Dr. Forbush Thinks

Let’s forget about the incompressible stupidity of getting involved in Iraq in the first place. Let’s forget about the Lies that were told to influence the opinion of the American people. For a few minutes lets imagine the we have 140,000 soldiers in Iraq and no one is responsible for how they got there. Let’s forget about any old mission ideas and lets look at the reality of the situation.

So, what do we have?

First of all we have a group of people in Iraq that hate the US and the secular ideals that America stands for. Some of these people are religious zealots that have an agenda to make their particular branch of Islam the main religion in Iraq. Does any one believe that killing these guys will make them less persistent in their religious fervor? If you are having a problem trying to imagine this them step back and imagine that you are a Christian with strong faith in your religion. A Muslim country with Muslim soldiers attacks your neighborhood and they set up a new city government. They begin to tell you how you should run your city. Are you going to feel happy about this?

Stop telling me that this can’t happen and use you r imagination for one minute.

Now, imagine that they did not only invade your city, but they took over your entire state. They captured your governor and they put him in a jail. They got a group of Muslims and non-Christians that live in live in your state and they put them in charge of your state. Are you happy about this? Are you angry enough to fight them?

What if they see that you are angry about this occupation? They see that there is a resistance and they kill a bunch of your friends and relatives who are just a little bit angrier than you are. Does the killing of these friends and relatives make you more angry or less angry? Will you stop being upset with this occupation because they killed your friends? Do you think that more or less of your friends will become upset and fight the occupation? Would you take up a weapon and defend your state? And when this occupation lasts for three or four years will you be happier that they are here in your state?

Well, if you actually read through this and you actually did the exercise them you may have some feeling for the situation on the Iraqi side of the gun. Do you think that the American soldiers are making peace in Iraq, or are they making these people angrier?

So, what should we do in Iraq to make the world safe for Americans? Should we send more troops to Iraq? Will that finally make the point?

Today in a speech Donald Rumsfeld was trying to put a bright light on the progress that we are making in Iraq. He told the American people that we only have 140,000 soldiers in Iraq today compared to the 160,000 troops that were there during the Iraqi elections in January. Why do you think he said this? He is trying to say that we are bringing our troops home without actually saying those words. He is trying to make people believe in something that is not actually happening. This administration is taking advantage of a fluctuation of troop strength in order to allude to these numbers in order to make it appear as though the American troops are coming home. Why would he do this? Does he know that he has to lie to make people happy because the truth won’t make them happy? Why else would he make such a big deal out of us having less troops in Iraq than in January? He is trying to tell us that the number of troops are going down with out having to commit to the fact that they are not really going to go down. Chances are that there are troops on there way to Iraq and they haven’t actually gotten there yet. Chances are that there are troops that have just left Iraq. If Rumsfeld actually wanted to subdue the insurgents, do you think that he would hint at the fact that there are less soldiers in Iraq now than there were in January?

Obviously Rumsfeld has lost his mind and he can not be consistent any more. Iraq needs a political solution, because brute force will not work. Rumsfeld alludes to this but he doesn’t have the guts to say it.

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