Sending More Troops to Iraq

[TomOfSweden]

no President in our entire history has EVER been voted out of office, regardless of their performance when this country has been at War

This just proves my point. US voters aparently get a hard-on over nationalistic babble, no matter how non-sensicle or dangerous it is.

For the record. I was all for the invasion of Iraq. It's completly beyond me how Bush managed to fuck it up so badly. USA under Bush did absolutely everything wrong.

I still remember the speech Bush held on the aircraft-carrier proclaiming victory and thanking god for helping the US troops win. What kind of a derranged lunatic is he? Did he not understand that the whole Arab world was watching and that he in that instant was pissing every muslim in the face. He did shit like this at every possible chance he got. No, shit that country is in a mess now, and in a religious civil war.

Acting a bit remorseful, drawing atention to and apologising for the civilian deaths might have been a smoother move. But, no. They did nothing of the sort. Not once. They never did. The US high command just assumed they'd be thanked by the Iraqui people no matter what and where completly non-plused when the people they'd just dropped bombs on where in a bad mood. Surprise, surprise.

Saddam wasn't all bad. There was plenty of great things the Baath party did for the Iraqui people, (that the US invaders didn't do). Just because Western media liked to portray him like Adolf Hitler doesn't make it true. I'm not saying he was a good leader, but by just getting rid of him USA doesn't automatically become the friends of the Iraquis and assuming that they would be, (as they did) is just plain derranged.

I don't for the life of me understand how US voters ever thaught it was ok that nearly the whole war was financed by USA. I just don't get it? What was so bad with letting France and Germany make some demands and have them pay for half? Instead Bush thaught it was a better idea to call them coward poopy pants and make sure not to have them on-board. That's just plain retarded.

Hubris is never good.

edit: Almost forgot. When USA took Baghdad and that US soldier put the US flag over the statue of Saddam. I mean, what where they thinking. Granted that it was just the action of one dim witted soldier and not US policy. I'm sure it errased the smiles of many an Iraqui. Liberation turned to occupation in a second. But that pretty much set the tone of what was to come and the high command never once commented it or apologised for it, which would have been the clever thing to do. It's not a about grovelling, only doing the smart thing to keep people happy. Kind words cost US tax payers nothing.