For many veterans, Iraq changed the face of war

[RamboLiberal]

Some interesting back-pedaling "we've overstayed" Richard Perle comments in the article.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04152/324867.stm

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At 88, Lou Guzik does not understand America's latest war, with its prisoner abuse photos and with so many Iraqis keen to ambush and kill their liberators.

"We overrated ourselves. We thought we could bomb 'em into defeat. They knew they were going to get beat. They took all their weapons in and waited," Guzik said. "Sniper warfare -- that's hard."

Richard Perle, the neoconservative adviser who helped guide the Bush administration toward war with Iraq, would understand Guzik's view of it.

" don't want to be occupied and it's perfectly understandable," Perle said. "We've overstayed our welcome."

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Clyde Prestowitz, a diplomat in the Reagan administration, thinks this shift reflects an alliance of conservative Christians who view diplomacy as an extension of evangelism for American ideals and of neo-conservatives who moved from the non-interventionism of the Vietnam-era left to an activist foreign policy under Bush. Iraq has become the main test case.

"We're trying to convert them, that's all it is," said Prestowitz, author of "Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions."

[Erika]

1. Ann Coulter Said:

We should convert their people to Christianity and kill those who don't convert along with their leaders. Talking about Christ's love for the sinner? Ann's as Taliban as you can get and the right wing fanatics worship her. I wonder what Christ would think of his message of peace and salvation when he hears this right wing radical hate talk?