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Do we really want to occupy Iraq for the next 30 years?
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...In Japan, American occupation forces quickly became 50,000
friends. In Iraq, they would quickly become 50,000 terrorist targets....
Nations such as China can only view the prospect of an American
military consumed for the next generation by the turmoil of the
Middle East as a glorious windfall."
James Webb, former Sec. of Navy under Ronald Reagan, Decorated
Marine Veteran - Navy Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002133
"...a growing number of military officers, intelligence professionals
and diplomats ... privately have deep misgivings about the administration's
double-time march toward war..."Analysts at the working level
in the intelligence community are feeling very strong pressure
from the Pentagon to cook the intelligence books," said one official,
speaking on condition of anonymity.
A dozen other officials echoed his views .... No one who was interviewed
disagreed."
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 2002
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/4234259.htm
"If we go in (to Iraq) unilaterally, or without the full weight
of international organizations behind us, if we go in with a very
sparse number of allies, if we go in without an effective information
operation ...we're liable to supercharge recruiting for al-Qaida"
Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Commander
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2002-09-09-oplede_x.htm
"It's pretty interesting that all the generals see it the same
way, and all the others who have never fired a shot, and are hot
to go to war, see it another, ... We are about to do something
that will ignite a fuse in this region that we will rue the day
we ever started.."
Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni,
former Head of Central Command for U.S.Forces in the Middle East
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/17/zinni/
http://www.pilotonline.com/military/ml1017war.html
"Should the president decide to stay the war course, hopefully
at least a few of our serving top-uniformed leaders – those who
are now covertly leaking that war with Iraq will be an unparalleled
disaster – will do what many Vietnam-era generals wish they would
have done: stand tall and publicly tell the America people the
truth about another bad war that could well lead to another died-in-vain
black wall. Or even worse."
Col. David Hackworth (ret),
America’s most highly decorated soldier.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29786
"Mr. President, ...The candidate we supported in 2000 promised
a more humble nation in our dealings with the world. We gave him
our votes and our campaign contributions. That candidate was you.
We feel betrayed. We want our money back. We want our country
back....
A Billion Bitter enemies will rise out of this war."
"A Republican Dissent on Iraq",
Full page ad in Wall Street Journal by major GOP contributors
Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2003
"..analysts at the Central Intelligence Agency have complained
that senior administration officials have exaggerated the significance
of some intelligence reports about Iraq, particularly about its
possible links to terrorism, in order to strengthen their political
argument for war...At the Federal Bureau of Investigation, some
investigators said they were baffled by the Bush administration's
insistence on a solid link between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's
network. "We've been looking at this hard for more than a year
and you know what, we just don't think it's there," a government
official said."
The New York Times, Feb. 2, 2003 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/international/middleeast/02INTE.html?pagewanted=1
Initial deployment of troops: $9 billion to $13 billion
Conducting the war: $6 billion to $9 billion per month
Returning forces to US: $5 billion to $7 billion
Temporary occupation of Iraq: $1 billion to $4 billion per month
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimates
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aairaqwarcost.htm
The United State’s catastrophic failure in Vietnam took place
when political aims superceded the counsel of military and intelligence
professionals. Is History now repeating itself?
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This whole collection of statements are excerpted from an ad by
a Midland, MI group
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