What has the water cooler crowd in your office been saying about last night’s address by President Bush and his new way forward in Iraq?
My crowd was down. We had a few staunch Bush supporters before but now, to the man / woman, all are against him and want the madness to end. Some are calling him an alien sent from Mars to disrupt the world as we know it.
It was painful to watch him. ABC News showed, before his speech, clips of his pronouncements in the past; all now proven to be false or outright lies. I think Bush himself felt that his words are now empty, without meaning because he has lost all credibility with the American people.
He set no time table but his military advisor suggested two (2) years; all Bush has left in his presidential term.
I did detect a warning in his speech. He warned Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf States that they face extreme danger if they do not support his plan. The countries mentioned are Sunni and if the U.S. pulls out, Shiite Iran will take over and make Iraq into a Shiite partner country; a formidable front against the Sunni nations.
Sunni nations like Saudi Arabia have admittedly been supporting the Sunni militias in Iraq. Bush’s warning is to cease and desist. Once that happens then the Iraqi army will be able to neutralize the Shiite militias and peace will reign over the country or at least Baghdad.
With the violence stopped, the Iraqi government can now get on with rebuilding the country into a democratic showcase.
This logic assumes that the Iraq government and army are Iraqi first and Sunni or Shiite second. Well, that is impossible and will never be possible; therefore the logic behind his plan is flawed and unrealistic.
Maliki, his government and his army and police are Shiite – no Sunnis need apply. They will work with the Americans to wipe out all the Sunnis. Once done, the Shiite clerics will solidify their power (theocracy) and then turn on the Kurds. Once the oil is safely in their hands, they will declare with Iran a new Persian Empire, now with atomic weapons.
I think the Sunni nations mentioned above, know this and they will continue to supply Iraq’s Sunnis with weapons and anything else they need to keep the Shiites from taking over the country so the violence will continue no matter what we do.
My wife asked can we just leave. What would happen? The country would revert back to what it was before Winston Churchill drew a pencil line on the map and called it Iraq; into Kurd, Shiite and Sunni areas.
My crowd was down. We had a few staunch Bush supporters before but now, to the man / woman, all are against him and want the madness to end. Some are calling him an alien sent from Mars to disrupt the world as we know it.
It was painful to watch him. ABC News showed, before his speech, clips of his pronouncements in the past; all now proven to be false or outright lies. I think Bush himself felt that his words are now empty, without meaning because he has lost all credibility with the American people.
He set no time table but his military advisor suggested two (2) years; all Bush has left in his presidential term.
I did detect a warning in his speech. He warned Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf States that they face extreme danger if they do not support his plan. The countries mentioned are Sunni and if the U.S. pulls out, Shiite Iran will take over and make Iraq into a Shiite partner country; a formidable front against the Sunni nations.
Sunni nations like Saudi Arabia have admittedly been supporting the Sunni militias in Iraq. Bush’s warning is to cease and desist. Once that happens then the Iraqi army will be able to neutralize the Shiite militias and peace will reign over the country or at least Baghdad.
With the violence stopped, the Iraqi government can now get on with rebuilding the country into a democratic showcase.
This logic assumes that the Iraq government and army are Iraqi first and Sunni or Shiite second. Well, that is impossible and will never be possible; therefore the logic behind his plan is flawed and unrealistic.
Maliki, his government and his army and police are Shiite – no Sunnis need apply. They will work with the Americans to wipe out all the Sunnis. Once done, the Shiite clerics will solidify their power (theocracy) and then turn on the Kurds. Once the oil is safely in their hands, they will declare with Iran a new Persian Empire, now with atomic weapons.
I think the Sunni nations mentioned above, know this and they will continue to supply Iraq’s Sunnis with weapons and anything else they need to keep the Shiites from taking over the country so the violence will continue no matter what we do.
My wife asked can we just leave. What would happen? The country would revert back to what it was before Winston Churchill drew a pencil line on the map and called it Iraq; into Kurd, Shiite and Sunni areas.
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