[lit-ideas] Re: Sustaining our Resolve
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:11:57 +0100
(appropriately, I've just been watching Wag the Dog)
LH>8) We have developed and trained the Iraqi Army
>such that it can handle external threats and internal threats
> of any foreseeable size.
we have? we (the UK) are still training Iraqi Army instructors;
40 at
a time, on three-month courses, in Wales. One week before they
were due to return to Iraq, one went AWOL (in Cardiff, that's
how I know).
But if we have, how come the UK and UK troops show no sign of
leaving?
You are *in denial* re Iraq.
Judy Evans, Cardiff
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Helm
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:31 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sustaining our Resolve
Must I tell you again, Irene? How many times must I repeat
myself? But perhaps I explained what we have accomplished in
Iraq in a long note -- mea culpa. I'll do this one up front and
make the note as short as possible.
Some of the things we accomplished:
1) We removed a Militant Islamic enemy, one who harbored
terrorists, one who practiced his pan-Arabism by invading one of
our allies, one who desired, acquired and used WMDs, and one who
has supported terrorist activities.
2) We enhanced our posture vis a vis the war on terror by
showing certain nations, especially Saudi Arabia that we were
more formidable than Saddam Hussein who claimed victory (and was
believed in the Middle East) after the first gulf war
3) We held Saddam to account for the UN violations --
justifiably ignoring the stone-walling of France and Russia we
now know were in cahoots with Saddam. They had promised to stop
the US in the Security Council. France & Russia were the chief
beneficiaries in the Oil for Food UN Scandal and made promises to
Saddam they couldn't keep.
4) We showed other Militant Islamic nations that we meant
what we said about going after our Militant Islamic enemies.
Pakistan had already agreed to cooperate as a result of our
resolution in Afghanistan. Lebanon declared that we had rescued
them from Syrian domination by our actions in Iraq. Qhadaffi in
Libya decided to relinquish his nuclear weapons.
5) We removed most of the bases that Al Quaeda might use
for staging operations: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and north
Lebanon were gone to them. South Lebanon is now in jeopardy as
is much of Pakistan. Our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq were
extremely effective in combating Al Quaeda.
6) Al Qaeda's commitment to fighting us in Iraq permits us
to reduce their numbers directly.
7) We have succeeded in setting up a Democratic government
in Iraq that has had elections and been confirmed.
8) We have developed and trained the Iraqi Army such that
it can handle external threats and internal threats of any
foreseeable size.
9) We are working on developing the Iraqi police such that
they can handle internal criminal matters.
10) We have done all this with a casualty count much lower than
virtually any major war we've ever been involved in.
Your articles are anti-American and pro-Islamic. Now there's
nothing wrong with that. They as well as your many notes simply
mean you have chosen the side you wish to support. We don't have
laws punishing treason in the US anymore so I guess you are home
free. You side with Militant Islam and I side with America -- no
big deal.
If my answers don't meet your anti-American, pro-Islamist
criteria, however: tough.
Lawrence
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