We should ask the world ( NICELY) to send troops to Iraq!

[glarius]

They are at it again, Wolf Blitzer, Frank Gaffney and some other joker....saying (approx. words) "We have to approach the world community in a respectful way, and get more countries to send troops.".....as if all they have to do is ask nicely...So many of these commentators just don't get it! Why would these leaders, whose citizens by the millions, demonstrated in the streets against starting the war, be willing to send their young people to Iraq to replace the Americans as sitting duck targets?...My heart goes out to the young American soldiers but I don't want Canadians to replace them!.....We have just given $350 million for the rebuilding of Iraq....but that's money...I'm all for that...but no more Canadian lives...please!

[rustydog]

1. The ONLY reason we are "asking" the UN for military assistance

is because Bush* sees an election loss if too many American troops are killed. (This is the greeting us as liberators win we achieved?)

The problem is, bush and PNAC don't want to give back the OIL. And will not surrender military control.

So, if people have to die for this illegal invasion and occupation of a soverign nation, why not some troops from the irrelevent UN member nations?

In other words: Bush doesn't give a F**K whether one or one million troops die...the ends justify the means...What he does care about is poll numbers and they are tanking because troops are dying and no WMD found at all after thousands of WMD experts have scoured the country.

And republicans say there is no comparison to Hitler!

[Patriot_Spear]

2. Bush* had his chance- he F*ked it up.

Now the sand of Iraq drinks only American and British blood.

[dutchdemocrat]

3. I am in Europe

And the vibe I get is they will help out (and the 'terrorism' will probably end) ONLY if the UN takes complete control of the operation including elections, ensuring oil profits go to the Iraqi people, and rebuilding the infrastructure to ensure that companies like Haliburton, Worldcom (WTF?) and others don't rape the country clean.

What that means is that the pie gets divvied up in the UN theatre. It has too. Unfortunately it reeks of piracy, but that's what is going on.

Or else you are on your own.

I hope the US will back down. They can attempt to bully again but I think those days are over now.

The Bush administration is the laughing stock of 'Old Europe' at the moment. At least the people (perhaps not all governments but certainly the public).