Comments on: FLYPAPER ON THE WALL

By: John Rogers

John Rogers — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I think that Iraq can be both a magnet for terrorists and an oasis of stability.

I think groups like Al Qaeda -blowing up things like water pipelines - will quickly wear out any welcome they get from the Iraqi people. Perhaps the Iraqi will join us (more than they have already) in quashing the terrorists.

Iraq is huge experiment, and we won't know if it has worked for another decade at least.

By: John Rogers

John Rogers — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I think that Iraq can be both a magnet for terrorists and an oasis of stability.

Iraq is huge experiment, and we won't know if it has worked for another decade at least.

By: John Rogers

John Rogers — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I think that Iraq can be both a magnet for terrorists and an oasis of stability.

Iraq is huge experiment, and we won't know if it has worked for another decade at least.

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By: Gunther

Gunther — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I thought the flypaper theory was ridiculous when I first heard of it. Flypaper attracts flies but actually kills them once they get there. What's going on in Iraq right now is more like setting upo a full course meal on your dinner table, then opening up all your doors and windows and letting all the flies in your neighborhood come into your house to roam around at will. Occasionally you might swat one if it comes to close to you, but basically it's an uncontrollable situation.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

(I'm pretty sure that theory has been around for about 45 days.)

Look- All of it, on both sides, is a conspiracy theory.

Why would the "neocons" need an excuse to sent more troops when every talking head on the air keeps saying we are undermanned????

Clearly they would have sent more troops by now if that was the goal? No?

Cynicism is a wonderful thing-- until it crosses the line into paranoia.

In the words of Sigmund Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."