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By Rick in Lawrenceville

January 7, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

This is one of the biggest blunders in recent US history, maybe all US history.

The real problem is that the Muslim sects of S** and Sunnis will not be able to co-exist in Iraq. What a waste of life and limb by our soldiers in Iraq.

What a waste of our tax money to continue to support this effort. This money could have been put to much better use, even by our somewhat corrupt and errant legislators. High prices for oil? Why not spend some of this money on conservation efforts or development of new renewable energy sources? This would provide jobs for our children and not cost them their lives.

This will be an ongoing drain on our resources. When we eventually withdraw, the whole charade will collapse upon itself.

By Isiah in SW Atlanta

January 7, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this

As a country, we continue to sustain losses on many fronts as a result of the pursuit of this conflict- international relations, national debt, soldiers’ lives, etc. However, we have to ask ourselves who profited from this apparent “blunder”.

Frankly, the smoke screens must come down for American people to realize that there are decisionmakers who pursued and attained positive gains from the effort, despite our losses. Until we make such recognitions and hold individuals accountable, our system of government will continue to deceive us to our own detriment.

By Dusty

January 7, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry that Sam Nunn has felt it necessary to speak out against the Iraq War. As much respect as I have for Nunn, he did not have the copious information that the President and Congress received about the dangers in Iraq.

It is presumptious to presume that the USA did not “talk” with other nations, not to mention the UN. The UN, the UK, and many other nations agreed that Iraq appeared to be an eminent threat.

If this war seems more deadly than others (although statistics show that it isn’t), this is not the time to please the enemy with complaints about the USA.

That old tripe about dissent being good for the country, is not true during war time when it encourages the enemy. There is a very old adage to remember: “Loose lips sink ships.” They also help terrorists.

Nunn is just one more person out of government making known his discontent that this war, as yet, is not one big victory picnic.

By Duke

January 7, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

It has been a long time since I agreed with Sam Nunn about anything, which makes me very sad. Even now I only agree half-way. Iraq probably is the worst strategic error in American history; but seeking consensus among other nations would have made the problem worse, not better. In this fallen, sinful world, the best system we can hope for is an uneasy balance of power among nations which defend their own narrow borders and their own narrow interest. Iraq was a mistake, first, because it includes neither our legitmate national jurisdiction or our legitimate national interest. President Bush reasons that America cannot be safe from terrorism unless the problem of global evil is solved. But that kind of reasoning- which should appeal to the new Sam Nunn from Washington, D.C., a different Sam Nunn than the one from Georgia- is reserved for God. The problem of global evil is not so easy to solve, and all of the biblical prophecies must be fulfilled. The prophets warned us about this international New World Order everyone is building. God gave America as a sanctuary for the Christian Church,and for anyone else willing to live here peaceably, through all of those apocalyptic upheavals. To protect America, we need to build fallout shelters and local civil defense organizations. We have legitimate interests in Latin America, but we have no business invading the Middle East to establish democracy.

The other reason that Iraq was a mistake was that, incredibly, the Bush Administration did not expect a guerilla resistance. Anyone with any understanding of global warfare since 1945 was trying to warn those people that the only way to fight a guerilla enemy is to occupy the country with a very large number of troops for a very long time, and to painstakingly build up the social, political, and economic institutions.

None of these ideas works without a Christain base among the population. Christianity barely works, sometimes. The other religions never work. The worst religion of all is the global philosophy of humanism preached by President Carter and Ted Turner. (At least Turner realizes that he is preaching against the Bible.) While President Bush pours American blood and treasure down a rathole in Iraq, Senator Nunn’s fellow Democrats are destroying our own domestic social, political, and economic institutions. President Bush completely destroyed the conservative consensus which was formed under Ronald Reagan to address those problems. Bush is a genuine southern conservative in his social habits, a claim which I cannot make for myself, despite the fact that I was born and raised a few counties over from Sam Nunn, and my family has been in Georgia since 1802. But though I am not conservative by temperament or social habits, I am a conservative intellectually; and George Bush is not.

By Joe

January 7, 2007 5:19 PM | Link to this

Where was Nunn before the war started. What the country needed was a voice of reason from a respected authority to overcome the boisterous voices of the lunatic right. If Nunn had spoken up then, perhaps he could have affected change.

I clamored for him to raise his voice against the tyrannical Bush regime then, but it is way too late now, and our country, and the rest of the world have suffered tremendously.

By MoJohnson

January 7, 2007 7:27 PM | Link to this

Just a reminder that 2,500+ Americans and others were murdered in the most horrific manner on 9/11/2001. We haven’t had a terrorist incident in this country since. I’d just say “nice job, Mr. President” and leave it at that.

By Jamaaliver

January 7, 2007 8:43 PM | Link to this

MoJohnson—

So even at the cost of 3000+ American soldiers lives plus another 5000+ american soldiers injured at war with a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks, we should tell the Prez nice job?!?

It disgusts me that people in this country still believe that Iraq and Saddam Hussein actually had any connection to Al Qaeda and the terrorist attacks in NY. Despite all the evidence to the contrary. Especially when you consider that all of our troops, focus and money has shifted to fixing Iraq when Afghanistan is once again succumbing to Al Qaeda and the Taliban regime that harbored the real masterminds behind the 9/11 attacks.

But like they say, ignorance is bliss. Try reading a book sometime. i’d start with the 9-11 Commission Report.

Maybe the next time the Taliban government attacks us, we just invade Mexico and Canada and save our troops the trouble of heading halfway across the world to die.

By Someone

January 8, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this

MoJohnson, with 8 years in between WTC attacks, I say good job Clinton and leave it at that OK with you?