Since W's GWOT policies are failing what can he do other than to spew propaganda? On August 22nd, 2007 W is comparing the Iraq quagmire to the Vietnam one and you have to wonder who is letting the fool make these idiotic views known to the public. He said "Many argued that if we pulled out, there would be no consequences for the Vietnamese people. The world would learn just how costly these misimpressions would be...Hundreds of thousands more fled the country on rickety boats, many of them going to their graves in the South China Sea," said Bush, who pleaded for patience with the US-led security crackdown in Iraq. US troops there "are carrying out a surge that is helping bring former Sunni insurgents into the fight against Al Qaeda, clearing the terrorists out of population centers, and giving families in liberated Iraqi cities their first look at decent and normal life".
The article US 'Surge' in Iraq 'Likely to Fail': British Lawmakers states "It is too early to provide a definitive assessment of the US 'surge' but it does not look likely succeed," the House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee said in a wide-ranging document.
"The committee believes that the success of this strategy will ultimately ride on whether Iraq's politicians are able to reach agreement on a number of key issues."
Instead, it called on the government to set out what action it was taking to foster political reconciliation between Sunni and Shia Muslims and Kurds in Iraq. And it called for evidence of Iran's backing for insurgents in the south."
This is the best W can get in regards to international support for his illegal Iraq war. W's boys are so excited about former insurgents fighting al-Qaeda. It is all hypocrisy as the article Former Insurgents Face al-Qaeda Wrath deals with this and a particular participant, a Omam Abed-a codename meaning "courageous slave", as "The Sunni militiamen have grown leery of al-Qaeda in Iraq and its ambitions, including self-proclaimed aims of establishing an Islamic state. The Pentagon, in turn, has latched onto its most successful strategy in months: partnering with former extremists who have the local know-how to help root out al-Qaeda in Iraq...Last month, two of Abed's best friends, both 18-year-old members who also decided to aid U.S. forces, were dragged out of their high school during final exams and beheaded. Their bodies were flung up into a tree with the severed heads displayed on the sidewalk below, according to Abed and U.S. military officers stationed in the area. There was no claim of responsibility, but the scene didn't need one. All knew it was a ghastly warning to residents who choose to challenge al-Qaeda in Iraq, which takes inspiration from Osama bin Laden but whose direct links to his terror network is unclear."
Is Abed safe? "Several times each week, mortars fall on the headquarters of Abed's group - known by various names including the Freedom Fighters and Amariyah Volunteers. The group's leader, a 40-year-old who uses the nom-de-guerre Abu Abed, said his fighters foiled two attacks in which suicide bombers disguised as women tried to infiltrate security around his base.
"(Al-Qaeda) is trying to get me or my family. I'm constantly changing locations - not staying in one place longer than a few hours - and moving my children," said Abu Abed, who also refused to comment on his own insurgent past."
The US has to get bureaucrats to sign off for money to pay these people who are betraying people they worked for and with in (Al-Qaeda) as "Until the contract wins U.S. approval, the fighters remain unpaid volunteers.”
Capt. Dustin Mitchell, with the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, said it sometimes creates awkward moments for his soldiers.
"We try to help them out within the guidelines if our commanders approve it," said the Louisville, Ky., native. "If not, we're the guys who look them in the eye and have to say, 'I'm sorry.'"
How can the US military conceivably believe these Sunnis won't become blow-backs when they get a better deal or just decide to kill the US infidels?
The article U.S. Military Starts New Iraq Offensive states "The U.S. military launched a new offensive on Monday aimed at cracking down on Sunni and Shiite extremists, according to a statement."
We've heard this before. The death only moved its "Whack-a-Mole" routine to northwest Iraq where the article At Least 250 Dead After Iraq Blasts states "Emergency workers and grieving relatives uncovered dozens of bodies in the wreckage of clay houses in northwest Iraq on Wednesday, sending the death toll from suicide truck bombings of a small Kurdish sect to at least 250 – the war's deadliest attack on a single area.”
A U.S. general said the nearly simultaneous strikes against the Yazidis, who have been attacked by Muslim extremists who consider them infidels, was an act of "ethnic cleansing." An American military spokesman blamed the attack on al-Qaeda."
Now W is trying to elongate the war and bring in more enemies as news that W's administration will add Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to the list of foreign terrorist organizations. It would be the first time that a branch of a country's military has been added to the list. W really hates this particular "those who are against us" and is trying to say this is a response to the Revolutionary Guard's increasing involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The statement singled out Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq and said the Shiite extremists were being backed by Iran. The military has stepped up its rhetoric recently against Tehran, which is accused of supplying militias with arms and training to attack U.S. forces. Iran denies the allegations.
The article US 'Surge' in Iraq 'Likely to Fail': British Lawmakers states "It is too early to provide a definitive assessment of the US 'surge' but it does not look likely succeed," the House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee said in a wide-ranging document.
"The committee believes that the success of this strategy will ultimately ride on whether Iraq's politicians are able to reach agreement on a number of key issues."
Instead, it called on the government to set out what action it was taking to foster political reconciliation between Sunni and Shia Muslims and Kurds in Iraq. And it called for evidence of Iran's backing for insurgents in the south."
Is Abed safe? "Several times each week, mortars fall on the headquarters of Abed's group - known by various names including the Freedom Fighters and Amariyah Volunteers. The group's leader, a 40-year-old who uses the nom-de-guerre Abu Abed, said his fighters foiled two attacks in which suicide bombers disguised as women tried to infiltrate security around his base.
"(Al-Qaeda) is trying to get me or my family. I'm constantly changing locations - not staying in one place longer than a few hours - and moving my children," said Abu Abed, who also refused to comment on his own insurgent past."
The US has to get bureaucrats to sign off for money to pay these people who are betraying people they worked for and with in (Al-Qaeda) as "Until the contract wins U.S. approval, the fighters remain unpaid volunteers.”
Capt. Dustin Mitchell, with the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, said it sometimes creates awkward moments for his soldiers.
"We try to help them out within the guidelines if our commanders approve it," said the Louisville, Ky., native. "If not, we're the guys who look them in the eye and have to say, 'I'm sorry.'"
How can the US military conceivably believe these Sunnis won't become blow-backs when they get a better deal or just decide to kill the US infidels?
The article U.S. Military Starts New Iraq Offensive states "The U.S. military launched a new offensive on Monday aimed at cracking down on Sunni and Shiite extremists, according to a statement."
We've heard this before. The death only moved its "Whack-a-Mole" routine to northwest Iraq where the article At Least 250 Dead After Iraq Blasts states "Emergency workers and grieving relatives uncovered dozens of bodies in the wreckage of clay houses in northwest Iraq on Wednesday, sending the death toll from suicide truck bombings of a small Kurdish sect to at least 250 – the war's deadliest attack on a single area.”
A U.S. general said the nearly simultaneous strikes against the Yazidis, who have been attacked by Muslim extremists who consider them infidels, was an act of "ethnic cleansing." An American military spokesman blamed the attack on al-Qaeda."
Now W is trying to elongate the war and bring in more enemies as news that W's administration will add Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to the list of foreign terrorist organizations. It would be the first time that a branch of a country's military has been added to the list. W really hates this particular "those who are against us" and is trying to say this is a response to the Revolutionary Guard's increasing involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The statement singled out Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq and said the Shiite extremists were being backed by Iran. The military has stepped up its rhetoric recently against Tehran, which is accused of supplying militias with arms and training to attack U.S. forces. Iran denies the allegations.
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