Iraq's future shaky as war enters year 7

Thursday 19th March, 06:58 AM JST

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skipthesong at 03:35 PM JST - 19th March

He never had the expertise to be able to stockpile chemical weapons for any length of time." Yeah, well, c'mon. how hard was it to hire someone, even from the US, who did have the expertise? Look, its a moot point but when I he that he once had and that there isn't and then I hear that they were no longer good, yet you have some of the top scientists in the world right next door, I find it hard to believe that they never existed. I personally think if he had any, he had it sent to another country.

Still, I think we could have made good with him. I feel he could have easily been bought.
techall at 03:46 PM JST - 19th March

You also have to remeber, Saddam was so afraid that Iran would find out he could no longer had not could manufacture WMDs and attack him he did everything in his power to convince them that he still had a lot of WMDs and could make them at will. Unfortunately, he convinced a lot of other people too.
likeitis at 04:28 PM JST - 19th March

and that there isn't and then I hear that they were no longer good

Does not have and are no longer any good are the same things. If you ask me if I have a car, and all I have is a car so broken down it can never be fixed, I will say "No, I don't have a car." See, there are people in this world who will take the sentence "Saddam's WMDs are all so old they are no longer usuable" and turn it into "Saddam had WMDs! America is in grave danger!". So we just say "Saddam had none" in order avoid the tinkerings of Rush Limbaugh and his zombies.

I personally think if he had any, he had it sent to another country.

You can believe what you want. But I can tell you that if I were breaking the law, there is no one in the world I would trust with the goods or even so much as the knowledge of my law breaking. If you think Saddam had such great pals who are now the benefactors of his expired chemical weapons, be my guest.

But just let me say this: Even if he gave it to them, they do not possess WMD. You get me? If not, go back to the first paragraph.
sailwind at 05:10 PM JST - 19th March

Sheesh A.P,

Why did you even include this part in your all doom and gloom article?

A survey of 2,228 Iraqis questioned nationwide last month for ABC News, BBC and Japan’s NHK, found that 85 percent believed the current situation was good or very good—up 23% from last year.

Looks like darn near all Iraqi's are pretty happy with the CURRENT situation in their country. You sure couldn't tell that with this bias piece of journalism. How about a few qoutes from the 85% to balance out all the negative crap in this piece?

Ain't like they couldn't find a few in that 85% bracket of the population.
SuperLib at 06:05 PM JST - 19th March

he did everything in his power to convince them that he still had a lot of WMDs and could make them at will. Unfortunately, he convinced a lot of other people too.

That's the long and the short of it.
Taka313 at 08:30 PM JST - 19th March

Superlib, Where do you get your rose colored glasses? I'm looking for a pair myself.

Taka
USAFdude at 08:37 PM JST - 19th March

SuperLib - Congratulations. You've managed to utterly humiliate yourself with your "list". "Point" 4 is particularly hilarious
adaydream at 10:16 PM JST - 19th March

The war mongers will forever want to be in Iraq. After the lies to get un in Iraq, the stay the course stupidity and the attempt to stay in Iraq forever by creating permanent bases.

Iraq will be the flag the republicans wave and wave while we pay our taxes to continue to pay and pay for the reconstruction. We totally destroyed the country and now we have to rebuild it.

It would be so much better if we could apply all that money wasted by chicken hawks to our own country.

But let's get more lists about why we should be there. < :-)
buddha4brains at 11:31 PM JST - 19th March

Too bad Bush & Co fail to protect America on 9/11 and then failed to focus on catching OBL by starting another war for whatever reason (I think they did because they thought they could, period). Yeah, Saddam was evil and so are a bunch of others that America will never bother with. And yeah, things eventually improve given enough time.
sailwind at 11:46 PM JST - 19th March

A survey of 2,228 Iraqis questioned nationwide last month for ABC News, BBC and Japan’s NHK, found that ******85 percent**** **believed the current situation was good or very good—up 23% from last year.

85 percent

Nuff said on this one.
Sarge at 12:14 AM JST - 20th March

USAFdude ( 08:37 PM ): "SuperLib - Congratulations. You've managed to utterly humiliate yourself with your "list." "Point" 4 is particularly hilarious"

Apparently USAFdude isn't aware that Iraq had a nuclear facility until Israel destroyed it in the name of peace, and that Iran and Iraq had a debilitating war in the 1980s, and that Iran is getting closer and closer to possessing nukes.
McNeoCon at 12:23 AM JST - 20th March

If only Mr McCain had been elected the US would have been victorious.
techall at 03:14 AM JST - 20th March

just for the record, I'd like to know how many poster have spent ti me in Iraq. I was there for 4 and 1/2 years. I nave first hand knowledge of conditions there. I dealt daily with local nationals. If your only information on this subject comes from the media, where every editor has a politicl agenda. then you don't know what you're talking about.
FromEurope at 04:06 AM JST - 20th March

"A survey of 2,228 Iraqis questioned nationwide last month for ABC News, BBC and Japan’s NHK, found that 85 percent believed the current situation was good or very good—up 23% from last year."

I think it all depends on what you compare. During the insurgents/US fight, more than half of the Iraqi people answered that Saddam's days were better, in the survey. Now after those massacre days caused by the invasion, they sure find the actual situation better than before.

Don't forget that the intrastructures are still not completely re-established. (especially the water & electricity supply)
Madverts at 08:01 PM JST - 20th March

"In February, the U.S. military recorded 367 attacks nationwide, compared with 1,286 for the same month last year"

That's 13 suicide attacks per day in Feb. And that's a 90% reduction??

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