Canada To The Rescue?
Well, well...once again I think I might have just hit the nail on the head. I just got finished reading a rather interesting article in which a leading member of Iraq's National Assembly is now asking for Canadian peacekeepers to come in to help get Iraqis back on their feet and to start anew.
Read article here
Gee...didn't I say that in my first blog entry? Bush screwed up and screwed up BIG (never half-assed eh Dubya?) when he gave Canada the join us or bite us ultimatum. That moron should have had one of his lackeys doing some research into just what Canada is good at and then approached us with that in mind. But NOOOOOoooooo Bush had to be the consummate jerk and now it's Iraq itself asking for our help.
So will Canada go? A spokeswoman for the minister of Defense has said that although we are sending $300 million for the reconstruction of Iraq there are no plans to send troops.
Now, I can't really say that I blame Canada for not sending troops now. Remember...I said Bush should have asked us in the beginning. Not only out of a show of respect but also so Canada could have a say in exactly what condition the U.S. left Iraq in for our peacekeepers. I mean really..can you blame Canada for not wanting to send our people into that kind of unrest? Peacekeeping is a whole different ball of wax from going in and kicking ass. As far as I'm concerned the U.S. overstayed its welcome. You could see it happening right before your eyes!
In the first few days Iraqis citizens were elated and were tearing down statues of Saddam Hussein with great fervor. But after a raised U.S. flag or two (what the hell were they thinking???) and a presence that turned into something resembling a police state occupation, the Iraqis people began to turn on the U.S.
Would you want to go in and try and clean that mess up? Nope...me neither! The U.S. troops should have gone in, got Saddam, secured the areas they needed and then moved on- stepping aside for peacekeeping troops to then move in to secured areas and begin the rebuilding.
You can't blame this on the U.S. troops...and I don't- not even for a second. It's Bush I blame. I mean for Pete's sake...it doesn't take a genius to figure out that you use the muscle to secure the place and then let the nice guys come in and keep things from getting ugly. You know...that whole "good cop- bad cop" kinda thing???? Doesn't Bush have cable in that big mother White House of his? It ain't rocket science to see that it might be a little hard for the Iraqis citizens to start cozying up to the same guys that were bombing the heck out of them only the week before!
Nope...things in Iraq aren't going to get pretty any time soon and it's a shame. If only Bush hadn't had such a fire up his butt to attack Iraq and divert attention away from his own ineptness then maybe there would have been a long term plan for Iraq BEFORE going in. Instead there is a desperate attempt to slap a plan together now that things are getting uglier by the day.
Nice going Bush...screwing over your own country just wasn't enough for ya was it? Can't wait for the next four years.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae (1872 - 1918)
Read article here
Gee...didn't I say that in my first blog entry? Bush screwed up and screwed up BIG (never half-assed eh Dubya?) when he gave Canada the join us or bite us ultimatum. That moron should have had one of his lackeys doing some research into just what Canada is good at and then approached us with that in mind. But NOOOOOoooooo Bush had to be the consummate jerk and now it's Iraq itself asking for our help.
So will Canada go? A spokeswoman for the minister of Defense has said that although we are sending $300 million for the reconstruction of Iraq there are no plans to send troops.
Now, I can't really say that I blame Canada for not sending troops now. Remember...I said Bush should have asked us in the beginning. Not only out of a show of respect but also so Canada could have a say in exactly what condition the U.S. left Iraq in for our peacekeepers. I mean really..can you blame Canada for not wanting to send our people into that kind of unrest? Peacekeeping is a whole different ball of wax from going in and kicking ass. As far as I'm concerned the U.S. overstayed its welcome. You could see it happening right before your eyes!
In the first few days Iraqis citizens were elated and were tearing down statues of Saddam Hussein with great fervor. But after a raised U.S. flag or two (what the hell were they thinking???) and a presence that turned into something resembling a police state occupation, the Iraqis people began to turn on the U.S.
Would you want to go in and try and clean that mess up? Nope...me neither! The U.S. troops should have gone in, got Saddam, secured the areas they needed and then moved on- stepping aside for peacekeeping troops to then move in to secured areas and begin the rebuilding.
You can't blame this on the U.S. troops...and I don't- not even for a second. It's Bush I blame. I mean for Pete's sake...it doesn't take a genius to figure out that you use the muscle to secure the place and then let the nice guys come in and keep things from getting ugly. You know...that whole "good cop- bad cop" kinda thing???? Doesn't Bush have cable in that big mother White House of his? It ain't rocket science to see that it might be a little hard for the Iraqis citizens to start cozying up to the same guys that were bombing the heck out of them only the week before!
Nope...things in Iraq aren't going to get pretty any time soon and it's a shame. If only Bush hadn't had such a fire up his butt to attack Iraq and divert attention away from his own ineptness then maybe there would have been a long term plan for Iraq BEFORE going in. Instead there is a desperate attempt to slap a plan together now that things are getting uglier by the day.
Nice going Bush...screwing over your own country just wasn't enough for ya was it? Can't wait for the next four years.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae (1872 - 1918)
