The declaration that combat operations in Iraq are over doesn’t change much. American soldiers are still fighting as they secure the country from a legion of extremist forces. On September 7, only one week after the official “end” of the U.S. combat role, two American soldiers were killed and nine were injured in an attack. The casualties are a reminder that the conflict rages on and Americans remain in harm’s way.
A Kurdish member of Iraq’s special forces was responsible for the latest attack. It is unclear right now if the attacker pre-planned the assault, as accounts are contradictory with some saying the incident followed an argument with American soldiers during a volleyball game while other officials say the attack was unprovoked. It is also speculated that U.S. participation in a raid the previous day in the community to arrest a suspected terrorist may have triggered the attacker. Whatever the case, the incident showed that American soldiers are still exposed to violence and take part in military missions like raids when necessary.
“We have 50,000 troops still on the ground in Iraq and 5,000 special operations forces. There is no doubt, in my mind, that these troops will continue to come under attack and will have to respond in kind. By anyone’s definition of ‘combat,’ this is combat,” Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, former Senior Military Aide to President Clinton and author of Conduct Unbecoming: How Barack Obama is Destroying the Military and Endangering Our National Security, told FrontPage.
The Director of the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Kenneth Pollack, agrees. He writes that the change is mostly a matter of semantics. The remaining forces are being titled “advisory and assistance brigades” and stand ready to carry out counter-terrorism missions and intervene with force if required. In fact, on September 6, five days after combat operations supposedly ended, U.S. forces engaged in combat with terrorists attacking the Iraqi army’s headquarters in eastern Baghdad.
Patterson feels that the so-called end of combat operations in Iraq will encourage attacks on American soldiers.
“The fact that President Barack Obama has issued his edict that combat operations are officially over in Iraq has absolutely nothing to do with the reality on the ground there. Combat operations continue, and if anything, his irresponsible efforts to placate his political base will, no doubt, only attract more insurgents and more attacks on Americans in Iraq,” Patterson said.
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We DO need to get troops out of Iraq, and out of Afghanistan, and out of Pakistan. Let me explain.
I'm a conservative and think that removing the mass murderer from Iraq was a much needed action. But the REASON for the action was suspected weapons of mass destruction. And that is the ONLY reason we should be in Afghanistan or any other Mid-East country.
Mid-East countries (except for Israel, of course) are dominated by Islam. Islam is incompatible with democarcy. We are NOT going to change that, and therefore, any effort to turn a Mid-East country into a democracy will fail. Ignoring that fact is costing us the precious lives of our soldiers.
Every day and every penny spent on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, etc, is totally wasted.
So, what do we do?
The answer is simple, and it's the same as the reason we entered Iraq: WE ENFORCE THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION PACT.
If we don't do that, many of us in the USA, Israel, etc, will be dead, and soon, regardless of how well our ground troops do in any Mid-East country.
Indeed, Islam sees democracy and freedom as abominations that must be destroyed. To Muhammadans any system of governance other than Sharia is a sin.
Let's target and obliterate the Iranian regime and their nuclear weapons program and then disarm the Pakistanis of their nuclear weapons.
It is ludicrous to do endless fantasy based nation building missions in Muhammadan countries, when they are obligated per the tenets of their so-called religion to hate kafir infidels no matter how many good deeds we do to win their hearts and minds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w&fe…
I thought GW Bush had already said that 'combat operations in Iraq have ended"…
Bush, and our allies, went into Iraq for good reason (see above). But Bush made his mistake by leaving troops in Iraq after no weapons were found. He mistakenly thought that Islam was a "religion of peace" and that our well-intentioned efforts would be so appreciated by Iraquis that they would then see the light coming from the city on the hill and adopt democracy. Wrooong. (again, see above).
"In fact, the first – and last – rationale presented for the war by the Bush administration in every formal government statement about the war was not the destruction of WMDs but the removal of Saddam Hussein, or regime change. " David Horowitz
Read the whole article: http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?…
Well, seems you missed something in the same article:
"UN Security Council Resolution 1441, was itself a war ultimatum to Saddam giving him “one final opportunity” to disarm – or else. The ultimatum expired on December 7, 2002, and America went to war three months later.
One last chance "to disarm". Got it?
That is correct, the UNSC did give Saddam multiple resolutions & he thumbed his nose at them all & that was one of the supportive arguments for regime change…
Regime change had been demanded of President Clinton before Bush became President. As for the WMD, many countries had the same reports, including Russia. Congress was calling for their elimination. The problem was timing. Bush had to build his case for the radicals in Congress and the American people to justify his actions. Remember that Democrats believed Gore, not Bush should have been president. Bush was under constant criticism from the Democrats. No matter what he did, he could not win. Time gave Iraq the ability to move the weapons out, probably into Syria or even Russia. It was interesting that months later, the Jordanians stopped a chemical attack within their own country. Where did these chemicals come from?
After major bungling by his administration, Bush's surge was a courageous action with which General Petraeus was able to turn the tide for this "lost war." It is now up to Obama to see that Iraq is not lost. Afghanistan, the "good war" will be more difficult to win and it is not because of our military forces, but the commander-in-chief's resolve. But Obama suffers from the belief that the US is the successor of imperialist colonial powers, the agents of oppressive exploitation, and it needs to be punished for its actions of the past. ( "Dreams of My Father" ) With this man as our nation's leader, US policy is going to be inconsistent and appear to drift on the world stage. This drift will be taken advantage of by those seeking to exploit perceived weakness. The world is definitely not a safer place since January, 2009. Despite all things said about Bush, I would rather have him dealing with Iran than the current occupant of the White House.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson
Despite all things said about Bush, I would rather have him dealing with Iran than the current occupant of the White House.
Why? Instead of eradicating the ruling Mullah regime and their nuclear weapons program, he bogged us down in Afghanistan and Iraq pursuing fantasy based nation-building missions trying to accomplish the impossible instead while he continually ignored Iran as they hardened their underground facilities, built up their defenses, and killed American troops with impunity in both Iraq and Afghanistan. When it comes to Islam and Islam’s jihad against all unbelievers, GWB is as lost as BHO. They both don’t have the first clue.
Moreover, thanks to GWB and his “religion of peace” garbage and his “only a tiny minority of Muhammadans are radicals” garbage, millions of so-called conservatives, including you, to this day still don’t have the first clue about Islam.
“You’ll find in the Iraqi street and among the Iraqi politicians, who I know very well, the majority of them want safety and security…And Iraq is in need of a friend and an ally, strong friends and strong allies.”
Except when it comes to awarding business contracts, they go to everyone else but American companies. Let’s get the hell out of Iraq ASAP, as Iraq is a Sharia state in any event.
Besides how is staying bogged down in Iraq going to stop the impending Islamization of Europe and the impending nuclearization of the Islamic world? Staying in Iraq and Afghanistan is like fiddling while Rome burns. Some of you guys can’t see the forest for the trees. Occupying Iraq and Afghanistan were about as stupid as stupid gets. Don’t believe me? Study Islam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlb5FB26Lo
Usually a war ends in victory or defeat….in Iraq thousands of AMerican troops, our men and women, died…..and now, there is no victory, no defeat…just an ongoing slew of suicide bombings, a corrupt and incompetent Iraqi government ….there is no progress, no security….and the horrific war between the Sunni and the Shia goes on as usual.
So we sacrificed BILLIONS of dollars and thousands of lives…..it's horrible if you ask me. We asked these young people to fight in a war that has no real outcome….just a withdrawal. It's SICK. . It's like Orwell's novel 1984….
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