The following news article from the New York Times can really be summed up
in one sentence, as spoken by Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, who stated:

"In practical terms, nothing will change"

What general? Please say that again.

"In practical terms, nothing will change"

That is the real truth regarding America's war in Iraq supposedly coming to
an end this coming August.

Everything that the Obama administration has been saying regarding America's
declining military involvement in Iraq is meant for public consumption, and
public appeasement, because Obama needs to give the appearance of fulfilling
another one of his campaign promises, even if he really isn't. So what else
is new?

The Obama White House is trying to foist an intentional mass media deception
upon the American public, because I have no doubt that Obama, like George
Bush before him, now realizes that the USA cannot totally abandon Iraq. The
US is trapped there, whether it likes it or not. After all, the presence of
American forces in Iraq is probably the only thing that is really preventing
the current volatile situation there from deteriorating into something
considerably worse, with the different Iraqi factions -- Shi'ites, Sunnis
and Kurds -- tearing at each other's throats.

In other words, the American presence in Iraq is probably the only thing
that is keeping the country from sliding into fullscale civil war. As I have
stated before, as hated as he may have been, Saddam Hussein at least knew
how to keep the Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds under control, and the country
prospered during his reign of terror. In contrast, under America's watch,
Iraq has turned into an utter hellhole with people being blown up left and
right. It has been seven years since America's illegal invasion of that
nation, and Saddam Hussein was dethroned, yet Iraq still can't stand on its
own two feet. Do you honestly believe that things will change for the better
if America leaves? Just have a good look at the faces of some of those
crooked Iraqi politicians, and then tell me again.

What I also find totally idiotic, is America's announcement of its
intentions to commence its pullout from Afghanistan beginning next summer.
While I am totally opposed to war and all manner of violence, even I know
that one continues to fight a war until all stated objectives have been met.
It seems to me that the only reason why a country would take the unusual
step of pre-announcing the end of a war -- as the USA is now doing with
Afghanistan -- is because it has realized that it is fighting a lost cause,
and that to continue fighting -- and dying -- is futile.

So I can only conclude that the Obama administration has apparently realized
that the war in Afghanistan is a no-win situation -- just as the Soviets
came to realize the same thing some two decades ago -- and therefore, the
Obama White House is going to pull this stunt, and try to save face, by
attempting to make it appear as if the war has been won, and it is time to
go home. The same thing happened in Vietnam. America lost that war, yet
tried to save face, even as the communist Viet Cong marched into Saigon and
took over the entire country. Oddly enough, today Vietnam is an American
trading partner.

But to suggest that the war in Afghanistan has been won, and that all
objectives have been met, or will be met by Summer of next year, is the
furthest thing from the truth. Karzai runs an extremely corrupt government
which barely controls Kabul. The Taliban are growing stronger by the day,
and have begun to take back the country.

Another possible reason why America may be pulling out of Afghanistan, is
because so many Afghan civilians have been erroneously killed by the US
military, that even Karzai can't appease the Afghan masses any longer, at
least those that he controls, but that is just a speculation on my part. In
short, both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have lost public support at
home in the United States, as well as in the countries where they are being
fought; and politicians, no matter how shrewd and how astute they may be,
can only continue to wage a war for so long once that support has been lost.
To continue such a war is political suicide, as every smart politician
knows.

Anyway, as I've always said, war is hell; war is evil; and war is demonic.
Only idiots wage wars! Blessed are the peacemakers, and not the warmongers!


War in Iraq Defies U.S. Timetable for End of Combat

By TIM ARANGO - NYT

July 2, 2010


NEAR TULUL AL-BAQ, Iraq -- President Obama has set an August deadline for
the end of the combat mission in Iraq. Here at this makeshift desert camp in
the insurgent badlands of northern Iraq, a mission is under way that is not
going to stop then: American soldiers hunting terrorists and covertly
watching an Iraqi checkpoint staffed by police officers whom the soldiers
say they do not trust.

"They're not checking anybody, and they're wondering why I.E.D.'s are
getting in to town," said Staff Sgt. Kelly E. Young, 39, from Albertville,
Ala., as he watched the major roadway that connects Baghdad with Mosul,
regarded as the country's most dangerous city. He referred to improvised
explosive devices, the military term for homemade bombs.

The August deadline might be seen back home as a milestone in the
fulfillment of President Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq, but here it
is more complex. American soldiers still find and kill enemy fighters, on
their own and in partnership with Iraqi security forces, and will continue
to do so after the official end of combat operations. More Americans are
certain to die, if significantly fewer than in the height of fighting here.

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