Thu, Nov 05 2009
|
|
Published March 08, 2009 08:34 pm - With reference to the editorial (Globe, March 3), I agree completely with the editor’s approval of the manner in which President Obama proposes to extract the country from Iraq. I do have an issue with the touted success of the surge. There were essentially three reasons for the decrease in sectarian violence: the stand-down of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, placing 100,000 Sunnis on the U.S. payroll at $300 per month (figure the cost), and the role of the boys of Iraq. Voices: Disastrous campaign? With reference to the editorial (Globe, March 3), I agree completely with the editor’s approval of the manner in which President Obama proposes to extract the country from Iraq.
I do have an issue with the touted success of the surge. There were essentially three reasons for the decrease in sectarian violence: the stand-down of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, placing 100,000 Sunnis on the U.S. payroll at $300 per month (figure the cost), and the role of the boys of Iraq. I have the same question as does the Globe about our long-term commitment to Afghanistan. I am afraid that we may be confronted with another disastrous campaign. In the book “Kill Bin Laden,” the Afghan warlord General Hazret Ali (and he is on our side) told Delta Force Commander Dalton Fury that the Russians could not win and neither could the Americans. Robert E. Noel Lamar, Mo. 
•
Click to discuss this story with other readers on our forums.
More from the Editorial section
In Our View: Let’s even the playing field |
Print this story
E-mail this story
Post to del.icio.us
Discuss this story
Watch the day's top political stories unfold
 |
 |
: Special Offer For New Subscribers
:
 |
||||||||
|
||||||||
 |
|
|
Published by Newspaper Holding, Inc. 117 East Fourth Street, Joplin, MO 64801 Using our site is your agreement to the terms and conditions. News: news@joplinglobe.com • (417)623-3480 Advertise with the Joplin Globe Copyright © 2006 The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO All rights reserved. 
|
Popular Business directory links - Joplin Apartments | Joplin Attorneys | Joplin Auto Dealers | Joplin Auto Parts | Joplin Auto Repair | Joplin Beauty Salons | Joplin Car Rental | Joplin Dentists | Joplin Doctors | Joplin Flowers | Joplin Hotels | Joplin Insurance | Joplin Loans | Joplin Mortgages | Joplin Movers | Joplin Pizza | Joplin Realtors | Joplin Restaurants | Joplin Storage | Joplin Tax Preparation | Joplin Travel | Joplin Featured | More...
|
|
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. • CNHI Classified Advertising Network • CNHI News Service |
