Comments on : Petreus: Iraq too volatile to plan pullout

saddlegait,Yes, it's easy to forget that chaos is ...

2008-07-28T14:50:00.000-04:00

saddlegait,

Yes, it's easy to forget that chaos is easy, while order, even an imperfect one, takes generations to grow. Iraq is a good example of the best being the enemy of the good.

rex osborne,But when Iraqis die now, they die in f...

2008-07-28T14:48:00.000-04:00

rex osborne,

But when Iraqis die now, they die in freedom -- thanks to the Great Liberator.

I have a friend who lives in the Phillipines. She...

2008-07-28T13:10:00.000-04:00

I have a friend who lives in the Phillipines. She says the same rex about living there during the Marcos regime. While it was evil and dangerous to those that opposed it, those that simply lived there lived pretty peacefully and the economy was more stable. She said she actually misses his dictatorship because she felt safer and more successful during that time.

Does a country undergo "growing pains" when invaded or do countries like Iraq even know where they are now going. Their way of life, their leadership, their laws have all been tossed out the window and it seems they do not even know where to begin in replacing them. They aren't Christians, so they don't go by the basic Biblical premises upon which this country was founded. Then again, this country now rebels against those premises. So, how can we lead another country successfully into self-sufficiency when we ourselves are failing so miserably at it?

By a remarkable coincidence, Iraq was not especial...

2008-07-28T13:01:00.000-04:00

By a remarkable coincidence, Iraq was not especially volatile when Saddam Hussein was in charge.

This Imperial Globalism business is really confusing.