Comments on: Obama’s bold gamble on Iraq

By: Niazy

Niazy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:36:16 +0000

Sorry I repeat same words which are written by Michael Rubin(http://www.commentarymagazine.com/ 2011/10/23/clinton-iran-iraq-strategic-m alpractice/) “the president turns around and hands Iraq to Iran on a silver platter”.US Lost its reputation.USA gives for this loss life of thousands of soldiers & thousands of billions dollars & the most important things USA losses its national interests in Middle East .
I am Kurdish & after this decision , We haven’t more hope for living with other Components( Arab-Sheea & Sunna)in one Iraq.Obama with our Kurdish leaders do same betrayal which was done against Kurdish revolution on 1974.We haven’t more friends…We are 50 Millions alone.We should try to protect our self by new strategic & new alliance . Sorry for my English..

By: Marla

Marla — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:58:51 +0000

I see nothing in our constitution that says we are supposed to police the world. Perhaps we might better spend precious tax payer’s monies on internal and external programs that are of benefit, rather than destruction.

By: libertadormg

libertadormg — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:17:09 +0000

Mr. Bremer’s comments surely must fall into the category Abraham Lincoln referenced when he said “you can fool some of the people all the time.”

By: txgadfly

txgadfly — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:22:18 +0000

Our biggest enemy is domestic, not foreign. Our enemy wants to steal our money committed to our social welfare, which we collected and still collect under cover of FICA, and invade other countries. We must remove them from the governmental process entirely.

Bring all our troops home, from everywhere and bring them home this year. Dismantle all military bases on foreign soil. Our Government cannot be trusted with such powers. They have misused them time and time again, both “parties”.

By: adeel66

adeel66 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:11:35 +0000

When one screws-up as badly as Bremer, he should be ignored. He is a proven failure in every respect. caller tunes

By: AlanHowe

AlanHowe — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:04:45 +0000

Yes, Paul, we have to admit that perhaps no one can sufficiently clean up the horrible mess you made in Iraq. Thanks for nothing.

By: atif980

atif980 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:07:31 +0000

not bad decision

By: mcoleman

mcoleman — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:47:08 +0000

A few months ago, Reuters posted a commentary on Obama’s foreign policy toward Lybia from W. Bush’s pitiful and widely panned former UN embassador. Now, we get commentary on Iraq by another Bush crony and architec of a war that was started to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction that they never had.

Does Reuters think this is balanced reporting? Might we expect some commentary on race relations someone from the former South African ruling minority or perhaps thoughful analysis on the anti-wall street protests from Bernie Madoff?

What the hell?

By: OregonIraqVet

OregonIraqVet — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:04:06 +0000

Who decided to fire the Iraqi police? and disband the military? Thus unemploying millions of men we were trying to earn trust with.. we lost Iraq on Paul’s decisions..generals should not run a civilian city… civilians should not run a country at war..

When you fire a company’s leadership, they go home and deal with it. When you fire a country’s, they go home and build bombs to kill the people that fired them with..thousands of them.

By: OregonIraqVet

OregonIraqVet — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:58:39 +0000

Mr Bremer-

I served in Iraq, as part of the coastal warfare unit. We secured and kept the ports and waterways safe..so aid and oil could move- We were told our job was vital, because that oil, was to be sold and then the US would be paid for the cost of the war. Why did that not happen? Where is that oil $$? People say the Iraq war was not about oil, for me, it was- for our unit, it was- Why did I and many others give so much of ourselves to keep those ports open, yet the oil $$ stayed in Iraq. I was in Um Qasr-