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Reader comment on item: Salvaging the Iraq War
in response to reader comment: Building houses on a swamp
Submitted by Godot (United States), Jul 25, 2007 at 11:31
I admired your highways-over-swamp allegory but I disagree with you on one little/big point. It's not the sandy dunes of the Middle East that are stratigically vital, it's the that black thick liquid underneath the sand.
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| My Opinion [247 words] | Tabark | Mar 31, 2010 13:00 | 170825 | ||
| Iraq War. [81 words] | Holly H | Mar 24, 2009 15:33 | 152703 | ||
| I think an internal redeployment in Iraq is a good but inadequate step [218 words] | Charles Martel | Aug 27, 2007 18:06 | 107073 | ||
 Criminal Incompetence [132 words] | Jean de la Vallette | Aug 29, 2007 13:36 | 107073 | ||
| ingredient for lasting peace in Iraq [225 words] | jennifer solis | Aug 22, 2007 14:58 | 106772 | ||
| Reply to Ms. Solis' comments [304 words] | Roger W. Gardner | Aug 22, 2007 21:34 | 106772 | ||
| knowledge vs. opinion [486 words] | jennifer Solis | Aug 23, 2007 18:54 | 106772 | ||
| Response to Ms. Solis' comments [300 words] | Roger W. Gardner | Aug 24, 2007 17:31 | 106772 | ||
| unconditional surrender [226 words] | jennifer solis | Aug 24, 2007 18:53 | 106772 | ||
| Reply to Ms. Solis' comments [497 words] | Roger W. Gardner | Aug 26, 2007 18:48 | 106772 | ||
| the pleasure is mine [102 words] | jennifer solis | Aug 28, 2007 15:28 | 106772 | ||
| Bush won all the battles, and lost the war. [181 words] | Sheerahkahn | Aug 15, 2007 15:47 | 106294 | ||
| Re: Salvaging the Iraqi War [45 words] | Paul B. Ross | Aug 8, 2007 09:11 | 105686 | ||
| Iraq's not ready for national democracy, but local control and democracy is possible [214 words] | JabbaTheTutt | Aug 6, 2007 08:41 | 105558 | ||
| Daniel Pipes for President! [199 words] | Archimedes2 | Aug 2, 2007 00:20 | 105260 | ||
| Plans evolve from great minds like D.P. [182 words] | infosifter | Jul 31, 2007 23:18 | 105204 | ||
| You fight to win not appease [413 words] | guy leven-torres (agricola) | Aug 3, 2007 17:59 | 105204 | ||
| Iraq: Pandora's box or Pyrrhic Victory? [574 words] | Guy Leven-Torres | Jul 31, 2007 10:42 | 105173 | ||
| Re-Deploy Troops to Iraq Borders [151 words] | Rob | Jul 31, 2007 06:35 | 105160 | ||
| Iraq and what to do about it [394 words] | Ayasha | Jul 30, 2007 15:12 | 105139 | ||
| The Battle of Iraq and the Clash of Civilizations [359 words] | Roger W. Gardner | Jul 29, 2007 16:31 | 105083 | ||
| The Battle of Iraq and the Clash of Civilizations - Correct [143 words] | J Sharpe | Jul 29, 2007 21:15 | 105083 | ||
| Gardner's comments [52 words] | Gale Shaw | Jul 30, 2007 15:11 | 105083 | ||
| Can Islam [215 words] | donvan | Aug 1, 2007 15:10 | 105083 | ||
| Clash of Civilizations: A self-fulfilling Prophecy [287 words] | Jeeshan | Aug 2, 2007 04:26 | 105083 | ||
| Silence of Moderate Muslims is Losing its Appeal [158 words] | SS | Aug 6, 2007 02:09 | 105083 | ||
| Dangerous Minds [306 words] | Jeeshan | Aug 13, 2007 11:34 | 105083 | ||
| Response to SS: "Silence of the moderate Muslims..." [264 words] | Roger W. Gardner | Aug 19, 2007 23:01 | 105083 | ||
| RE: Salvaging the Iraq War [22 words] | Len Peracchio | Aug 31, 2007 13:42 | 105083 | ||
| US-Led Forces Out Of The Region [238 words] | Jahanshah Rashidian | Jul 29, 2007 03:58 | 105057 | ||
| Circumstance Lost: Preparing for the Alternatives [859 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 31, 2007 12:29 | 105057 | ||
| short term vs long term [92 words] | Andrew | Jul 28, 2007 17:54 | 105046 | ||
| Re: "Salvaging the Iraq War" [163 words] | Brad | Jul 28, 2007 15:35 | 105040 | ||
| The Arab Mind and Culture [322 words] | James Fittz | Jul 28, 2007 14:04 | 105036 | ||
| Who is Fawas A. Gerges? [141 words] | JabbaTheTutt | Aug 6, 2007 08:55 | 105036 | ||
| Oh, God, When Will It End? [211 words] | Monk | Jul 26, 2007 20:35 | 104929 | ||
| back up... [35 words] | donvan | Aug 2, 2007 10:17 | 104929 | ||
| Still no easy task [153 words] | Omar Mahmoud | Jul 26, 2007 14:23 | 104872 | ||
| I'm not sure this would work [47 words] | EagleJim | Jul 26, 2007 13:52 | 104871 | ||
| US failure based on denial of Iraq's sectarian facts on the ground [370 words] | Michael Green | Jul 26, 2007 11:54 | 104861 | ||
| Seek support for this [189 words] | Bos | Jul 26, 2007 07:23 | 104850 | ||
| One hand tied between our backs [145 words] | David W. Lincoln | Jul 25, 2007 15:26 | 104763 | ||
| A creative new solution to solve the Iraq problem. [127 words] | Haim Belisowski | Jul 25, 2007 14:10 | 104750 | ||
| What a Mess! [140 words] | Blackspeare | Jul 25, 2007 13:47 | 104748 | ||
| pre-arab mesopotamia [47 words] | G.Vishvas | Jul 26, 2007 06:37 | 104748 | ||
| Reply to Blackspeare- One problem [876 words] | Chris G. | Jul 26, 2007 11:32 | 104748 | ||
| Reply to Chris G. [122 words] | Blackspeare | Jul 27, 2007 12:25 | 104748 | ||
| Divide Iraq along traditional ethnic and religious lines! US and allies should referee process. [371 words] | William Bryan | Jul 25, 2007 13:32 | 104746 | ||
| Is it really that simple? [308 words] | Pat | Jul 25, 2007 19:55 | 104746 | ||
| Is it really that simple? Ans: Yes! [489 words] | William Bryan | Jul 27, 2007 13:17 | 104746 | ||
| William: Well Excuse ME [124 words] | Pat | Jul 27, 2007 21:30 | 104746 | ||
| A figure of speech but... [78 words] | Gan | Jul 25, 2007 09:01 | 104716 | ||
| A Workable Strategy? [64 words] | LDC | Jul 25, 2007 08:18 | 104710 | ||
| Salvaging the war not the final solution [296 words] | Plato | Jul 25, 2007 06:49 | 104697 | ||
| Pato- good but not excellent analysis. [216 words] | Mary Bushong | Jul 25, 2007 22:28 | 104697 | ||
| Redeploy specifically or primarily to KURDISTAN [1011 words] | Ron Thompson | Jul 24, 2007 21:13 | 104666 | ||
| More reasns to redeploy specifically or primarily to KURDISTAN [259 words] | Frans Groenendijk | Jul 25, 2007 20:11 | 104666 | ||
| Kurdistan as a stronghold [179 words] | Marc Joris | Jul 27, 2007 04:19 | 104666 | ||
| Kudos! [10 words] | Seth Ginsburg | Jul 24, 2007 20:23 | 104661 | ||
| Iraq war compromise--still possible success [54 words] | Morton Reitman | Jul 24, 2007 19:57 | 104659 | ||
| I Agree [57 words] | John R | Jul 24, 2007 19:51 | 104657 | ||
| The Iraq War Article [479 words] | Eleanor Goldstein | Jul 24, 2007 18:56 | 104650 | ||
| Salvaging the Iraq War [281 words] | Philip Snyder | Jul 24, 2007 22:50 | 104650 | ||
| crystal clarity [29 words] | david eisenberg | Jul 24, 2007 18:51 | 104649 | ||
| Now this is... [12 words] | LDC | Jul 25, 2007 08:20 | 104649 | ||
| Like the Board Game Risk [194 words] | SS | Jul 24, 2007 18:29 | 104625 | ||
| Building houses on a swamp [160 words] | Dimitri | Jul 24, 2007 17:06 | 104621 | ||
 Not only sand... [36 words] | Godot | Jul 25, 2007 11:31 | 104621 | ||
| oil and strategy [145 words] | Dimitri | Jul 25, 2007 16:11 | 104621 | ||
| Anything [15 words] | Alfo | Jun 24, 2013 22:32 | 104621 | ||
| Military Strength Requires Political Resolve - From ALL [939 words] | M. Tovey | Jul 24, 2007 16:38 | 104618 | ||
| good suggestion [32 words] | Darren | Jul 24, 2007 16:20 | 104617 | ||
| Iraq's problem is really an internal Islamic Conflict [183 words] | David Goshen | Jul 24, 2007 16:02 | 104613 | ||
| Strongly Disagree on Iraqi Reluctance to Jointly See the War Through to Victory [124 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nancy Beutel | Jul 24, 2007 15:36 | 104606 | ||
| What does "Victory" mean in Iraq? [289 words] | Charles Martel | Aug 29, 2007 11:27 | 104606 | ||
| Time to Change America's Paper Tiger Foreign/Military Policy [178 words] | Ron Kurtz | Jul 24, 2007 15:12 | 104601 | ||
| The coalition gave Iraqis a fresh start. Now it's their turn. [527 words] | Pat | Jul 24, 2007 14:15 | 104596 | ||
| Staying Put [192 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Jul 24, 2007 13:46 | 104592 | ||
| article [74 words] | Steve | Jul 24, 2007 13:31 | 104591 | ||
| After redeployment, what? [98 words] | Robert Cohan | Jul 24, 2007 13:21 | 104590 | ||
| pull the plug. [87 words] | donvan | Jul 24, 2007 15:45 | 104590 | ||
| Iraqis must be responsbile [93 words] | Coyote Ugly | Jul 24, 2007 13:14 | 104589 | ||
| Pakistan should have been the target and not Iraq [280 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 24, 2007 13:09 | 104588 | ||
| About statesmanship [99 words] | G.Vishvas | Jul 25, 2007 12:56 | 104588 | ||
| President Bush is "visionary" and Wisonian [179 words] | Steve Klein | Jul 24, 2007 13:06 | 104587 | ||
| to Steve Klein - on the money [439 words] | rick | Jul 24, 2007 15:58 | 104587 | ||
| I don't remember that Pipes article, but good on him! [87 words] | Charles Martel | Aug 27, 2007 18:11 | 104587 | ||
| More than just semantics [190 words] | Godot | Jul 24, 2007 13:04 | 104586 | ||
| Salvaging the Iraq war [92 words] | Colonel B.J,. Finestone | Jul 24, 2007 12:55 | 104585 | ||
| Iraq [66 words] | Ron Rotem | Jul 24, 2007 12:54 | 104584 | ||
| Destination Iraq [73 words] | Robert | Jul 24, 2007 12:49 | 104583 | ||
| How to save Iraq [275 words] | Rick | Jul 24, 2007 12:31 | 104581 | ||
| coming from someone who's been there four times.... [202 words] | ahmazafire | Jul 28, 2007 15:18 | 104581 | ||
| to ahmazafire [458 words] | Rick | Jul 30, 2007 14:49 | 104581 | ||
| The futility of peacemaking and democratization in the Middle East [234 words] | Kenneth S. Besig | Jul 24, 2007 11:53 | 104578 | ||
| There are no Palestinians [258 words] | yuval brandstetter MD | Jul 27, 2007 04:30 | 104578 | ||
| But then what? [51 words] | John Loth | Jul 24, 2007 11:49 | 104577 | ||
| diminished vision [74 words] | Leo Solomon | Jul 24, 2007 11:41 | 104576 | ||
| Build a fence [88 words] | LindaK | Jul 24, 2007 11:21 | 104575 | ||
| A fence is not a solution...at least for Iraq [30 words] | Godot | Jul 24, 2007 16:08 | 104575 | ||
| No fence? [106 words] | LindaK | Jul 24, 2007 19:29 | 104575 | ||
| There are known unknowns and ...(without permission from D. Rumsfield) [87 words] | Godot | Jul 25, 2007 14:04 | 104575 | ||
| There are known unknowns and ...(without permission from D. Rumsfield) [140 words] | LindaK | Jul 25, 2007 14:47 | 104575 | ||
| US should redeploy its troops at ..... [89 words] | Dara | Jul 24, 2007 11:14 | 104574 | ||
| If we follow your recommendation, what happens if the Iraq erupts into civil war? [58 words] | Robert Arbetman | Jul 24, 2007 10:46 | 104571 | ||
| The American [138 words] | donvan | Jul 26, 2007 12:50 | 104571 | ||
| What about The American? [285 words] | Pat | Jul 27, 2007 15:54 | 104571 | ||
| Novis Ordo.. [213 words] | DONVAN | Jul 31, 2007 09:04 | 104571 |
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