Mission accomplished

[Eki]

The US has ended combat operations in Iraq, however the occupation still continues. Obama didn't fly to an aircraft carrier in a fighter jet, shows that he at least has some taste.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/31/bergen.iraq.results/index.html?hpt=C2#fbid=jSwNKnCK7Z3&wom=false

[Mark]

Your thread title says it all. We've heard this before.

[Eki]

Lest we forget, and repeat it like in Iran.

[F1boat]

Excellent article.

[anthonyvop]

Gotta love the cojones on Obama.

Making a National address taking credit for something he was against.

[Eki]

Gotta love the cojones on Obama.

Making a National address taking credit for something he was against.
Against? I thought he promised to withdraw forces and end the war.

[EagleEye]

Against? I thought he promised to withdraw forces and end the war.

He was against the war.

He was against the surge.

He said the surge would fail.

Then, he tries to take credit for the success.

Most Americans and especially the soldiers know who to thank, and that would be President Bush.

[Eki]

Then, he tries to take credit for the success.


Credit for the success? What success? How could anyone take credit for the invasion of Iraq? I wish somebody would take blame for it.

[anthonyvop]

Credit for the success? What success? How could anyone take credit for the invasion of Iraq? I wish somebody would take blame for it.

Somebody did.


Saddam Hussein!!!

[Eki]

Somebody did.


Saddam Hussein!!!
Only because he was coerced to. On the other hand, I don't remember him admitting guilt. Furthermore, he was found innocent of having WMDs and having connections with Al Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks.

[anthonyvop]

Only because he was coerced to. On the other hand, I don't remember him admitting guilt. Furthermore, he was found innocent of having WMDs and having connections with Al Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks.

Coerced? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. He proudly proclaimed his guilt!!!

[Eki]

Coerced? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. He proudly proclaimed his guilt!!!

Proudly? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I don't consider there to be much pride hiding in a "spider hole" and surrendering without resistance:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3317429.stm

[Bob Riebe]

Credit for the success? What success? How could anyone take credit for the invasion of Iraq? I wish somebody would take blame for it.I would love to lock you in a room with people whose relatives were made to disappear by Saddam; they could probably bury what would be left of you in a milk bottle, with your picture on the side as "missing".

[Eki]

I would love to lock you in a room with people whose relatives were made to disappear by Saddam; they could probably bury what would be left of you in a milk bottle, with your picture on the side as "missing".
And I would like to lock you in a room with people whose relatives have been killed (estimated 100,000 Iraqis) or maimed because of the Iraq war. Maybe with the relatives of that teenage Iraqi girl who was raped and murdered by American GIs. Oops, I forgot they murdered her family too, so you're safe.

[Bob Riebe]

And I would like to lock you in a room with people whose relatives have been killed (estimated 100,000 Iraqis) or maimed because of the Iraq war. Maybe with the relatives of that teenage Iraqi girl who was raped and murdered by American GIs. Oops, I forgot they murdered her family too, so you're safe.Gee, you do not give a damn about those murdered by Saddam but being a liberal troll and hypocrite you pretend to care about those that suit your dogma.
Troll, troll, troll your boat....

[Eki]

Gee, you do not give a damn about those murdered by Saddam but being a liberal troll and hypocrite you pretend to care about those that suit your dogma.
Troll, troll, troll your boat....
Those murdered by Saddam in the seven years before the invasion were far less than those murdered by Bush in the seven years after the invasion. There had not been mass killings since the early 1990s. The situation went from bad to worse.

[race aficionado]

He was against the war.

He was against the surge.

He said the surge would fail.

Then, he tries to take credit for the success.

Most Americans and especially the soldiers know who to thank, and that would be President Bush.

Yes, thank President Bush for:
(to quote the aforementioned article)

Look at what was lost and what it cost:
-- More than 4,500 American soldiers dead and 30,000 wounded.
-- At least 100,000 Iraqis killed.
-- Costs to U.S. taxpayers that will rise above a trillion dollars.
-- Jihadist terrorist attacks increased around the world sevenfold in the three years following the 2003 invasion.

Yeah sure, thanks mr. Bush Jr.
:dozey:

[Eki]

-- Jihadist terrorist attacks increased around the world sevenfold in the three years following the 2003 invasion.

He didn't see that coming? What did Bush do after a terrorist attack caused by American interfering in the Middle East? He sent more American troops to the Middle East. "Smart" move.