I Hear Some People Say The Iraqi's Don't Want Us To Send More Troops In....

[global1]

and I hear * saying the Iraqi's requested this escalation. Which one is right?

[still_one]

1. It really doesn't matter. We invaded a country based on a lie

there are no WMDs, Hussein is gone, and we have no business there

[global1]

4. Well I'm Trying To Determine Here Is If The Lies Are Continuing.....

you are right - there are no WMD's, Hussein is gone, we really have no business there in the first place - but what I'm trying to determine is with respect to this 'surge/escalation' - who should we believe - those that are saying the Iraqi's don't want these additional troops sent or * who says they were requested?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Who you gonna listen to? A bunch of people just trying to live through a

hellish nightmare of violence or a proven psychotic liar?

[acmavm]

3. We send in more troops and the Shi'ites might just have to quit

killing Sunnis. And go after al Sadr.

Does that sound like a plan that Maliki would like?

[karynnj]

5. In December there were hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee

This was mid December right before they left.
I saw the day that Abizaid and a state department expert were there together. Abizaid said that he and the commanders under him thought it a bad idea and the state department guy said the Iraqis would take it as a NEGATIVE message. As Kerry and others have said for some time, the Iraqi people want us out out by a very significant margin.

[jobycom]

6. What the heck is an Iraqi these days?

We act as though it's a united country. They're are a dozen factions over there, forming temporary alliances based on what they need or want at that moment. We are just one more faction, at best. At worst, we are just the weapon the factions are fighting over. Several factions unite and promise us what we want to win our support, and they will dump us as soon as they don't need us anymore. Typical war, typical occupation.

So I'm sure there are plenty of "Iraqis" who want more troops, and there are plenty who want us to burn in a nuclear pillar of molten sand and flaming air. Both sides will cite whomever agrees with them.

The only people who should really be called Iraqis are the citizens who aren't trying to egg the war on for their own goals. And all they want is peace, no matter who provides it.