The civil wars in Iraq and other countries are going to go on whether we want them to or not. Only by giving them a common enemy (us) can we unite them, and then only temporarily. Whenever we leave, they’ll start fighting with each other again.
It was Bush/Cheney, and the U.S. policies and wars that threw the sectarian Molotov cocktails into the region. They were merely slow burning, subterranean “coal fires” until we stepped in, with aid from our “allies”
Interesting we deposed the tyrants we once supported, to create an even bigger mess. We’re almost as good at empire as Britain, France, and especially, Belgium.
feverjr Premium Member over 10 years ago
You can thank all the members of the “Project for the New American Century”, William Kristol, Robert Kagan, Jeb Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Pearl, Cheney, John Bolton, Donald Rumsfeld… and so many other Neocons for their unswerving attention to getting us into Iraq. Today after trying to wipe out their history at PNAC, they’ve formed the “Foreign Policy Initiative”. Another 501© “think tank” thats soul purpose is to transmute war into gold.
Dtroutma over 10 years ago
America will be paying, as will other countries, for a long, long time because of the folks at PNAC.
piobaire over 10 years ago
The civil wars in Iraq and other countries are going to go on whether we want them to or not. Only by giving them a common enemy (us) can we unite them, and then only temporarily. Whenever we leave, they’ll start fighting with each other again.
piobaire over 10 years ago
“Never get involved in a land war in Asia.” (A quote from Count Vizzini.)
Dtroutma over 10 years ago
It was Bush/Cheney, and the U.S. policies and wars that threw the sectarian Molotov cocktails into the region. They were merely slow burning, subterranean “coal fires” until we stepped in, with aid from our “allies”
Interesting we deposed the tyrants we once supported, to create an even bigger mess. We’re almost as good at empire as Britain, France, and especially, Belgium.
Majin Nathan over 10 years ago
Who cares. Let them kill each other. The dictators will give up when they no longer have any citizens to hold hostage for attention.