Comments on: Secret Brit Papers Reveal How And Why They Got Into Iraq War

By: Rick Cain

Rick Cain — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:48:27 +0000

If people had to vote on war, there would never be any, so politicians vote for us.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:48 +0000

Thank goodness for liberals to hold government leaders accountable. The trick is to prosecute them when they violated the trust of the people.

Today, former president Cheney and his puppet are out hunting something for Thanksgiving instead of wearing and orange jump suit.

By: Uncle Patso

Uncle Patso — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:41:57 +0000

So the British inquiry (Brit: enquiry) into the Iraq invasion & war in 2003 is kicking ass and taking names? Why can’t we have one of those here in the U.S. where it all started?

By: Angry

Angry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:55:22 +0000

The fact that the Obama-Reid-Pelosi war-Democrat machine continues unchecked makes me ashamed to be an American these days.

Where is the change we hoped for?
Why do they continue these failed policies?
When will Obama stop with making his first term Bush’s third term?

By: Dr Dodd

Dr Dodd — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:47:09 +0000

#17-fpp2002

I have the same questions as you and more about what happened to Bin Laden and why he was allowed to escape.

The losing of Bin Laden is just another in a long line of lessons that you can never trust a politician. Why anyone would clamor for more government is beyond me.

By: fpp2002

fpp2002 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:59:14 +0000

#2, Dr. Dodd – what “the people” wanted was bin Laden’s head on a plate, not a war in Iraq. But what happened to the plan to get bin Laden? Oh yeah, that idiot Bush failed to get him because he was so concerned with his bogus war. Good job.

And that idiot Bush screwed up so royally in all areas that no mop could possibly clean it all up, especially not in 11 months.

By: sargasso

sargasso — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:10:25 +0000

#15. yes, but Powell is a soldier, not a natural politician.

By: fred

fred — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:30:11 +0000

#13 sargasso

… and another unanswered question: why did no one take the Powell doctrine seriously viz. that you don’t get into a situation of military involvement unless you have an exit strategy to get out again.

After all, Colin Powell had a lot of experience of military matters that Dubya and Tony B. Liar were far too stupid to understand.

By: smittybc

smittybc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:20:53 +0000

The real irony is the current Secretary of State voted for the invasion of Iraq, in fact the vote for the invasion of Iraq was BY FAR a more bipartisan effort than the stupid stimulus or the health care bills. 77-23 in the Senate and 296-133 in the House, in a much more closely divided Congress.

The Democrats could have stopped operations in Iraq on many different occasions but decided not to do it. Maybe because they knew it was messy but necessary. They knew the press would frame the debate in a positive light for them, and a negative one for the Bush administration. They knew nobody would ask THEM questions. The brainwash of America continues.

By: sargasso

sargasso — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:44:30 +0000

And the ever unanswered question – why did Britain follow, what was an apparently obvious misadventure, in Iraq? Because of the Rice doctrine, of refusing to deal with the EU, and exploiting mistrust and jealousy between the British, French and Russians.

By: RBG

RBG — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:03 +0000

I think Parliament just needed to read Wikipedia.

“From the start of the “War on Terror” in 2001, Blair strongly supported United States foreign policy, notably by participating in the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.”

By: RBG

RBG — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:26:04 +0000

You’d almost think those war-mongers had never before planned or fought an Iraqi war.

RBG

By: jescott418

jescott418 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:50:30 +0000

War’s run by politicians is always messy.
The problem is they mix public opinion too often with military decissions. This does not mix.

By: amodedoma

amodedoma — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23:17 +0000

Whatever the reason, you can be sure it started with the pound sign followed by lots of numbers. Don’t be fooled into thinking there are morally justifiable reasons. Money is the power, and the power is money. The rest is window dressing to keep the curious distracted.

By: Nanny

Nanny — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:53:57 +0000

Stop throwing insults at each other and write something useful: #3,#4 & #5