PRC is Operating In Iraq Behind The Scene

One of the unmentioned issues in Iraq that was conveniently ignored by the ISG report is what will happen in Iraq after we withdraw and the Chinese are left to their own ambitious ways.
Little mention is made of the fact that there are presently many technicians and telecommunication workers from the Peoples Republic of China (Communist China) operating with impunity in Iraq.
These PRC people are busy building the Iraq telecommunications network. Both fiber and wireless system are being built by the PRC, and not one Chinese person has been killed or kidnapped in the time that they have been there. The Terrorists are too busy trying to drive out The United States and its' Allies.
It is also a little publicized fact that the PRC has been supplying sophisticated weapons in large quantities to Mohmoud Ahmadinijad, president of Iran. A good supply of these weapons is making its' way into the hands of Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, to be used against Israel and Lebanese who oppose Hezbollah.
From "the Human Events News" we learn that the PRC is on a worldwide quest for more minerals including oil. They are active in The Sudan, and wherever they go they operate with impunity. None are killed or captured as hostages.
Not only do I think that it is unfortunate that apparently President Bush has"shot himself in the foot" by selecting a member of the IRS committee in Mr. Gates, but I think it is long past time that the majority of Americans ,whom polls seem to indicate want us out of Iraq ,wake up and realize that some morning they won't have oil or gas to heat their homes or run their fancy cars. If we abandoned the oil producing countries we depend upon and the Communist Chinese fill the vacuum, that is what will happen!

Old Men With Old Ideas

It was a Democrat-controlled Congress that decided to sink free South Vietnam, by cutting off its supplies ,even of rifle ammunition after the peace treaty signed by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973. It was Congress that ordered all U.S. bombing halted -- air strikes that could have made mincemeat of the regular North Vietnamese army, marching openly along the South’s main highways in 1974. The U.S. never lost the war militarily, and could easily have won it without self-imposed restraints. But the enemy was more ruthless, and the allied will to fight evaporated.
Now a 34 year veteran of Congress as a Democrat, and a past Secretary of State under President Bush,Sr. as co-chair of a Commission on Iraq appointed by Congress. Have together come up with another "cut and run" report on the Iraq war.
Although their report makes no specific recommendations for action other than the failed bromide of Diplomacy. It could have been written by the cadre of Pelosi, Schumer, Kennedy,and Clinton.
The foreign press, no friend of the U.S. and especially full of animus for President Bush use such phrases about the report as: "the report is a major humiliation for Bush", forces Him to admit a devastating defeat."
Hamilton was also co-chair of the "mish-mash" 9/11 report, and James A. Baker III can be remembered for his diplomatic handling of the crisis in Lebanon during the Presidents' fathers administration. His solution was to withdraw our troops and hand over Lebanon to Assads' Syria. We all know how successful that turned out.
The Iraq Committee was stacked from the beginning with pre-9/11 foreign policy consensus people. Diplomacy was all they knew and believed in.
Diplomacy has done nothing for the U.S. in the North Korean situation. Did little for defusing the Communist Russia threat until President Reagan started"Star Wars" saber rattling! And it did wonders for Europe when Neville Chamberlain used diplomacy with Hitler in 1936.
It appears that history is about to repeat itself. Once again we have tried to fight a war with a military with one hand tied behind it's collective back due to political interference.
It took five years before the New York Times and Washington Post took up their collective pens against the war in Vietnam. In the Iraq war they were against the effort from day one, ably abetted by the leftist politicians and academics. The tragic end will be a cut and run policy and the consequences will be bloody for the poor dumb Iraqis' who believed in our cause.
What would have happened if in the years 1774 to 1781 when the Continental Congress' was struggling to put together this new countries government, they were given a mandate to finish their business in a year or we would bring in the French, German and British to straighten it out?

Media Misimformation Revisited

The Main Stream Media, particularly CNN and th AP news network have been daily bombarding the American Public with stories of civilian killing in Iraq. Their premise being that this "civil"war" is being caused by the presence of American Armed Forces. Nothing could be further from the truth. This un- civil fight between Shiia and Sunni Arabs has been going on since the death of Muhammad in 653AD. Their fight began over the decision regarding the rightful heir to the leadership of the religion He founded at the age of 40 in 610 after allegedly having a Divine revelation from God. Muhanmmad said his religion was not a new religion , but the rebirth of the Old.Which he thought had been debased by Christians and Jews.
The Sunnis who consist of approximately 85% of the world wide Muslim population believed that the ledership passed on to Ali. They regarded Ali as the 4th and last of the Muslim "rightly guided Caliphs".
The Shias believed that Ali was the first Caliph and the Caliphate should pass down only to direct descendants via Ali and Fatima. War between these two Muslim factions broke out after Uthinan was murdered during his prayers in 661. Alis' youngest son was allegedly paid off not to succeede his brother as the Caliphate, but he died a year later allegedly from poison.
The battle of Karbala was waged in 680, after which Husseins infant son was proclaimed the Calipate, and the permanent division between Sunnis and Shiites was complete. The modern day equivalent of "Supreme Iman is Ayyatolah Khomeni.
The Shia over the years has become imbued with "Pope -like" infallibility. Although both Sects believe in the five Pillars of Islam, The Shia Muslims membership includes a strong theme of Martyrdom and suffering.
Sunni Muslims more closely resemble the American Protestantism which broke away from Roman Catholicism.
Iran has a 89% Shiia population, whereas Iraq has about 60%, and world wide they comprise only 10-15% of the Muslm population.
The Baath regime led by Saddam Hussein is Sunni, and has waged war against the Shiites since 1968. Throughout the 1970s' the Baathist regime stepped up oppression of Shiites. This violence continues today!
The Sunnis are the majority of the Taliban and AlQaeda who advocate persecution of the Sunnis as heretics. Their fighting in modern day history has gone on since 1932. Iraq is well on the way to being first Shiia ruled State in the Arab world!
The unrelenting violence occuring now is a continuation of the sectarian warfare going on for over 74 years. The effort being suggested by the "so called experts" is to involve the Syrians and Iranians, but I believe this will lead to more killing and possible genocide as occured in Vietnam and Cambodia where hundreds of thousands were killed after U.S. forces left.
Don't let the "Conspirator News Network and The Anti- Patriot news service convince you the violence against civilians will stop if only we pull our troops out. It will be a blood bath!

Cold War Sequel Coming Soon?

When the Berlin wall was taken down, and the Communist USSR apparently self-destructed, and the Communist Country became Russia , a country of 141.5 million people, 9 time zones and 17million square kilometrs of land mass. This country rich in mineral resources, and now not only indepndent of OPEC for petroleum, is a supplier of gas to Communist China. The economy which was declared bankreupt in the early 1990 has steadily increased since 1998 to the point where Russian President Putin has decided it is time to increase the military budget 40%, by 2.5 billion dollars in 2007.
This increase in military spending will include everything from fighter planes to new Topol -M ( SS-27s) with a range of 6200 miles and the capability to evade all known present anti-missle system in our known arsenal. They presently have 42 similar missles strategicly in place.
Russia defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has publicly stated that "Russia doesn't rule out the use of nuclear weapons in a pre-emptive strike anywhere in the world if National interest demands it".
Since Russsia has no Ecologist holding the government back as we do here in the U.S. they have developed oil independence. This allows them to stockpile all the oil a hot war would require while at the same time exporting to countries of their choice oil products for cash to run their economy. We have no such luxury thanks to the "chicken-livered"politicians who have allowed the Ecologist to stop not only the drilling for oil in remote Anwar and off shore, but has failed to allow a new refinery to be built in over 25 years!
We are good at constantly making our passenger cars smaller and our trucks larger. Resulting in the killing of over 40,000 people a year on the highways. But we can't be energy self sufficient, and their is no way to fight a war without large stores of oil.
President Putin proudly demonstrated the operating principle of the new nuclear missles to previous president of France Chirac.
This places Russia in a position to start another cold war over any counrty the U.S. has a strategic interest in, such as Iran, Iraq or any far East Country. Formosa being one place that China has coveted its' take over for many years. Or how about Korea revisited!
None of this will appear on our television or in our newspapers. You can bet the farm on that.