President Obama and his thugs must hate retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters. First of all, he’s military, and many of us, with any discernment whatsoever, recognize that true leftists, like our president, despise the military. Secondly, Peters has no qualms about calling the president out on his foreign policy blunders.
I can’t say it enough; Peters is a true American patriot and worth hearing from.
Read his latest from the NY Post:
BYE-BYE, BABYLON
EXITING IRAQ'S CITIES, VICTORIOUS
by Ralph Peters
“OUR effort in Iraq passed a major milestone today: Our troops are leaving the cities.
Advisers remain in place. Joint patrols will still occur. And our forces will wait nearby to respond to Iraqi calls for support. But the last of the bases and US-only outposts within Iraq's urban centers will be vacated.
Terrorists have already begun testing the new security arrangements. Iraqi forces won't always pass with flying colors.
Yet this situation seemed a pipe dream not so long ago: Iraq's security forces, serving an elected government, assume primary responsibility for the good order of their own country.
We all recall the delighted leftist claims that Iraq had entered a hopeless civil war. Wrong. That Iraqis preferred al Qaeda to us. Wrong. That Shia militias represented the people. Wrong. And that Iran would seize control. Wrong again.
Looking back over six years of good intentions, tragic errors, generosity, arrogance, partisan vituperation, painful deaths and ultimate vindication, two things strike me: the ever-resisted lesson that human affairs are more complex than academic theories claim, and the simple truth that most human beings prefer a measure of freedom to immeasurable repression.
Now the symbolism of our troops withdrawing from Iraq's cities is richer than Washington grasps. Mesopotamia created urban culture: Ur, Babylon, Nineveh and countless lesser-known sites are where humans first worked out ways to live together in close quarters in large numbers. The coming wave of terror will strike cities that make Baghdad seem a youngster.
The ‘cradle of civilization’ is rising from the grave again.
Yes, sectarianism, old grievances and the greed for power may deliver future crises -- even an eventual civil war. An unnatural state with grossly flawed borders, Iraq has more obstacles to overcome than any of its neighbors except Lebanon.
But our achievement remains profound: We gave one key Arab state a chance at freedom and democracy. We deposed a monstrous dictator who butchered his own people and invaded two foreign countries. And we didn't quit, despite the scorn of the global intelligentsia.
Human events aren't linear, nor do they conform to political programs. In Iraq, the unintended consequences ultimately gave us an unexpected victory.
We botched the occupation early on, which seemed to create an opportunity for our enemies. As a result, al Qaeda declared Iraq the central front in its war on civilization.
Thus, it set itself up for a massive strategic failure, alienating the people of Iraq and exposing itself as a fraud. Al Qaeda may limp along for decades, lashing out now and then -- but its high watermark occurred in 2006 in Anbar Province.
That single development made Iraq worthwhile.
But other gains, too, emerged from the vilified Bush administration's actions: As we just saw in Lebanon and Iran, democracy now seems possible to populations that had almost given up.
Iran will be free one day, the only question is when. And it won't be because of President Obama's grotesque Cairo apologia.
The problem for presidents is that great changes don't conform to our political calendars. Derided for his ‘axis of evil’ remarks, Bush now looks far wiser than Obama in the wake of North Korean threats of nuclear devastation and Iran's savage crackdown following a wildly fraudulent election (and Tehran's attack on Obama's ‘interference,’ even though our president initially defended the election results).
There is evil in the world. No matter how resistant Obama may be to learning that basic lesson, our enemies will hammer it into him.
As our troops leave Iraq's cities today, their commanders know that still more bloody trials lie ahead. Now and then, the Iraqis will ‘shoot the red star cluster,’ calling for our help. But today isn't just a day for Iraqis to celebrate -- it's a good day for us, too.
And it's a day of vindication for a former president who saw clearly, but spoke poorly (to the delighted mortification of the media).
Now we have a president who expresses himself beautifully, but seems blind to international reality. And it's up to him to determine whether Iraq was a new beginning or a dead end.”
Dem Leaders Avoid Thanking Bush For US Victory In Iraq Today
Iraq: a summing up, for now
3 comments:
its a lose lose situation for conservatives.
unless republicans want to put rainbows over north america, have everyone fart spinkles, and live like we're in a disney movie, we're doing the wrong thing.
they think we want control.
what democrats make this war seem like, is the "toppling of a sovereign nation". no... toppling, would be like germany to eastern europe in the 1930's, or in the 1910's, or japan did to china in the 1940's, or north korea tried to do to south korea...
for some reason you dumb liberals think we want that land in iraq. like as another state, and bring it under our government, like the worlds leaders are playing Risk. shut up already. thank bush for liberating iraq's citizens, hell THEY'RE THANKING US FOR IT!!!!! yes, i said it right, they are thanking america for allowing their citizens to enjoy the same luxuries we have here. a chance to make wealth, a chance to be educated, a chance to raise families and establish a peaceful life. as you democrats take advantage of your chances here.
obama didnt do anything but give a few lousy speeches and make us leave, job was done without obama's help at all. go bush on that one
Yeah, you're right..."Risk" is just a crazy game. World leaders aren't interested in imperialism, in natiral resources, in new markets, in money, in power. Cheney did it because he's just a nice guy? Nothing in it for Halliburton, I guess.
Oh, wait, what's that balck stuff we're needing for our gas guzzlers?
OIL?????
Ever hear of it?
Hell no, we don't want Iraq as a 51st state! Then they'd be a pain in the butt. Nawww, we just want their oil.
Try looking up "sovereignty" once, instead of guessing.
quite honestly, im all for local drilling, and utilizing our oil reserves to lower prices. i cant share the same sentiment. but i cant stand when you liberals say "its all about the oil". completely disregarding the entire reason we have a mlitary investment in iraq.
world leaders shouldnt be playing risk, and shouldnt be running their governments like a fortune 500 company. their in place to be a stern yet fair parent who aids in crisis and gives its children the tools to survive. iraq, like many countries in the middle east do not, give citizens its freedom, thats why we're there. and the proof is in the september 11th attack, that allowing that type of government breeds incredible threats to our national security. my mother was just in england on a commuter jet flight to edenborough, scotland. she sat on the runway for 7 hours during a bomb threat. our job goes further than helping ourselves, it goes for helping people world-wide, against obvious terrorists.
the oil... ****ing ridiculous. no i dont know what it is, please, send a wikipedia link with references a 17 year old myspace freak uploaded between the hills and american idol. i know how much you love referencing wikipedia.
Post a Comment