Good thing our troops' lives were not wasted bringing democracy to Iraq

[iamtechus]

Apparently, Iraqi elections are just to gauge opinion. PM Maliki doesn't want to step down after losing an election. From the link:

"Sadr has previously opposed Maliki's quest to stay on as premier after a general election which he lost more than two months ago and several public statements delivered by his aides have been highly critical of the incumbent."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/iraqpolitics

[G_j]

1. and Karzai in Afghanistan: massive voter fraud

batting 100%

[midnight]

2. Time to bring the troops home.

[Oregone]

3. Corruption begets corruption

It started from the top, on our soil, before the US set foot there.

[AndyA]

4. Perhaps Obama should sent Maliki a sternly-worded letter.

That should do it.

The OP is quite correct, it's not like we didn't suffer as a country and American families individually at the loss of thousands of our troops. Plus, the OBSCENE amounts of money we've just thrown at that shit hole of a corrupt country.

What a sickening, sad waste of life.

What an abuse of taxpayer trust. :(

[damntexdem]

5. No, they were wasted for other reasons.

Democracy was just a facade as a reason -- and has proved to be a facade in actuality.

[ladjf]

6. I will repeat what I said hundreds of times prior to the Iraq invasion,

we did not have any valid security reason for attacking Iraq. That we did should be classified as a terrible war crime committed by the Bush Administration.

[Mari333]

7. no one who lied and started that insane occupation will ever be convicted

the cover up is still being covered up.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Perfectly in keeping with everything that pres shit-for-brains did during his tenure.

He is like the driver who causes accidents...and everyone around him gets hurt. He just drives away whistling a happy tune.