Comments on: So Clear In My Mind http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/03/05/so-clear-in-my-mind/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/03/05/so-clear-in-my-mind/#comment-7798 macaquerman Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:20:08 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/03/05/so-clear-in-my-mind/#comment-7798 <p><em></em> </p><p>Was it because the Iraqis working on US bases, and the busses they rode in on, were targeted?</p>

Was it because the Iraqis working on US bases, and the busses they rode in on, were targeted?

]]> By: sonneblume http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/03/05/so-clear-in-my-mind/#comment-7797 sonneblume Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:03:30 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/03/05/so-clear-in-my-mind/#comment-7797 <p><em>It’s worth noting that Tom Ricks, author of two authoritative books about Iraq, doubts this will work and thinks the whole withdrawal plan is overly optimistic, too reminiscent of George W. Bush.</em></p> <p>It depends, don’t it? It’s a continuance of the surge: the troops are pulling back in areas that they are still in. That should reduce the number of attacks on them even further. The only question is if the attacks on the Iraqis will stay stable/fall. Even if those attacks increase tho, no one in the US may care, unless something awesome happens like the entire government being overthrown and replaced by Al-queda members.</p> <p>The basic issue is this: can the American troops be withdrawn in spite of whatever happens in Iraq? I think they can, actually. Withdrawal will not mean stability in Iraq, so the plan may be optimistic there, but then, in actual practice, the surge was an excuse to withdraw from areas we didn’t want to mess with, which are governed by people not approved by us.</p> <p>max<br /> [’As always, what are we trying to do?’]</p> It’s worth noting that Tom Ricks, author of two authoritative books about Iraq, doubts this will work and thinks the whole withdrawal plan is overly optimistic, too reminiscent of George W. Bush.

It depends, don’t it? It’s a continuance of the surge: the troops are pulling back in areas that they are still in. That should reduce the number of attacks on them even further. The only question is if the attacks on the Iraqis will stay stable/fall. Even if those attacks increase tho, no one in the US may care, unless something awesome happens like the entire government being overthrown and replaced by Al-queda members.

The basic issue is this: can the American troops be withdrawn in spite of whatever happens in Iraq? I think they can, actually. Withdrawal will not mean stability in Iraq, so the plan may be optimistic there, but then, in actual practice, the surge was an excuse to withdraw from areas we didn’t want to mess with, which are governed by people not approved by us.

max
[’As always, what are we trying to do?’]

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