Comments on: Iraq: Operation Over?

By: Ajaz

Ajaz — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Congratulation to Iraqi, at last they have the opportunity to take care of the security requirements of their nation.

Iraqi government and the security forces have to prove their nation and the rest of the world that, they can keep the peace among each other without exploitation.

I cammend President Obama for keeping his election promise. This is a good start in USA and Muslim World to build trust, respect and better relationship.

We all have suffered enough because of our greed for power and money.

May the peace makers be blessed. Ameen.

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

This “National Sovereignty Day” business is largely farcical.

Iraqis have no meaningful control in government, in economics or in military matters. In fact, in some cases, city lines were simply redrawn to give the appearance that US forces had withdrawn.

By: zulfiqar ahmed

zulfiqar ahmed — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Contrary to all opinions Americans are leaving Iraq to make her independant but would they be able to sustain it without indulging in war among themselves,which atleast I doubt.However only religiou scholar can help by educating people in every mosque & madrasaha that killing of innocent people is unforgiveable crime in Islam
I pray to Almighty Allah for iraqi success to make Iraq peaceful & to make world beleive that it is as true as American departure from Irtaq.

By: Naved Haider

Naved Haider — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The huge factor on which the lasting peace in Iraq depends is the mind set of Iraqis. As long as there is trust deficit and hate between shias and sunnies there is no chance of peace and harmony within their society.

In Iraq, predominantly the people lost there lives in the bomb blasts, bloody suicide attacks and target killings done by the Iraqis themselves. They killed each other, not the Americans. Americans must have added fuel to the power struggle between shias and sunnis. After Saddam, definitely Americans wanted to see a government.of their choice and an Iraqi society of their liking. For that, by taking benefit of the extremist tendencies of the some religious groups, common Iraqies were killed ruthlessly.

In my opinion, American exit only will not guarantee lasting peace & prosperity in Iraq. It will only happen when Iraqis will learn to co-exist and will become a nation instead of Shias and sunnis. They will accept and respect each other’s religious believes and each other’s religious places as well.

By: Larry Stout

Larry Stout — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”

– Winston Churchill

[Not that Dubya deserves the title of "statesman".]

By: Mohammed Al-shimary

Mohammed Al-shimary — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Peace will come soon. I have no doubt.

By: Muhammad R. Akhtar

Muhammad R. Akhtar — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

After securing the oil, the US is planning to leave Iraq. Also the powerful people are in their pocket for future continuation of American policies. It will take many years for common people to get some relief.

By: Shery

Shery — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

My husband is currently serving in Iraq, all of these postings make it sound as if our troops are coming home, it is not true! My husband still has months left just sitting around doing nothing while we pretend to end the war! Articles like this are really aggravating because we are still sitting over there ‘holding hands’ with the Iraqis and its enough. It’s time to cut them loose and stop spending all of our money there while we have Americans that can not afford to pay their bills!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

The SOFA will expire unratified July 31,2009 if the ratification law isn’t amended before then to provide an extension for the referendum to be held, or the agreement cancelled by one of the governments before then, which would give the US 12 months to get out.

I’ve read that it would take the Iraq parliment 30 days to pass a new ratification law once one has been submitted. So far the administration hasn’t submitted one and there’s less than 30 days to go to expirition.

So unless the ratification law is amended or the agreement cancelled it will expire because there isn’t enough time left to hold the ratification referendum. If it does expire unratified Iraq will obtain it’s independence.

I hope this happens. Iraq fought Iran and the US to a standstill in two wars. I seriously doubt they will fail in their efforts to stabalize Iraq once the US is gone.

By: NASAH

NASAH — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

“Anyone who believes that peace will be established when the last American leaves Iraq is probably fooling themselves. Civil war likely will break out and the country is likely to fragment into ethnic enclaves…”

Well — thanks to an American —who never deserved to be the president of anything lest a most powerful country of the world with well defined Jeffersonian limits on the use of power around the world.

By the way — this is the same Chicken Little Neocon’s predictions that were used for not exiting Vietnam — till the push came to the shove — and look the sky did not fall over Vietnam after all.