since insurgency began.
luckydog71 said:
Inside the US I think people now believe there were a few tactical mistakes made, but generally the war was well planned and well executed.
Oh LD, now that's a whitewash. The invasion and conquering of Iraq was very well planned. However the occupation was not.
luckydog71 said:
Outside of the US, people have tired of bashing the US and have decided to move on.
Indeed there are other issues just important as protesting a war blatantly designed on a couple of lies.
luckydog71 said:
I still look forward to the day the majority of our troops come home. I will be the guy in front of the huge welcome home crowd waving the stars and stripes and cheering our guys until I am hoarse.
No doubt the day US ends its occupation of Iraq will be a good one. Nowadays for one country to invade and another and conquer smacks of imperialist heydays of the 19th century.
However LD, if one of those returning soldiers asks you what they fought for, what are you going to answer? You can't tell them that it was to rid Iraq of WMD's because they were destroyed by the UN in the 1990's and I'm sure you wouldn't want to lie to a soldier. You can't tell them it was because Saddam Hussien was behind the terrorist attacks of 9/11 because that would also be a lie.
You could tell them it was rid a country of an evil dictator. But what if the soldier asks you then why didn't our government say that in the first place instead of months AFTER the president declared "mission accomplished". But the catch is LD, the soldier will be left wondering why did the war come first and the "reason" for it long after?