tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post1016761079370496207..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Why we lost in IraqLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-21359558585005388842007-03-28T12:08:00.000-06:002007-03-28T12:08:00.000-06:00Ya think?I know it's rather harshly cynical, but a...Ya think?<BR/><BR/>I know it's rather harshly cynical, but any halfway competent administration acting under realist theory would have focused its efforts on securing the oil fields in southern Iraq and Kurdistan. Partitioning would work wonders were that the goal.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, we got a president consumed with how he is perceived and some sort of perverted quixotic idealism.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-16809863980217657872007-03-28T11:18:00.000-06:002007-03-28T11:18:00.000-06:00I don't think so. Even he were, he's still 100% sp...I don't think so. Even he were, he's still 100% spot on.<BR/><BR/>Few Democrats and not a single Democratic presidential candidate is calling for a withdrawal of <I>all</I> our troops (only "combat" troops) nor dismantling or turning over to the Iraqi government our rather large military bases there.<BR/><BR/>Either the Democratic leadership is consumed with love and affection for the Iraqi people and want to stay in touch, or we want a platform to be able to secure the oil.<BR/><BR/>My prediction: The <A HREF="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/blog/?p=210" REL="nofollow">Kucinich amendment</A> stripping the requirement to plundering Iraqi oil as a condition of withdrawal either never makes it to a vote or loses handily.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-59783368323246830892007-03-28T10:50:00.000-06:002007-03-28T10:50:00.000-06:00I think Kreider is being rather tongue-in-cheek.I think Kreider is being rather tongue-in-cheek.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com