Comments on: Re-Baathification? Maliki invites Saddam-era officers to rejoin the army

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:01:52 +0000

People who are more inclined to want a secular government would have joined the Ba’athists. If you want a secular government in Iraq, you are going to have to include people who were rank and file members of that party. Otherwise you are stuck with those that are left … the religious factions.

Once Saddam has been executed, there is no such thing as a “Saddamist” anymore. He will be dead and there is no chance he could be brought to power again. I say great, let the Ba’athists back in if they were not in a position to have engaged in any major crimes.

By: SailorDave

SailorDave — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:06:26 +0000

What happened to that arrest warrant issued against al Sadr a couple of years back? Oh, I forgot, some genius thought that lunatic could be neutralized by bringing him into the political process. It’s almost like electing Charles Manson to the school board to mellow him out.

There’s a lot that could be solved by a few Marine sniper teams with free-fire orders. Nothing says simmer down quite like a 50 cal. through the noggin.

By: fogw

fogw — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:13:28 +0000

lorien1973 and my friend Catie,

I’m with you both. Do we want to be politically correct or do we want the victory we are capable of achieving?

The politically correct approach is a path taken to appease the MSM and the international community so everyone in the world will LIKE US. They don’t. They hate us, PC or not. That makes it a simple decision.

Unleash the warriors!

By: retired

retired — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:42:57 +0000

Maliki is a scum bag who will never reign in the terrorists, he loves them! and again, both sides need to be handed hand-held-nukes’ and let them run at each other..

By: Bill's Bites

Bill's Bites — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:07:44 +0000

Iraqi PM invites Saddam officers to return to army…

Iraqi PM invites Saddam officers to return to army BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday Iraqi army officers of all ranks sacked after the U.S. invasion in 2003 would be allowed to reapply…

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:54:10 +0000

One of the reasons there is so much sectarian strife within the governing factions in Iraq is that most people who favored secular government were in the Ba’ath party. If you want secularists in government, you are going to have to allow people who were members of the Ba’ath party to return to public life. This should be easier once Saddam is executed. Once he is gone, there are no more “Saddamists” because Saddam is gone.

Had Saddam been killed in the battle for Iraq, all this would have been much easier. The occupation would have probably run much smoother and many of the Ba’athists would have been allowed to remain in government much as we allowed rank and file nazis to remain in Germany after WWII. The situation would have been much different there if Hitler remained at large and we probably would have been forced to purge Nazis until he was found, tried, and executed lest they attempt to somehow return him to power.

By: Tim Burton

Tim Burton — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:38:57 +0000

I still think it was a mistake to disband all of the military after the invasion. Rather, they should have been required loyalty oaths required that the US be in charge. I think that would have solved a good portion of the chaos (save the Iranian and Syria Chaos/Al Qaeda Chaos.

By: THeDRiFTeR

THeDRiFTeR — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:24:57 +0000

…a decision experts consider a miscalculation.

posted at 5:11 pm on December 16, 2006 by Allahpundit

That’s being kind. I could think of something else to call that decision, namely an amateurish cluster(word that rhymes with truck).

By: Catie96706

Catie96706 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:53:14 +0000

Lorien1973, everyone I know who is over there (hubby) or just got back say the same thing. I wish they’d let them win the war themselves. The military knows how they just aren’t allowed to.

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:40:28 +0000

If the troops were given more control of who and where they could kill people; I’m sure this would have been in hand long ago. Playing a PC war isn’t going well (again).

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:36:20 +0000

Mookie’s next move? If there really is a God, Mookie will challenge the U.S. to a final show down in a pitched battle somewhere out in the open desert and while waiting for the U.S. Army to engage muzzle to muzzle, the Air Force comes in and finishes the battle before it begins.

Then my alarm clock goes off and wakes me up. What a wonderful dream I just had!

By: One Angry Christian

One Angry Christian — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:16:53 +0000

the beeb broke it first. Now that’s interesting.