Iraq Debate: Chas Freeman opening remarks

Chas Freeman, President of the Middle East Policy Council and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, delivers the final opening statement against the resolution. Amb. Freeman says Iraq is militarily occupied by the U.S. and politically occupied by Iran. He cites a series of polls indicating Iraqi citizens' dislike of U.S. troops in their country. He agrees that it's important to defeat Al Qaida in Iraq and to prevent Iranian influence, but he argues the most effective way to achieve this is to redeploy U.S. troops outside Iraq.

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[yakyakyak69]

Oust Statist Democrat-Socialist & NeoCon-Fascist Progressives!

STOP Empire Building & Foreign Intervention with 900+ US military bases OCCUPYING over 135 nations PRODUCING hatred & jihad RESISTANCE!

Trade, NOT bribes/bombs Manipulation OR Isolationism!

STOP Socialist Redistributionist SLAVERY, Fascist Crony Corporatism & Illegal Immigration!

DEMAND Constitutionally limited Gov't, Individual Liberty & Responsibility, Sound Money, FREE competition between FREE States & FREE people.

[sleeplessintokyo]

at last, some1 speaking some logic...

[crock703]

That's overdone, but tis not far from the rule of war -- don't learn former soldiers with nothing to do in a conquered nation. Its the massive mistake Rumsfeld made (despite urging from the heads of Iraq's military, our on the ground senior advisers, etc.)

War always embitters epople, espexially the people asked to believe in and fight it... you don't add insult to injury by kicking a guy when he;s down, and he;s he;s expected (and expecting) to lead himself and his neighbors beyond it.

[emcga150]

the u.s. military is a huge employer. can you imagine the war in the u.s. that will be unleashed when 500,000 soldiers return to their homeland to mass unemployment, evictions, repossessions, no credit, no jobs... americans will have 1,000,000 Rambo's

[emcga150]

so Saddam wasn't so bad after all

[gnr8nxr]

Yeah believe this P.O.S. he was on the Payroll of the Middle East Policy Council for friggin' years...TAX FREE!. A ThinkTank funded by The Saudis with ties to BinLadens BabyDaddy.

Friggin Cane this Traitor!

HisSoulIsSoldOut

GNR8NXR

[jarajara1234]

What made Iran powerful in Iraq is not Irans policy but unfortunately it is the American misunderstanding of the situation in Iraq. Americans brought Irans supporters to the power in Iraq (Unfortunately a large number of Iraqi politicians in the current government are Iranian).

[sardonical1]

What a stupid wind bag.