Sunday, May 09, 2004
Why War?why-war.comWe liberated Iraq. Now the people here don’t want us here, and guess what? We don’t want to be here either, so why are we still here? Why don’t they bring us home?
Pfc. Jason Ring, San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 2003
How to Get Out of Iraq
Peter W. Galbraith | New York Review of Books | April 15, 2004
As of today the United States military appears committed to an open-ended stay in a country where, with the exception of the Kurdish north, patience with the foreign occupation is running out, and violent opposition is spreading. Civil war and the breakup of Iraq are more likely outcomes than a successful transition to a pluralistic Western-style democracy.
http://www.why-war.com/news/2004/04/15/howtoget.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11227-2004May8_2.html
Dissension Grows In Senior Ranks On War Strategy
U.S. May Be Winning Battles in Iraq, Losing the War, Some Officers Say
Some officers say the place to begin restructuring U.S. policy is by ousting Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, whom they see as responsible for a series of strategic and tactical blunders over the past year. Several of those interviewed said a profound anger is building within the Army at Rumsfeld and those around him.
Pfc. Jason Ring, San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 2003
How to Get Out of Iraq
Peter W. Galbraith | New York Review of Books | April 15, 2004
As of today the United States military appears committed to an open-ended stay in a country where, with the exception of the Kurdish north, patience with the foreign occupation is running out, and violent opposition is spreading. Civil war and the breakup of Iraq are more likely outcomes than a successful transition to a pluralistic Western-style democracy.
http://www.why-war.com/news/2004/04/15/howtoget.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11227-2004May8_2.html
Dissension Grows In Senior Ranks On War Strategy
U.S. May Be Winning Battles in Iraq, Losing the War, Some Officers Say
Some officers say the place to begin restructuring U.S. policy is by ousting Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, whom they see as responsible for a series of strategic and tactical blunders over the past year. Several of those interviewed said a profound anger is building within the Army at Rumsfeld and those around him.
