Do you remember that banner "Mission Accomplished in Iraq"; sure we all do remember that thanks to Mr. Olbermann. However, nothing has been really accomplished since then, but freedom of killing and stealing. And what about the WMD, well it turned to be a false tip of information like the statement, that said " Oh we know everything about your boss Mr. Aziz even the color of his underwear"!!!!!!!!!!
Yeh right.......
They did not know anything not even the color of his PJ
And when Dick Cheney insists that the Mission has Accomplished in Iraq, I would say yes he is absolutely right because the following has been done so far:
- Killing Saddam- done
- Killing Iraqis- done
- Demolishing the infrastructure of that country- done
- Establishing a shaky government- done
- Attracting terrorists to Iraq- done
They have achieved a lot, so they are right Mission has been Accomplished
Reading through the piles and piles of what have been written about Iraq War one blog drew my attention and made me think for a moment while I was reading that Gosh I was reading my thoughts and feelings.
As a person lived under Saddam's regime, freedom or democracy means a lot to me more than taking it for granted in any modernized and democratic society. Removing Saddam from power was a dream and seeing him vanished from this world was nothing but a miracle that will not happen no matter what we tried to do......
And after six years of invasion the question is still their; is the world safer without Saddam Hussein? Is America safer now? Those two questions were raised by Margaret Warner of PBS one year after the war and two foreign policy analysts; Zbigniew Brzezinski and Walter Mead answered her with the following:
Welcome to you both. We were together, or you were with Jim actually, a year ago tonight. Zbigniew Brzezinski, a year later, does the Iraq war make America more or less secure?
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: On balance, I would have to say, and with genuine sadness, less secure. I think we have increased the number of enemies. The global antagonism towards the United States is much higher than before. International mistrust of the United States is at unprecedented heights. And the United States is more isolated internationally than probably at any point in its history.
MARGARET WARNER: How do you see it, Walter Mead, less secure?
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Well, I think we're -- I'm a little bit more optimistic than Dr. Brzezinski, although I share most of the concerns that he just expressed. I think, strategically, and in a very big picture, dealing with the regime of Saddam Hussein was something we had to do. And probably the sooner we did it, the better. But I don't necessarily think that all the steps we've taken along the road have been the right steps or the smartest steps. Maybe we've done the best thing and sometimes we've done it in the worst way.
Is the world safer without Saddam Hussein?
MARGARET WARNER: Is that part of what you mean, Dr. Brzezinski? In other words, Wolfowitz -- Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense -- was on the program last night and he said, as the president has said, the world is a lot safer with Saddam Hussein gone. Do you disagree with that, or are you saying the goal might have been all right, but the price we paid, the way we waged it was...
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: I have no regrets that Saddam Hussein is gone. I'm not sure the world is necessarily safer because, in fact, he wasn't such a threat. But the world is better off without him because he was a very ugly dictator.
And I suppose American power is more respected, and that is, to some extent, a good thing. Maybe such things as the break through with Libya was accelerated by what we did. But then you have to count against that, first of all, the loss of life. More than five hundred, seven hundred Americans and friends killed. Probably up to 10,000 Iraqis killed -- continued costs -- they're escalating, both in blood and money.
But above all else, the loss of American credibility, both at home and abroad, is something that's very serious. The fact that president of the United States is no longer trusted and his word is not taken to be America's bond is a serious development. It detracts from our power.
But then, beyond that, there is the proliferation of terrorist groups; that is a serious problem. And the connection between terrorism and Iraq, which the president tried to establish today in his anniversary speech, is to put it very mildly, extremely tenuous.
No doubt that the world is better off without Saddam, but on what cost and is that cost worth the sacrifice? Does one person worth 4255 of American souls and more than 500,000 of Iraqi souls? Was this ruthless dictator a good cause for almost 31,000 Americans to be maimed and suffer the rest of their lives? Were the 740,000 Iraqi widows willing to sacrifice their husbands for the sake of ridding the world of Saddam Hussein? Or would those 4.5 million innocent Iraqi orphans prefer to grow up under dictatorship than being deprived the love and guide of a father or the warmth and care of a mother?
All those questions and the numbers that were generated during the war did not mean anything to Bush and his administration who are still defending this ugly war as recent as of march 11, 2009 when Ari Fleischer played Hardball with Chris Matthews of MSNBC showing his support to his ex-boss by saying:
FLEISCHER: I don‘t think a lot has changed in terms of what you just described. And I would agree with your overall political assessment. It was in part because of Iraq and in large part because of the economy that Barack Obama won.
Having said that, I also think Barack Obama should say thank you every day that he inherited a world without Saddam Hussein in it. Imagine how much worse the Middle East would be if Saddam and his sons were still in charge of that country and how much worse human rights would be in that region of the world.
So it‘s not as simple as just saying that one factor contributed to an election. That‘s absolutely true in the politics of it. But now that he‘s governing it‘s a lot more complicated, isn‘t it. Take today...
And he emphasized the same thing later during the interview:
FLEISCHER: ... the one thing people are going to remember the most is that he kept us safe. We have not been attacked against since September 11. The second is, as I said, Barack Obama should be thankful that he‘s inherited a world without Saddam Hussein in it. The third part...
According to Fleischer America is safer now and since 9/11 there was no one attack inside US. That‘s true but wait a minute Sir, what about the 4255 of our troops who were killed inside Iraq!!
And how Americans are safer without Saddam where Al-Qaeda is targeting Americans inside Saddam’s Iraq!!!!!
Iraq the country that did not encompass Al-Qaeda before the invasion but thanks to you and your boss became an incubator of terrorists and safe haven for Al-Qaeda, something that Bush admitted himself in his interview with Martha Raddatz of ABC news after the Shoe incident:
Raddatz: Let's talk about this trip. Your last trip to the region as president. Your last trip to Iraq. Surely your legacy will be largely about this war. Talk to me about how that feels being here? The last trip and what you really think that legacy will be.
Bush: Well, first of all I think a president's legacy is going to take time. We've accomplished a lot in my administration. Like No Child Left Behind; 52 months of uninterrupted job growth; PEPFAR, which is the AIDS initiative in Africa; fighting malaria, where there's poverty; faith based; I mean there a lot that people will be able to judge this administration on.
Clearly, one of the most important parts of my job because of 9/11 was to defend the security of the American people. There have been no attacks since I have been president, since 9/11. One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take ...
Raddatz: But not until after the U.S. invaded.
Bush: Yeah, that's right. So what? The point is that al Qaeda said they're going to take a stand. Well, first of all in the post-9/11 environment Saddam Hussein posed a threat. And then upon removal, al Qaeda decides to take a stand. And they're becoming defeated and I think history will say, one, the world was better off without Saddam, two, along with the Iraqi troops we have denied al Qaeda a safe haven because a young democracy is beginning to grow, which will be an important sign for people in the Middle East.
Al-Qaeda people did not need to come all the way to US to kill Americans, you know why because they are there in Iraq, the Americans are in Iraq, and Mr. Bush made Al-Qaeda‘s dream of killing Americans comes true.
Al-Qaeda is not defeated in Iraq or anywhere else in the world they are still there as dormant cells, they are still operating in Iraq, they are still exploding themselves and killing people.
It is sad and painful to be fooled and killed by your own leaders, and if you think about a remedy or solution as Keith Olbermann suggested in one of his shows last summer the answer of former counter terrorism adviser Richard Clarke was " we shouldn’t let these people back into polite society"
Amazing answer!!!!!!!!
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Today after six years of incursion we have not yet prosecute the deceiver, we have not investigate the torture, but we are still burying our fallen soldiers and healing our wounded lovers. And for the Iraqis, million of them had been headed toward the grave and the rest of them are waiting for their deadly fate.