Suddenly, lots of noise against the Iraq war

[struggle4progress]

Poll question: Suddenly, lots of noise against the Iraq war

Military folk on both sides of the pond, Republicans campaigning, and now ...

.. In an interview with Al-Jazeera television aired late Saturday, Alberto Fernandez, director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department offered an unusually candid assessment of America's war in Iraq. ''We tried to do our best but I think there is much room for criticism because, undoubtedly, there was arrogance and there was stupidity from the United States in Iraq,'' he said ..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2574058

[Frustratedlady]

1. I think they are laying the groundwork for a withdrawal.

When Poppa sent Baker over to see what was really going on, you knew the family had finally figured out that the kid had failed again and Poppa was going to have to do damage control, as he's done for the kid for years.

As the saying goes...Now look at the fine mess you've gotten us into!

[struggle4progress]

2. But then is it a case of "Outta the Iraq and into the Iran"?

[Frustratedlady]

3. From the skillet, into the fire?

Damn him for opening this can of worms. He has us in a corner, in that we can't afford to leave Iraq, or Iran will take over. We don't have the military support needed to handle both...we can't even handle Iraq. I feel so sorry for our men and women caught in the web.