Prince Andrew rebukes America over Iraq
There may be a valid point here. But not so certain this very public statement helps the cause.
Mr Blair urged Washington not to dismantle the Iraqi army or purge all members of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party from senior positions. But they were overruled.
In May 2003, Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Iraq, issued two orders: one outlawing the Ba’ath Party and the other dissolving Iraq’s 500,000-strong military and intelligence services. Those decisions are now seen by many as the causes of a vacuum that allowed Iraqi insurgents to launch their terrorist offensive against the occupying forces.
on 02/05/2008 at 04:22 AM
-"If you are looking at colonialism, if you are looking at operations on an international scale, if you are looking at understanding each other’s culture, understanding how to operate in a military insurgency campaign - we have been through them all,” -
What is it with people who are mistakenlyconvincedthat America wants to make Iraq a province, a territory, a state? Therein lies one of the major falicies to their misquided and (usually) wrong stances on the GWOT, most particularly Iraq.
-’“Prince Andrew’s knowledge of Iraq is close to zero and his comments are deeply unhelpful to the war effort.“‘-
This statement is probably the most correct I have ever heard about the majority of anti-war mongers on Iraq. Read their books (I’ve read Hayden, Wallis, Sheehan etc) - it is all Vietnam Rehash 101 - come into the light and the 21st Century - You would be amazed at how the World has changed since y’all went Up In Smoke back in the 60s!
I’m sorry, which part of Europe are you from? The part we saved, or the part whose butt we kicked?
No knowledge, but a mouth in full overdrive. Hmmm, sounds familiar.
Yes! Pull our troops out. Completely, every last one of them, and all American civilians. Then keep an eye on it for a bit, then turn the entire area to glass.
02/05/2008 at 07:53 AM
