Iraq vet: The War was NOT a mistake

[ms61853]

Sometimes it seems the narrative that the War in Iraq was a mistake is taken for granted now. Iraq was not a mistake. Yes, it’s easy to say from my office chair as as I am not wearing the uniform. But here is someone who went to Iraq. Watch this powerful 2 minute video.

http://wewillmissbush.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/iraq-vet-the-war-was-not-a-mistake/

The liberation of Iraq will be one of President Bush’s greatest legacies.

[daggerkobe]

Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different--and perhaps barren--outcome.

- George HW Bush

If the idiot son had only listened to his own father.

[Jacey]

I wore the uniform for 8 years. It was a huge mistake, I ended my Marine Corps career because of it.

[tacomax]

Nice stats here:

http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

Snippets include:

U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008 (per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008)

Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors. Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.

Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings

Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion

Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion

Iraqis Displaced Inside Iraq, by Iraq War, as of May 2007 - 2,255,000

Percent of professionals who have left Iraq since 2003 - 40%

Iraqi Physicians Before 2003 Invasion - 34,000

Iraqi Physicians Who Have Left Iraq Since 2005 Invasion - 12,000

Iraqi Physicians Murdered Since 2003 Invasion - 2,000

[ryanXL977]

my favorite web site? thank for asking

my favorite website is wewillmissbush.com

we will miss his debts, his wars, his lies and his thievery and rape.

but dont worry, the reminders wont be leaving when he does

why is he not in jail?

[frostno98]

I didn't listen to the vid, but the dude looks like a retard.

[pimike]

Sometimes it seems the narrative that the War in Iraq was a mistake is taken for granted now. Iraq was not a mistake. Yes, it’s easy to say from my office chair as as I am not wearing the uniform. But here is someone who went to Iraq. Watch this powerful 2 minute video.

http://wewillmissbush.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/iraq-vet-the-war-was-not-a-mistake/

The liberation of Iraq will be one of President Bush’s greatest legacies.

[ryanXL977]

go fight guys
they need troops, dont just sit there, go fight

its chickenshit to sit here and say other men should die for something you could easily go do yourself

back it up!

[purecarnagge]

From a freedom and a better place for the people of Iraq....No the war wasn't a mistake...

But thats not why we went to war now is it...

[ryanXL977]

i wonder if the iraqis think checkpoints, curfews, random bombs, etc are freedom?

[ms61853]

Nice stats here:

http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

Snippets include:

Iraqis benefited from the invasion

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/13/1092340466424.html?oneclick=true

[HeeeHAWWWW]

I wonder if the half a million dead Iraqis are thankful for their freedom?

[pimike]

Iraqis benefited from the invasion

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...?oneclick=true

u bet they did, and so did we. Ryan you have no clue

[picantel]

Hey MS when you are done spouting crap I will take a large pizza with pepperoni and onions.

[ryanXL977]

u bet they did, and so did we. Ryan you have no clue

give me a clue
let me know how we benefited
you understand the war has cost 1 trillion
do you understand we are paying for it right now. are you this dense

how did we benefit? how did they? why dont you go fight? you love babies so much, what about the dead babies in iraq? do you back up anything you say or just talk?

[frostno98]

Like I've been saying time after time. The US could give a rat@ss about liberating Iraq and their people. Were only their to flex our military muscle on them turbin head Al Qadi bastard's and show them Middle East people who's boss.

Unfortunately the Middle east are showing us who's boss when it comes to having cheap gas.

[ryanXL977]

this war has as much to do with al queda as me picking the bosox tonite

zip

[ms61853]

Hey MS when you are done spouting crap I will take a large pizza with pepperoni and onions.

I haven't delivered pizzas in 10 years. I occasionally make remarks on that forum (I assume that's what you are referring to), as I do a number of forums.

[picantel]

I haven't delivered pizzas in 10 years. I occasionally make remarks on that forum (I assume that's what you are referring to), as I do a number of forums.

My bad. you moved up to assistant manager. Way to go.

[ryanXL977]

give me a clue
let me know how we benefited
you understand the war has cost 1 trillion
do you understand we are paying for it right now. are you this dense

how did we benefit? how did they? why dont you go fight? you love babies so much, what about the dead babies in iraq? do you back up anything you say or just talk?

still waiting to hear thje answer

[ryanXL977]

this dude deliver pizza? another poor guy arguing for the desires of the elite and rich

this is ****ing funny

oh my god
these idiots always vote against their own interests

simply go read a book, any decent book, maybe it will wake you up

[picantel]

His views are obviously based on his racist attitude against minorities. He even lives in a state that is full of them(yes I realize not all are). bring out your redneck racists, pizza, nascar, and fishing.

[ryanXL977]

he needs to bone just one fine mexican or chinese broad and he will change his tune methinks

[Justin7]

The Iraqi war has cost us nearly $600 Billion dollars. http://zfacts.com/p/447.html

If you had the choice of paying $2000 for a "free Iraq", or keeping your $2000, which would you do?

Bush's choice to invade Iraq cost us more lives than Bin Laden. The body count is now 4176.

The Iraqi policy is a disaster, and no amount of spin can justify it.

[ryanXL977]

how dare you sir
we got rid of a dictator who pissed off american businessmen when he decided not to sell us every drop he had.

therefore we invadE!!!

yeehaw

[Helmut]

The entire military is a complete waste of taxpayer money and the ass kicking we are taking in Iraq will go down just like Vietnam did.

[ryanXL977]

The entire military is a complete waste of taxpayer money and the ass kicking we are taking in Iraq will go down just like Vietnam did.

we dont need nukes or all the shit we have
some military is ok i suppose
but the military war economy we live in is exactly what the founders warned about
hell, ike warned about it himself less than 50 yrs ago

[Helmut]

Yeah we really need a ****ing fleet of stealth bombers at the tune of a billion dollars a piece. What a joke this country is in that 40% of each taxed dollar is spent on this useless shit. Best thing Clinton did when president was to cut the funding for this crap. I hope Obama does the same thing and also cuts the benefit programs for these vets so they can pay for their crimes against humanity.

[purecarnagge]

The Iraqi war has cost us nearly $600 Billion dollars. http://zfacts.com/p/447.html

If you had the choice of paying $2000 for a "free Iraq", or keeping your $2000, which would you do?

Bush's choice to invade Iraq cost us more lives than Bin Laden. The body count is now 4176.

The Iraqi policy is a disaster, and no amount of spin can justify it.

This is all correct.

Now if we had gone into Iraq to liberate and free the people of Iraq and rebuild there country and help forge a democracy... people would not think this way...

in the end we went there cuz someone threatened to kill Bush's dad and he thought he would get oil out of the deal...

[danrman]

Sometimes it seems the narrative that the War in Iraq was a mistake is taken for granted now. Iraq was not a mistake. Yes, it’s easy to say from my office chair as as I am not wearing the uniform. But here is someone who went to Iraq. Watch this powerful 2 minute video.

http://wewillmissbush.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/iraq-vet-the-war-was-not-a-mistake/

The liberation of Iraq will be one of President Bush’s greatest legacies.

hear hear,, couldnt agree w/ you more.. the left wing press out of the northeast (yankeeville) is sickening.. its all about power.. if it would have been a democrat that was president you would be hearing about how it was the right thing to do for all the right reasons..

[Justin7]

This is all correct.

Now if we had gone into Iraq to liberate and free the people of Iraq and rebuild there country and help forge a democracy... people would not think this way...

in the end we went there cuz someone threatened to kill Bush's dad and he thought he would get oil out of the deal...

Installing democracies via military coups is a waste of money.

A better use of our tax dollars: military conquest of strategic assets (oil fields), followed by the usage of that. A war of aggression with a prize, while distasteful to me, is at least with tangible benefits.

[daggerkobe]

Liberated Iraq......

more Iraqis are unemployed now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are murdered now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are homeless now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are kidnapped now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are without electricity now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are without water now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are without food now than under Saddam
more Iraqis die in car bombings now than under Saddam
more Iraqis are without freedom now than under Saddam
more Iraqis live in fear now than under Saddam

Liberated Iraq..... don't make me laugh.

[ryanXL977]

hear hear,, couldnt agree w/ you more.. the left wing press out of the northeast (yankeeville) is sickening.. its all about power.. if it would have been a democrat that was president you would be hearing about how it was the right thing to do for all the right reasons..

yes, cause democrats blindly support politicians like sports teams

the country is falling apart and you guys wont see it till someone tells you to

[reno cool]

Sometimes it seems the narrative that the War in Iraq was a mistake is taken for granted now. Iraq was not a mistake. Yes, it’s easy to say from my office chair as as I am not wearing the uniform. But here is someone who went to Iraq. Watch this powerful 2 minute video.

http://wewillmissbush.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/iraq-vet-the-war-was-not-a-mistake/

The liberation of Iraq will be one of President Bush’s greatest legacies.

The war was NOT a mistake.

It was and is a deliberate and immoral crime of blatant aggression against a sovereign country. It is THE NUMBER ONE WAR CRIME. Those responsible need to be tried and sentenced
in accordance with the law.

[slacker00]

Sometimes it seems the narrative that the War in Iraq was a mistake is taken for granted now. Iraq was not a mistake. Yes, it’s easy to say from my office chair as as I am not wearing the uniform. But here is someone who went to Iraq. Watch this powerful 2 minute video.

http://wewillmissbush.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/iraq-vet-the-war-was-not-a-mistake/

The liberation of Iraq will be one of President Bush’s greatest legacies.

Can you post a transcript of what this guy is saying? Not everyone has broadband.