What Do We Do Now?
I felt so strongly about my last posting that I sent a slightly different version to my entire e-mail address book. As a result, I received several replies asking what do we do now?
Well my view is that after the first of the year, the House and Senate should hold hearings in which the Bush administration and the DOD explain their mission in Iraq. That is explain what they are trying to accomplish by endangering the lives of our 133,000 troops. Their most probable response will be along the lines that their mission is to prevent civil war, train Iraqi military and police units, and support the Iraqi government.
The Congress should then simply tell them, that they are mistaken. Their mission was to get rid of Saddam and they have successfully accomplished that mission. They have no further mission. The Congress should then schedule the stoppage of the funds needed to support the current occupation. The Bush Administration controls the military and military operations, but not the money to pay for it. Without funding, the troops will have to leave.
Believe it or not, it’s that simple.
Of course, none of this will happen unless the nation first faces up to the true situation in which we find ourselves. Bush has sold the nation on the idea that Iraq and terrorism are closely linked one to the other. If we don’t “win” in Iraq we will seriously damage our effort to combat terrorism.
Not true.
The fact of the matter is that there are very few, if any, known terrorists in Iraq that are threatening U. S. citizens. The attacks on U.S. citizens in Iraq are mostly made by Iraqi patriots who are commanded by the Koran to kill unbelievers who threaten the Islamic religion and its mandated culture.
The true situation is just the opposite of what we are told. Iran and Syria are most likely sending in Hezbollah terrorists for training in Iraq, since it is the perfect place to gain combat experience. Under guise of being insurgent patriots, they can move about without fear of detection and be supported by Muslim clerics. So that rather than fighting terrorism, our occupation is creating more and better terrorists.
Thus, once again, the key to resolving the Iraq mess the Bush administration has got us into, is to force recognition, nation-wide, that the mission of our military intervention in Iraq has been successfully accomplished.
Well my view is that after the first of the year, the House and Senate should hold hearings in which the Bush administration and the DOD explain their mission in Iraq. That is explain what they are trying to accomplish by endangering the lives of our 133,000 troops. Their most probable response will be along the lines that their mission is to prevent civil war, train Iraqi military and police units, and support the Iraqi government.
The Congress should then simply tell them, that they are mistaken. Their mission was to get rid of Saddam and they have successfully accomplished that mission. They have no further mission. The Congress should then schedule the stoppage of the funds needed to support the current occupation. The Bush Administration controls the military and military operations, but not the money to pay for it. Without funding, the troops will have to leave.
Believe it or not, it’s that simple.
Of course, none of this will happen unless the nation first faces up to the true situation in which we find ourselves. Bush has sold the nation on the idea that Iraq and terrorism are closely linked one to the other. If we don’t “win” in Iraq we will seriously damage our effort to combat terrorism.
Not true.
The fact of the matter is that there are very few, if any, known terrorists in Iraq that are threatening U. S. citizens. The attacks on U.S. citizens in Iraq are mostly made by Iraqi patriots who are commanded by the Koran to kill unbelievers who threaten the Islamic religion and its mandated culture.
The true situation is just the opposite of what we are told. Iran and Syria are most likely sending in Hezbollah terrorists for training in Iraq, since it is the perfect place to gain combat experience. Under guise of being insurgent patriots, they can move about without fear of detection and be supported by Muslim clerics. So that rather than fighting terrorism, our occupation is creating more and better terrorists.
Thus, once again, the key to resolving the Iraq mess the Bush administration has got us into, is to force recognition, nation-wide, that the mission of our military intervention in Iraq has been successfully accomplished.
posted by Bob Baker at 5:51 AM
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