Iraq is Vietnam w/ sand

[Botany]

When the forces loyal to the Govt. get called on to fight
they don't or can not get the job done. Stories of troops
getting out of tanks and walking away were on Olbermann
the other night. Maliki is being shown not to be the leader
and we are getting sucked further into a fight we should be
no part of. F***ing bush did not know the difference between
Shi and Sunni before he started this war.

In Feb. of 2003 I heard on NPR that there was 109 different
factions in Iraq and the common thread to all the different
groups was that "they did not like each other" and that sure
we could be in Baghdad in short order but that trying to govern
the country would be a nightmare.

[unhappycamper]

1. And oil. n/t

[leftchick]

2. do you really think bush and cheney give a fuck?

seriously? We have the bases and are oh so close to that oil.

[annabanana]

3. Thanks for this useful map..

I keep forgetting how much of Iraq is uninhabitable...

[JohnyCanuck]

4. "F***ing bush did not know the difference between Shi and Sunni"

And he still has a problem telling his ass from a hole in the wall.

[wtmusic]

5. But...but...where are all the al Qaeda?

There are almost 5,000 in Iraq..there must be a dot somewhere!

[Botany]

6. Somewhere between 1,300 - 2,500

Forgien al Qaeda in Iraq according to this report.

The majority of attackson Americans were from Sunni groups backed
by the Saudis .... "the surge = paying off those groups"