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2004-06-07 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2004-06-07 10:36:21 PM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1738 views since 2007-05-07] Top

1 i don't get it--can't we send the crips and the bloods to take out these slum gangs--we need gang intelligence teams--and to spread some money around--to locate and castrate the local religious hoodlems--either that or send in baron haussman and some caterpillars and turn that festering slum into a verrry wiiide boulevard

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2004-06-07 1:03:29 AM|| 2004-06-07 1:03:29 AM|| Front Page Top

2 Today I heard one of Reagan's pals interviewed on Fox News. When asked what Reagan might do in Iraq, Reagan's friend said "I believe President Reagan would be far more forceful." I googled an article in the Telegraph from 2002 which quoted Lady Thatcher and her approach to handling terrorists:
Lady Thatcher was critical of Western policy on global terrorist networks. "We have harboured those who hated us, tolerated those who threatened us and indulged those who weakened us."
America should resist being drawn into peacekeeping and "nation-building" efforts because "it is best that the United States, as the only global military superpower, deploy its energies militarily rather than on social work".
Perhaps it's too late to "take out" the bad guys with force, because it will mean collateral damage. June 30th is around the corner and no one wants to upset the apple cart. I don't agree with this acquiescent approach, but I think that's how it's going to go down.

Posted by rex 2004-06-07 1:43:54 AM|| 2004-06-07 1:43:54 AM|| Front Page Top

3 its a good deed to speak well of the dead, but before we say Reagan would have handled Iraq better, it might be worth looking at how he reacted in Lebanon.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-07 10:59:24 AM|| 2004-06-07 10:59:24 AM|| Front Page Top

4 looks like the Mahdis have left Najaf and Karbala and returned to their base in Sadr City. While this is in some ways a harder place to fight them, since they have civilian support there, we dont have the Shiite shrines to worry about, which is why they went to those cities in the first place. Now its just a matter of steadily wearing them away, while the Iraqi govt moves forward.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-07 11:03:02 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:03:02 AM|| Front Page Top

5 Quite Right, LH, about Lebanon. Very definitely NOT Reagan's finest hour.

But MAN! What he would have done with Bush II's congress!

Posted by Ptah 2004-06-07 3:07:07 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-06-07 3:07:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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