Will Bush's Iraq Plan Work? A View From Foreigners

    People all over the world have an opinion on President Bush and his troop escalation in Iraq so now I am going to post the question which Al Jazeera put forth to it's readers.

Will Bush's Iraq plan work?

The top medical officer in the US army stepped down, making him the third senior figure to lose his job over substandard care for troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington caused deep alarm in the Bush administration, which frequently praises the sacrifice of US troops. Will Bush’s strategies make any difference in Iraq?

Added: Wednesday, 14 March 2007

Hey, Look at the amount of money spent in Iraq, soon someone in US will be richer than microsoft boss, taking kick backs and political donations from the ammunitions supplier. History has proven that war mongers make the most money in their short political career. And all the right-wings males who have the urge to kill another human being, will be sent to iraq to end their genes there before they can reproduce themselves. fair enough huh ?

Alan, Shanghai, China

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Added: Tuesday, 13 March 2007

I think if you have natural wealth such as the Congo, Sudan, Iraq, Iran,...you can't enjoy that in peace unless you licence the US to share a huge piece of it, like the Saudis. It will immediatelly becomes a strategic importance and in the 'national interest of the US'. Since recently, Chinese are working on a win-win principle & the US criticises it dramatically as if it didn't have its hands on all the misfortune in these countries in the past & present. The next US leaders should take a revolutionary step in US foreign policy to live together with the rest of the world. The global approval to US policy is getting worse everyday. Nobody hates the US. It is still a country where many wish to migrate to. It is still a symbol of freedom in many ways. However, things are not more local anymore, like 100 yrs ago, in the same way as a car driven in Seattle would affect the rainfall in Swaziland

Justice, Shenzhen, China

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Added: Tuesday, 13 March 2007

My comments regarding Canada were a little harsh, and I do apologize for them. Canada is a great country, I've been on vacation there. But calling US citzens stupid goes over the line for me. I support the war, our troops, and the Republican party. I certainly don't agree with the manner in which Bush treats other nations around the world, but I support his cause. The war in Iraq is one we must win, for the sake of the entire world.

Tom Dougherty, Atlanta, USA

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Added: Tuesday, 13 March 2007

The U.S is the source of terrorism, to provoke someone is also terrorism, because the US terrorists are dying everyday in Iraq, they are making now an issue of sectarian violence, what is the guarantee that the US terrorist not behind this sect violence, may be they can lure Shiites against Sunni and Sunni against Shias.

Mkafil, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

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Added: Monday, 12 March 2007

Dave, he'll soon be down to hiring foreign mercenaries for sure. Lines for a free trip to beautiful downtown Baghdad are shrinking! Educated Iraqis who wanted/could afford it almost left Iraq. It seems they liked Saddaam more than Bushy.

Teresa, , USA     More opinion's

 

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White House Threatens Veto Over Congress's FOIA Bill

    And the Democrats go marching on this time towards more open government bills which did pass through the House today, but the Bush Crime Family, struck back with the dreaded veto threat. I am so shocked!

   The Democrats did have hefty support from the Republican side of the aisle so they managed to pass some legislation that would force many of the government's agencies to become more responsive to the Freedom of Information Act requests that they get every year. The FOIA request generally run into the millions.       Source

Associated Press

The House also easily passed bills to require donors to presidential libraries to identify themselves — an issue as Bush prepares for his own library — and to reverse a 2001 Bush decision making it easier for presidents to keep their records from public scrutiny.

Finally, lawmakers approved a bill to strengthen protection for government whistle-blowers. They cited the failure to expose faulty intelligence about prewar Iraq in expanding protections for national security officials. Employees of federal contractors, airport screeners and government scientists facing retaliation for objecting to political influences are also covered.

The White House, citing the Bush's constitutional prerogatives, warned that the presidential records bill would be vetoed if it reached his desk. The White House issued a second veto warning on the whistle-blower bill, saying it was unconstitutional and compromised national security.

The votes were 390-34 on the presidential library bill; 333-93 on the presidential records bill; 308-117 on the FOIA legislation and 331-94 on the whistle-blower bill.  

   It is funny how Bush can remember his constitutional prerogatives when it comes to keeping his illegal and more than likely immoral details of record a secret, but he forgets about the constitution when dealing with the war in Iraq and the treatment of his own citizens. Not to mention the many laws that he fails to remember when it serves his own interest to have a memory lapse.

    IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON! the S.O.B.

 

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