End Of An Era_ US Finally _Sort-Of_ Out Of Iraq

We should be celebrating.

We're celebrating the end of a war, unless you read in between the lines.

Yeah.

Because lots of times there's been announced that we've had victories.

As a matter of fact, this administration has announced quite a few victories.

We've done this and that.

And lo and behold, sometimes that doesn't follow through.

But anyway, the news is that... that there's a settlement of sorts and there's going to be withdrawal of troops from Iraq because we got into a war over 9-11.

You know, it was Iraqis were bad guys.

It's Tom Hussein, you know, was very much involved there.

So we had to invade them.

And quite frankly, I never came around to believing that Saddam Hussein probably knew about much what was going on.

And I always argue that one of the big problems with this whole issue with Iraq is they never looked for the motive.

Why did 9-11 occur? They do these things.

So sometimes there's motives, real motives, like, you know, they invaded our land and they did this and they killed these people.

And that's our motive.

We're going to get back to them.

But sometimes, you know, they're looking for an excuse.

I think this whole thing started with an excuse.

And I think you and I spent a few days together.

quite a few hours on this issue, always trying to alert the people to what was coming.

I remember the concern asking one of the bureaucrats that was representing the neocons, I said, how many, and I was being very cynical on purpose, how many Americans do you think have to die before you're going to change your mind and come home? This is when they were gearing up to invade, you know, and settle this dispute.

And I wasn't surprised that he didn't answer.

But I guess we can get a guess now that the numbers are coming out.

There are thousands, many thousands of people and many billions of dollars that are being spent.

We should be celebrating.

We're celebrating the end of a war, unless you read in between the lines.

Yeah.

Because lots of times there's been announced that we've had victories.

As a matter of fact, this administration has announced quite a few victories.

We've done this and that.

And lo and behold, sometimes that doesn't follow through.

But anyway, the news is that... that there's a settlement of sorts and there's going to be withdrawal of troops from Iraq because we got into a war over 9-11.

You know, it was Iraqis were bad guys.

It's Tom Hussein, you know, was very much involved there.

So we had to invade them.

And quite frankly, I never came around to believing that Saddam Hussein probably knew about much what was going on.

And I always argue that one of the big problems with this whole issue with Iraq is they never looked for the motive.

Why did 9-11 occur? They do these things.

So sometimes there's motives, real motives, like, you know, they invaded our land and they did this and they killed these people.

And that's our motive.

We're going to get back to them.

But sometimes, you know, they're looking for an excuse.

I think this whole thing started with an excuse.

And I think you and I spent a few days together.

quite a few hours on this issue, always trying to alert the people to what was coming.

I remember the concern asking one of the bureaucrats that was representing the neocons, I said, how many, and I was being very cynical on purpose, how many Americans do you think have to die before you're going to change your mind and come home? This is when they were gearing up to invade, you know, and settle this dispute.

And I wasn't surprised that he didn't answer.

But I guess we can get a guess now that the numbers are coming out.

There are thousands, many thousands of people and many billions of dollars that are being spent.