Ron Fullwood: Digging More Holes For Ourselves In Iraq

[Wetzelbill]

Ron is a DUer, this is a great article. -Bill

Digging More Holes For Ourselves In Iraq
by Ron Fullwood

The occupation of Iraq has taken a back seat to the Bush administration's 'Battle of Baghdad'. Defending the decision to pull troops out of the volatile al-Anbar province, which is in a state of anarchy, Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli told AP reporters that "The main effort is Baghdad, and we must ensure that we weight the main effort."

Bush, in a Rose Garden news conference Friday, declined to set a threshold for determining the state of the Iraqi violence, deferring instead to the 'people on the ground' who he said, 'do not believe' that Iraq is in a civil war. "They believe the Baghdad security plan is making progress." he said. "I measure progress against the resilience of the Iraqi people . . . is the government intact . . . are they dividing?"

"I can only tell you that I will make decisions on force levels based upon what the commanders on the ground say," Bush said. "In other words, if you say, I'm going to rely upon their judgment, the next question is, how good is their judgment; or is my judgment good enough to figure out whether or not they know what they're doing? . . . And this is not a science, but an art form in a way."

Bush would have been well served by listening to Col. Pete Devlin, who was cited in a WaPost report this week, describing the western Anbar province of Iraq as beyond the control of the U.S or Iraqi military; the vacuum quickly becoming filled by resistance elements who align themselves with al-Qaeda.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_ron_full_060916...

[Erika]

1. The Anbar section is lost

The Iraqi people must choose what they want to live with. That is their choice and responsibility.

W just chose to intervene and steal their natural resources for his corporatist buds while shoving his interpretation of democracy down their throats.