Iran seizes 15 British troops in Persian Gulf

GeoffP said:
And the Americans thought free and representative political expression meant the end of terrorism.
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That is why they are building the biggest US embassy and so many military installations there.:rolleyes:
 
samcdkey said:
Strange how most of the attacks are concentrated in area where there are US troops.
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You mean like that one attack that killed many many people at the bus stop?(100% civilian target) Yup, all the Americans were waiting to board a local bus, I guess the Pentagon was trying to cut costs. What crafty extremists. :rolleyes:
 
w1z4rd said:
You mean like that one attack that killed many many people at the bus stop?(100% civilian target) Yup, all the Americans were waiting to board a local bus, I guess the Pentagon was trying to cut costs. What crafty extremists. :rolleyes:
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I said most.
 
What does that have to do with Iran?

Were the British trying to prevent Iran from providing material assistance to the Shiites?
 
leopold99 said:
the local insurgents.
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They shoot children ,women, crippled, pregnant.

From an Iraqi blog:
And the only fear you have on the street is that when the American troops show up in the street, there is a great possibility that they will be hit. And when they are hit, they respond in rapid fire all over the place with no distinguishing between anyone.
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GeoffP said:
I guess the huge amount of terrorism doesn't make any impression on you.
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It appears to make no impression on the Iraqis either:
http://lefti.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_lefti_archive.html#117442482157022555

A lot of people, politicians and pundits and "regular" people, take the attitude that "we" just can't leave Iraq, because we'll be abandoning the Iraqi people to chaos, and the occupation is the only thing preventing that from happening. This is something you hear from people who supported the war but now say they realize it was a bad idea (but they still don't think we can actually leave) as well as from people who were opposed to the war from the start. This line is said with absolute authority - the speaker knows this is what will happen if U.S. forces leave Iraq.

Even if this conventional wisdom were true, it wouldn't justify an illegal occupation. But there's one more little problem though - by a 2-1 margin, the Iraqi people, who are in a lot better position to know than American politicians and pundits, don't think it's true! This is what I think is the key result of a new poll (pdf link) that the media are writing and talking about. The question was, "do you believe that the security situation in Iraq will get better or worse in the immediate weeks following a withdrawal of Multi National Forces?" 29% said it would get "a great deal better," 24% said "a little better," and 6% said "stay the same." Only 26% thought it would get a little or a lot worse. So that's three out of five Iraqis, a clear majority, who think that the security situation in Iraq will not get worse, and only one in four who think it will get worse.

With all the coverage of this poll I've read and heard, though, (e.g., Washington Post, New York Times), not a single one has highlighted the result of this particular question, which relates directly to the major rationale offered why U.S. troops have to stay in Iraq. Funny, that.
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samcdkey said:
And the only fear you have on the street is that when the American troops show up in the street, there is a great possibility that they will be hit.
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perfect!
by muslim built and driven car bombs.
 
samcdkey said:
Americans should leave Iraq. They are illegally occupying a country that does not belong to them.
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Islam should stop killing off other religions. Thats illegal... somewhere :D I LOVE general statements with no substance! I guess Kuwait really did belong to Iraq pre America then :)
 
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