tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post6047494976704284246..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Strategic Change in IraqYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-67923626960991537592008-08-07T23:18:00.000+03:002008-08-07T23:18:00.000+03:00OH, ANOTHER LIGIT POSTING FROM:CAROL HERMANUnlike ...OH, ANOTHER LIGIT POSTING FROM:<BR/>CAROL HERMAN<BR/><BR/>Unlike Israeli politics; American politics sets elections in stone. That's why some presidents get assassinated while in office. While others trounce the Ken Starr's that collect to "legally" knock a president down.<BR/><BR/>But why not go back to FDR, and this WONDERFUL STORY. You might learn something, ya know?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, one morning FDR awoke. It was during his 3rd term; which covers WW2. When he got his breakfast served upstairs in the residence, he was surprised to find that Mrs. Roosevelt wasn't around. He was unaware that she had left the White House at 6:00 AM. To go with Maruy Maverick of Texas, to inspect a prison in Baltimore, Maryland.<BR/><BR/>This guy, Maverick, was the head of an organization supervising work performed by convicts.<BR/><BR/>NOT KNOWING THIS, FDR called his wife's secretary to inquire of her whereabouts. "Mr. President, your wife is in prison."<BR/><BR/>"You don't say. But tell me, what crime did they finally nail her on?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-11324104203935485282008-08-07T20:52:00.000+03:002008-08-07T20:52:00.000+03:00STOP RIGHT HERE! I DID NOT PUT THE COMMENT ABOVE!...STOP RIGHT HERE! I DID NOT PUT THE COMMENT ABOVE! SOMEBODY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE TO USE MY NAME.<BR/><BR/>SO: THIS ONE'S FROM:<BR/> THE REAL CAROL HERMAN<BR/><BR/>Let's start at the top. Bush lost his legacy in Iraq. Because he never leveled with the American People. No one knew his agenda! (Except? Perhaps in Riyadh.)<BR/><BR/>Going into Iraq, the saud's as well as the Bush's WANTED SADDAM's HEAD ON A PLATTER. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, from history, you'd learn the borders that make up Irak, were drawn by the British; after WW1. And, did not include ethnic diversity. <BR/><BR/>Ethnic diversity is a killer among arab players.<BR/><BR/>You can tell that Bush made a recent error, with the Kurds. When he allowed 100,000 troops from TURKEY, to go over the Iraqi border, to attack Kurdish positions.<BR/><BR/>He also allowed Turkey to have "over-flights" ... telling our American air force not to intervene.<BR/><BR/>What was the outcome? I have no idea. It's possible the Kurds fought back well; and some of the Turkish military returned home in body bags. <BR/><BR/>The press fell down on its job.<BR/><BR/>So, basically, you've never gotten any sort of reporting at all. Unless it involved American troops "going home" in body bags.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, every single arab country has a different set of dice that they throw ... when they come to the table to "play."<BR/><BR/>While Maliki's response to arab-on-arab terror was to unleash ethnic cleansing against the sunnis.<BR/><BR/>Meaning that palestinians brought in by Saddam flew to Jordan. And, Syria. Until the borders locked, and they couldn't get in.<BR/><BR/>Are there lessons still to be learned? Sure. Arab states by definition are weak. And, are run despotically. Either with thugs in control; or "religous leaders" putting themselves on top of government resources; where they clean up the pot.<BR/><BR/>Terrorism is not the same as the strategy you get in wars. And, with terrorists, civilians are fair game.<BR/><BR/>America has had a lot to learn.<BR/><BR/>As Bush failed to address key issues. But the outcome won't be in doubt. Saddam's off the map. And, the sauds aren't getting the goodies they wanted. They wanted a piece of Israel; where Israel went back to her UN mandated 1948 borders. They wanted all of Lebanon; which is in Assad's pocket. But Assad still has his head.<BR/><BR/>Assad knows he has his head ON his shoulders, because Olmert opted not to send the IDF into syria, to take it off.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes, where it's quiet is where you'd find the most information. But you'd have to look between the lines.<BR/><BR/>Just as you get to see, here, some idiot trying to steal my by-line. Isn't it nice, when you read, where you learn to tell differences?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-71846032052365623252008-08-07T17:11:00.000+03:002008-08-07T17:11:00.000+03:00FROM CAROL HERMANExcuse me, I´m off sick today. Is...FROM CAROL HERMAN<BR/><BR/>Excuse me, I´m off sick today. Is that a problem? Yes, if you consider me entertaining. <BR/><BR/>Being sick can´t keep crazy people from writing on the net. <BR/><BR/>But I´m not crazy. You are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com