why cant the world's biggest army and $400 billion win in Iraq. Cheney predicted two months of fighting?
364529
Gasp!  Are you questioning the Bush administration!  You should never question authority!  Unpatriotic!  Get out of the US!
841723
That won't work.  Their goal is to create a Muslim world by force.\n\nWe are winning the war in Iraq.  Over 500,000 Iraqis will be active and trained as police and soldiers by the end of this year.  This is the total amount the U.S. thinks Iraq needs.  50% of Iraq will be handed back to Iraq's government by the end of this year.  I think Iraq's government will have 75% of their land back by the end of the second quarter and 100% of their land back by the end of 2007 or the beginning of 2008.  I think there might be a small group of U.S. soldiers remaining till 2009.\n\nThe general reconstruction efforts are still ongoing.  Iraq requires more electricity because they are using more electricity.  This is a common thing in third world countries.  Even California gets brown outs from too much power use.  The U.S. telephone land lines can only hold 20% of the possible calls.  In Iraq, cell phones are frequent and they have satellite dishes.  They also frequently use electric generators.  \n\n"3,100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38  new schools have been built in Iraq. there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad\nstations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities."\nhttp://www.admissionsboards.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1374
381204
What do you think? America will still be America, and Bush will be out of Power; hallelujah! Oh, and Halliburton won't be running (ruining) the war in Iraq. You wonder why we are winning?
928140
We will never win in Iraq, because we shouldnt have gone in the first place. A global war on terror is meant to be an endless never ending cash cow for the machine.\n  \n How do you fight an enemy with no homeland and no identifying markers and no uniforms?
39009
Bu$h Sr, defended the Saudi oil when he defended Kuwait from Iraq. Bu$h Sr. has many Saudi friends and his bussiness is oil. Cheney's bussiness is oil and government contracts to protect oil. Iraq was a Arab problem and the Saudis got Bu$h Sr. and Jr. to solve there problem. The Saudis also got the American tax payers to pay for solving a Arab problem. We need to mind our own bussiness and American tax payers have no business engaged in nation Building. Not one more American should give his life to Nation build in Iraq.
364656
Oh, I hope not.  We created a hell hole in Iraq already and have yet to clean up after ourselves.  We are weak in military power and can not stretch any more.  I do not believe we could pull off two military campaigns.
996312
This is the first I've heard of this.  Two years is still a long time for the troops to be there, but without fighting?  That's very interesting, and it probably won't happen.  If the "insurgents" are talking to the Iraqi government, who is then relaying the information to the US, that's even more interesting.\n\nIt will be worth watching this unfold since Bush refuses to sit down and talk with terrorists while the left has always been for negotiating with them.  Quite interesting.
370696
we would have 500hp alternative fuel vehicles. and generals would be screaming they need at least twice as much money for the war in iraq.
1046829
Forever.  The army is already building PERMANENT bases in Iraq.  And to the statement that the Iraqi government is doing well because they are making decisions?  Anyone can make decisions, it's enforcing them that is tricky part and the government has no influence outside of the green zone.
68852
Maybe it has to do something with the fact that Iraq is located in one of the most strategically valuable areas in the world, and the fact that it also happens to be one of the most unstable areas of the world. Just like after WWII we build bases in Germany, to be close to Russia and central to Europe.  \n\nNow we are central to all of Africa, Asia, Middle East and Europe.  Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and so on are all a short flight.  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
751527
Arcane are you  crazy?  Their are a lot more modernized middle eastern countries that Iraq.  I have been to a couple different countries and I saw nothing that even Iraq.  You need to know what you are talking about before you start saying stuff like that.  One other thing I want to tell you about.  If the Iraqis didn't want us there all they had to do is run us out,  but they are going through what we did  in our civil war, Losing life's, homes, family and what not they know that it is a necessary evil but most of them are ready for a change.  There have been more business open up in the last year than any other year in their history.  Soon as they can show that their military is able and willing we will be out but no sooner.  It would be a disgrace to the US and its people if we left now and let total hell rain down upon them.
1083131
We're not losing the war.  You've just stated why.  \n\nI have a friend over there who is currently helping to train Iraqi Security forces and if anything we need another 5 years before we leave.\n\nHopefully our next president is as dedicated to these efforts as our current one is!
865766
I would have thought that would be high on the list of things to do considering the amount of money it is costing to keep the troops over there. Must be running into billions of $ and its all coming from the tax payer.
568954
Again, as in Vietnam, the US has betrayed its self with this unjustitied and criminal invasion/occupation.   The resistance to foreign forces is only going to strengthen over time and what is the US going to do about it.  With waining support its only a matter to time before Iraq solves this problem its own way.  \n\nWhat is driving this war here is an unwillingness to face realities on the part of our leadership.  As in Vietnam, its the American people who will put a stop to our mission in Iraq.  We are not at that point yet.  I can't guess when it will happen, but at some point our leadership will be compelled to start withdrawing forces.
811273
They should put it on pay per view for $250. Millions of people around the globe would watch. The Iraqi government could use that money to train and equip their troops, opening the way for U.S. troops to leave.
338009
Can't see America losing the war in Iraq. Reason, we're there and now it's too late to back out. Most likely we're going to be in Iraq and the middle east for at least 20 years if not longer. The overall goal is to bring democracy to the region. Not an easy task, since most there don't know what democracy is. America will suffer a humilating defeat if it backs out now. It fought to a draw in Korea, lost in Vietnam. Now if it withdraws, that's another lose. It's not going to happen. America doesn't want to lose its international superpower status. And withdrawing from Iraq could led to that.
432296
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CHENEY!!!!  The success of Bush Vice Presidential running mate Richard Cheney at leading Halliburton, Inc. to a five year $3.8 billion "pig-out" on federal contracts and taxpayer-insured loans is only a partial indicator of what may happen if the Bush ticket wins in two weeks. A closer look at available research, including an August 2, 2000 report by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) at www.public-i.org, suggests that drug money has played a role in the successes achieved by Halliburton under Cheney's tenure as CEO from 1995 to 2000. This is especially true for Halliburton's most famous subsidiary, heavy construction and oil giant, Brown and Root. A deeper look into history reveals that Brown and Root's past as well as the past of Dick Cheney himself, connect to the international drug trade on more than one occasion and in more than one way.\nThis June the lead Washington, D.C. attorney for a major Russian oil company connected in law enforcement reports to heroin smuggling and also a beneficiary of US backed loans to pay for Brown and Root contracts in Russia, held a $2.2 million fund raiser to fill the already bulging coffers of presidential candidate George W. Bush. This is not the first time that Brown and Root has been connected to drugs and the fact is that this "poster child" of American industry may also be a key player in Wall Street's efforts to maintain domination of the half trillion dollar a year global drug trade and its profits. And Dick Cheney, who has also come closer to drugs than most suspect, and who is also Halliburton's largest individual shareholder ($45.5 million), has a vested interest in seeing to it that Brown and Root's successes continue.