Conservinator
12-09-2004, 01:24 PM
INSURGENTS GONE IN A YEAR
Iraq's Interim President Ghazi al-Yawar gave an interview to CNN yesterday. In it, he said that he sees no reason why the insurgents fighting in Iraq won't be gone in a year, saying "I think one year from now, exactly, we'll be very busy preparing for our free democratic election after we have a constitution." That doesn't square with the pessimistic view in the media that the war in Iraq is somehow a failure, now does it?
And what about the Vietnam comparisons? We've been hearing for almost 2 years now that Iraq is another Vietnam....a quagmire. No matter that the war in Vietnam lasted for decades and had 50 times more casualties. So the interim president also addressed that: "We're not fighting a Viet Cong, which has principles and popular support. We are fighting Saddam loyalists. ... They know they are fighting for a losing battle. The whole Iraqi population is against them. I'm sick and tired of them." Doesn't sound like they'll last too long, does it?
So how long are American troops going to stay? Until enough Iraqis are trained to replace them. Sounds like things are going pretty well in Iraq, doesn't it? That's right, they are. Remember when people said tens of thousands of U.S. troops would die in the fall of Baghdad? It didn't happen. Remember when people said the transfer of sovereignty would never take place? It happened early. Interim Constitution? Agreed upon.
Elections? They'll happen next month, right on time. Looks like the Bush-haters are going to have to find a new line of work.
Link (http://boortz.com/nuze/200412/12092004.html#insurgents)
Iraq's Interim President Ghazi al-Yawar gave an interview to CNN yesterday. In it, he said that he sees no reason why the insurgents fighting in Iraq won't be gone in a year, saying "I think one year from now, exactly, we'll be very busy preparing for our free democratic election after we have a constitution." That doesn't square with the pessimistic view in the media that the war in Iraq is somehow a failure, now does it?
And what about the Vietnam comparisons? We've been hearing for almost 2 years now that Iraq is another Vietnam....a quagmire. No matter that the war in Vietnam lasted for decades and had 50 times more casualties. So the interim president also addressed that: "We're not fighting a Viet Cong, which has principles and popular support. We are fighting Saddam loyalists. ... They know they are fighting for a losing battle. The whole Iraqi population is against them. I'm sick and tired of them." Doesn't sound like they'll last too long, does it?
So how long are American troops going to stay? Until enough Iraqis are trained to replace them. Sounds like things are going pretty well in Iraq, doesn't it? That's right, they are. Remember when people said tens of thousands of U.S. troops would die in the fall of Baghdad? It didn't happen. Remember when people said the transfer of sovereignty would never take place? It happened early. Interim Constitution? Agreed upon.
Elections? They'll happen next month, right on time. Looks like the Bush-haters are going to have to find a new line of work.
Link (http://boortz.com/nuze/200412/12092004.html#insurgents)