wanted: a plan to stabilize iraq

[theknife]

so, you've been watching Bush give the same Iraq speech over and over, and you suspect he has no idea how to fix this mess? turns out you're right - he doesn't. in fact, the administration is looking for someone - apparently anyone - who does. step right up - the administration is offering a $1,020,000,000 grant to anyone with a plan. apply here.

The United States Agency for International Development is seeking applications for an Assistance Agreement from qualified sources to design and implement a social and economic stabilization program impacting ten Strategic Cities, identified by the United States Government as critical to the defeat of the Insurgency in Iraq. The number of Strategic Cities may expand or contract over time. USAID plans to provide approximately $1,020,000,000 over two years to meet the objectives of the Program. An additional option year may be considered amounting to $300 million at the discretion of USAID. Funds are not yet available for this program.

[son]

Originally Posted by theknife

so, you've been watching Bush give the same Iraq speech over and over, and you suspect he has no idea how to fix this mess? turns out you're right - he doesn't. in fact, the administration is looking for someone - apparently anyone - who does. step right up - the administration is offering a $1,020,000,000 grant to anyone with a plan. apply here.

wait, some random civillian giving a plan? or the guys that are supposed to be "controlling" this mess? as bush, just admit this war was a HUGE mistake right before the election, and apologize to the soldiers in their graves.

[Mazer]

Originally Posted by *the*knifes*son*

as bush, just admit this war was a HUGE mistake right before the election, and apologize to the soldiers in their graves.

Yup, that'll fix everything.

[pisser]

Here is my solution:

GTFO!

[son]

Originally Posted by Mazer

Yup, that'll fix everything.

yup, ya got that right. at this point i think bush is that desperate.*sarcastic*

im not meaning this literally, im just saying that bush got us into this deep hole, and now he knows it was the wrong decision, so now he needs to dig us out. in my earlier post, i realize that it wasnt the most intelligent post ever posted, but i was just referring to how bush is just a big laugh..

[Mazer]

I hear ya, just saying that some people don't see the humor in it. It's all good with me, and welcome to NU.

[Drakonix]

If you would like to see how Saddam and his sons “stabilized” Iraq, rent a copy of the DVD “Buried in the Sand - The Deception of America”. Netflix has it, though I doubt if places like Blockbuster carry it.

Fair warning, it’s not for the squeamish. You will see actual video/audio clips of people getting their tongue cut out with a knife, their fingers chopped off, their head sawn off with (an apparently dull) knife, having their bare feet tied to a horizontal pole and held elevated while the bottoms of the feet are savagely beaten, and other such treats. The crimes these people committed? They annoyed or offended Saddam or his sons.

While you’re at it, ask a Kuwaiti citizen who went thru the Iraq invasion and Desert Storm if he/she thinks the U.S. is evil and wrong with it’s stance on Saddam & Co..

[son]

Originally Posted by Mazer

I hear ya, just saying that some people don't see the humor in it. It's all good with me, and welcome to NU.

ok for one, it wasnt supposed to be humerous, it was just a statement..
i know this is a forum about politics, and strong political opinions. obviously i know some people wont see the humor in it.
maybe you shold read it again......

[Mazer]

It's just difficult to take that coment seriously. Apologize to the dead soldiers in their graves? Come on, that won't solve our problems. It might satisfy your need to see the president humilated, but other than that what purpose would it serve? I had to assume you were joking or else I would have had to pity you.

Apologies are only useful to those who are able to hear them, the families of the soliders for instance. But in my opinion it would only cheapen the sacrifices of the soldiers and deepen the sorrow of their families if they were served with an empty apology by a political figurehead. It's best for everyone if Bush keeps his regrets to himself.

[multi]

man ,getting an apology from a conservative would be like getting a blowjob from a corpse. you would have to knock out their teeth first...
they can't deal in intangible things like apogogies to dead people
it dont make sense unlike the million$ that get spent on commemorating wardead

its how the rich have been sending people off to war to fight and die for them for centuries...no regrets ..they will be remembered
if they aren't manipulating people they feel they dont exist..
so they just do it with all sorts justifications but you wont hear one ever really apologise...

[albed]

Keep multi away from the morgues and funeral homes ffs.


I still think the U.S. can bomb countries into submission, like Japan, but no-one's got the guts for it anymore.

Looks like Iran will be another replay of the 'Iraq sanctions' so all the people who kept saying they'd work if they were only given more time can start saying that again for another 12 years.

[multi]

theres probably more chance of bombing Iran into submission than sanctioning them into submission ..but theres a danger that russia and china might get involved if that happens

maybe some drawn out cold war like stalemate will be needed unless alot of the mid-east becomes uninhabitable for 12 thousand years

what about all this recent nuclear support for india and pakistan coming from US and they want Australia to sell them weapons grade uranium ..is this some sort of pre-conflict exercise to build up a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons in that area
to help keep the midlle east in check ?