Why would anyone expect the followers of Saddam to welcome the U.S. troops?

The journalism about this war sounds like sensationalistic fake patriotic emotional embellishments, like propaganda.

Why aren't Iraqi bodies being counted like U.S. soldiers?

Who gives the U.S. politicians a license to lie to the peoples of the U.S.? I mean they lie about everything from aliens to income--this is supposedly for the good of the people?

I've had enough of the lies.

Scorn the boasts of valour
That deceit implied when sin
Is dressed to give advantage
To those who live to win
To place upon the vanquished
Those no longer free
A crushing yoke of tribute
That salutes false victory

As word becomes mere token
One traded in the dark
One remit with honour
One tendered for a lark
Mere propagandist perjure
Of the innocent and lame
A talent, in the service
Of those that have no shame

John Stretch

how can a country that enslaved millions of people xtermenated the indians forced the chinese to build the neo colonial empire think it could do good on the pretext of freedom when america to this day is far from being free and equal

US failure in Iraq is in the fact that US allowed the elections and constitutions written by the natives who were not raised or have the current capacity to understand the democracy. Instead US should have provided a consititution similar to what we have done in Japan. Then use our troops to enforce it. Have that dicatorial relationship between US and Iraque for 10-15 years, and then after that it would have been Ok, and in that time we would not have lost solders. There would have been no clerics running with their own armies, no pro-hezbolla demonstrations, no questions about who the oil belongs to (the proceeds would have been managed by US).
So Kurds would be Ok with that, Shia would complain a little but still would be ok, and we would kill most of the sunnis that threaten our troops by now.
And the civilian population would concentrate on their daily lives going about their business/school/etc. That would have been a much better example to the rest of the Arab world as well.

Essentially for US to counter terrorism, US has to be a lot more
forcefull. Declining to apply
Geneva convention against the terrorist forces or anyone who has not officially signed that convention should have been appropriate as well. So that US soldiers can use weapons that are effective, instead of 'politicallyl correct'.

We should make a big crater in the Arab Countries and stop all this neverending fanatic culture.

The Sunnis had a choice - join a democratic government or oppose it. It's time to make sure that they are no longer a threat to anyone ever again.

What happened to the B-52s? Why do soldiers and Marines have to crawl around in the gutter with the enemy when we can blast them to hell from the air? That is why Bush lost congress. That is why he deserved to lose.

Regarding comments posted by Ludar on 11/6/06. I generally agree. US should have been much more dictatorial immediately after we ousted Saddam. We should have banned militias, banned all automatic weapons, explosives, etc. We should have demanded that once Iraq goverment was being established that the new goverment also ban all private militias. Any one found with explosives or explosive devices or automatic weapons would be considered traitors of Iraq. Only Iraq police, military, and security personel would be allow authority to have these weapons. US should have established a goverment for Iraq similar to our policy following WWII in Japan. Let Iraq develop for 10 years or so and then give them the right to make some changes as they see fit. It's probably too late now. We have given up too much control. The Iraqis have to learn to get along with each other or else the country will probably fragment like Yugoslavia did. Until Iraqis understand that outside islamic fundamentalist terrorist forces inside Iraq should be treated as enemies of their country they will not find any peace. The US has many reasons for being in Iraq, some for our own national interests, but of the reasons are truely to help the Iraqis. We should still be able show to the majority of the Iraqis public that our continued presence there is in the near future is to their benifit. If we cannot convince them of this we will not be successful and Iraq be a mess for decades.

Well its time now to make a final cut and use all our mighty force to reach the goal. Iraq oil should pay for our expenses and our lives. This islamic bastards have no right and we sould finish them all off, including surrounding neighbors. We are America and we should give a damn about others opinions. We do what has to be done and if it has to be dirty, let it be!