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POPSLittle progress on halting Iraq's decay On reading the full article it is clear, that the blame game is in full swing. It is the Insurgents, it is corruption, when the reality is that gross incompetence is at play here. You invade a country, you take responsibility. We shall save the Iraqi's from Saddam. That was the reason , to save the Iraqi people from an evil tyrant. Now these people are in a far worse condition than under Saddam. No one is safe and the country is falling to pieces. Building on a foundation of lies leads to eventual collapse. The U.S. should get out of Iraq now and let a UN force in to rebuild the country. The incompetence of your administration is staggering and it is re-enforcing the stereotype of Gung-ho, dumb ass America. Who is going to save Iraq from Bush the Bumbler ?
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POPS10 Reasons Why Russia Can’t Trust Uncle Sam It failed to recognize that the Soviet Union is gone and that Russia is, of course, not our enemy." Putin called the move "a mistake." 9. "Mission Accomplished" - On March 20, 2003, the United States - without a mandate from the United Nations, and against the heated objections of France, Germany and Russia - invaded Iraq on the pretext that the secular Baathist state of Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was a proud sponsor of terrorism. Both accusations were proven wrong. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the BBC in an interview that the attack was a violation of international law. "From our point of view and the UN Charter point of view, it was illegal."
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POPSNow the Saudis tool up for war The White House line that Iraq’s extremists are all backed by Iran is a myth, writes Robert Fox. What the American authorities are reluctant to admit, however, is that there are signs that the Sunnis of Saudi Arabia and their allies - including Jordan - have been equipping and training Sunni extremists in Iraq for some time now. Critically, not all the weaponry and munitions have been used against the militants' Shia and Kurdish Iraqi enemies. Some of them - including lethal roadside bombs - have been aimed at US forces. Read the Full article. Interesting insights to the future of the region. "The growth of the official and unofficial Saudi and Jordanian support for the militants is one of the most worrying developments," a senior British officer has told me privately after a visit to Iraq.
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