Article

2004-08-17 Iraq-Jordan

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by tipper 2004-08-17 10:29:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Arab Think. Sigh.

This "mission" is, by any other measure, simply stupid - like voluntarily implanting a malignant tumor.

I hope his Iranian Masters have given him strict orders to reject it and fight. I believe they intend to have him play the martyr. I do not think he is smart enough to realize it - at least fully.

Compare:
Sistani
Khatami (my favorite Khatami pic, heh)
Tater

Who do you think is involved in the battle of wits? And who's the stooge, heh?

Posted by .com 2004-08-17 10:48:38 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:48:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Mediators arrives in Najaf

A worthless endeavor. The only thing this negotiating is doing is putting the spotlight on Sadr, and it's not for the better. Had he been taken out when his head first popped up out of the ground, this whole situation with the mosque and his little army of thugs wouldn't be happening. Live and learn guys: either you change the antifreeze when it needs changing at minimal cost (the price of the antifreeze), or spend several hundred bucks on a new radiator. Which would YOU rather do?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-17 10:51:40 AM|| 2004-08-17 10:51:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Our next tank and IFV should be named the M-4 "Mediator" and the M-5 "Negotiator." Think of the headlines: "Mediators Destroy Sacred Shrine; Sadrites Dumbfounded." Think of the t-shirts "They sent in Negotiators but all I got is killed." It reminds me of the scene in The Fifth Element. Bruce Willis kills the head alien and asks if anyone else wants to negotiate.

Posted by Tibor 2004-08-17 1:12:40 PM|| 2004-08-17 1:12:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 This is like poking a daisy into a turd so people won't notice it sitting on the living room carpet.

So, Tibor, you're a proponent of the Corbin Dallas school of negotiation too, eh? What's not to like?

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-17 4:06:40 PM|| 2004-08-17 4:06:40 PM|| Front Page Top

19:46 Emarati
13:57 .com
13:51 Bulldog
13:47 .com
13:43 Bulldog
13:32 Salahuddin
13:19 Bulldog
13:12 Bulldog
13:02 Salahuddin
10:36 Howard UK
10:34 Robert Crawford
10:31 Salahuddin
09:06 Trolling for Allan
09:05 Howard UK
09:02 Salahuddin
08:48 Frank G
08:37 Howard UK
08:34 Salahuddin
04:26 GreatestJeneration
02:36 Anonymous6110
14:35 danking70
14:27 True German Ally
14:26 Anonymous6104
13:37 Bulldog