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Iraq-Jordan
Arab press wary of Iraq poll results
2005-02-15
Newspapers across the Middle East have warned of the dangers of imbalance of power in the future Iraqi elections after the announcement of the poll results. Taking the lead in questioning how US policy had been served by the elections, Egypt's government newspapers on Monday said the Shia victory was totally against US interests. "Has the United States gone to all this trouble (invading Iraq) in order to see a government emerge supported and blessed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani," asked Samir Rajab, editor in chief of the daily al-Gomhuriya. "These Shia will form, with their Iranian brothers, a force still more important in the Gulf region, which is in total contradiction with the interests of the United States."
Hmmm... Same argument ITYS was making the other day. Apparently it hasn't occurred to either him or the Egyptian press that it's their country, and they can screw it up if they want to, or they can make it a beacon of light for the Middle East. It's my guess, and probably Bush's, that they'll do something somewhere between the two extremes.
Posted by:Fred

#26  LOl Dr. Siggle!
Not too worry, we at Rantburg love to run and laugh and play and sing! And we love you too! You're special! But I don't like Mister Doom Man, Ima thinking he's a bullmose DU dickwick. What do you think? Do you think he's special too?
Posted by: half   2005-02-15 6:44:12 PM  

#25  Seenothinous: pop another pimple before lip-reading this link about Cat (Hamas) Stevens' politically correct victory in a libel suit.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3189797a1860,00.html
Everybody: ride the "peace train" to Mecca and say DOOM!
Posted by: IToldYouSo   2005-02-15 6:10:39 PM  

#24  Mr .com. End the denial of your sickness, and get help before you collapse into a ball of mental oblivion. The thread of sanity that holds you in scant touch with reality - in face of your pants-pissing and hate-polluted ranting - is becoming threadbare.

Don't lash out. It will only hurt you, and further alienate you from your family and former friends. First you cry, and then reach out to those of us who truly care. God bless.

Why do you hate your father?
Posted by: Dr. Siggie   2005-02-15 3:17:48 PM  

#23  Whenever ITSY makes the scene, I'm reminded of Stewy. All that is missing is a "Look what I can do" and gratuitous references to his "goo-goo"
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2005-02-15 2:45:46 PM  

#22  BA - you're quite right. Seems to me the Iranian shia at the bottom pegs want less theocracy as well.
Posted by: Jarhead   2005-02-15 2:19:38 PM  

#21  "Obviously you're a professional... something."

Probably the oldest one.
Posted by: jackal   2005-02-15 1:47:43 PM  

#20  Jarhead: -one little problem w/that. The Iraqi Shia do not have the same goals as the Iranian shia.

I'd even argue that there are many (internal) Iranian shia that don't have the same goals as the Shia in charge (MM). I hope that Iranian & North Korean regime change comes from within (with a little help, of course, if needed).
Posted by: BA   2005-02-15 1:30:18 PM  

#19  Gee - would an IP address check reveal a conversation of one?

"Our way or the highway." Okay, if you think that's best. Obviously you're a professional... something.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-15 1:12:41 PM  

#18  Look Dr. Siggie. We do not like people like you who are looking to "discuss". It's our way or the highway. You either have our thoughts or none at all.
And I do not appreciate another fake doctor on the airwaves.
Posted by: Dr. Phil   2005-02-15 1:06:59 PM  

#17  "These Shia will form, with their Iranian brothers, a force still more important in the Gulf region, which is in total contradiction with the interests of the United States."

-one little problem w/that. The Iraqi Shia do not have the same goals as the Iranian shia. Most of the data supports them not wanting an Iranian style theocracy. Saying they are exactly a like is like saying the Iraqi Baath party were staunch friends of the Syrian Baathists because they were both Baathists. Refutes some simple historical facts if one was willing to do some research on them.
Posted by: Jarhead   2005-02-15 1:01:39 PM  

#16  ROFL!!!

Hey, are you a real Doctor? Lol!

Thank you, Dr Siggie, for your astounding insight and analysis. I love RB. Free advice from real Medical Professionals. Can't get that even at the best ivory tower cocktail soirées.

Thanks, again, for your visit. It's a moment I shall treasure forever.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-15 12:55:35 PM  

#15  Hey, is this a hate blog? I am reading all vicious, sadistic noise and little substance. Why come here if you don't want information concerning peace and security? You are defeating Fred's noble purpose. Mr .com: you are obviously emotionally disturbed - if not an out patient from a mental health institute - thus, it is hardly wise to place yourself in circumstances that you can't control. That will compound your obsessions, reinforce the self-loathing that you are venting outward and place your well-being on a pathological course to mental collapse. When sensible people are faced with a finger-pointer, we tend to look at the source rather than the target.

Site-master: please do something about the deranged haters.
Posted by: Dr. Siggie   2005-02-15 12:49:19 PM  

#14  Fred, can you change the bottom arrow on the picture from "Fairbanks" to "Alberta?" Thx...
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-02-15 12:08:22 PM  

#13  It's nice to see that Al Goumhouria is so concerned about the well-being of American interests in the region. This means that Egypt is worried about not being anymore the first Arab country that W would turn to in case of say, Lebanon in the aftermath of Hariri's assasination. Egyptians are very proud that it mediated Oslo and recent handshake between Abas and Sharon.

Point 2 is that Al Yawar said before elections that wavering Iraqis were afraid of change, even for the better. If the meme of this article and others is true, critical mass would be finally moving toward Iraqis being able to put down attacks themselves and assuring W's overall intent on invading: Clean out a swamp, move on to the other. We need to step back as much as feasible to let them assume their workload.
Posted by: chicago mike   2005-02-15 12:05:56 PM  

#12  DB - Thx! I wanted to email this out to some folks who'd enjoy it as much as I did - and now I can, heh. They thank you! I thank you!
Posted by: .com   2005-02-15 10:48:23 AM  

#11  *SUBROUTINE ITYS
IF NOT 'SPUTTER' GOTO 1
IF NOT 'FROTH' GOTO 1
GOTO SINKTRAP
1__CONTINUE
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-15 10:40:54 AM  

#10  Off topic. .com, here's the link to the Men Want to Marry Mommy article from yesterday. I thought I connected the link to the title but apparently I did something wrong.
http://www.fredoneverything.net/FOE_Frame_Column.htm
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-02-15 10:39:22 AM  

#9  Methinks a class-action suit against the manufacturer of Zoloft is looming.

This is Internet Delusion Syndrome:

1) Feel the need to be someone.
2) Fire in the belly on some topic.
3) Do some searches.
4) Read what feeds the internal demons.
5) Understand nothing, just collect pithy text.
6) Create Grand Nym of Retribution.
7) Post the collected disjointed brain farts.
8) Hash and rehash. Repost.
9) Confusion / Frustration / Anger when Fame isn't forthcoming.

Crank up stridency rheostat. Rinse, Repeat.

No substance or original thought, no understanding of why shit is what it is, no willingness to listen or learn - total certainty of righteousness and confusion that it isn't self-apparent.

Utter lack of understanding of how they got from #1 and #2 to #9 - ignorance about their own inductive thought processes.

Utter ignorance regards their identified adversary - when it was so clearly laid out for them.

Can anyone actually define the substantive difference between ITSY and Boris? Who is hated is all I can see. Tolerance will invite more razor-blade dancing fools. Kill it before it breeds.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-15 10:26:20 AM  

#8  Well, actually, I don't have a problem with killing all the Islamofascists. The problem is that they are all mixed in with innocent people. That's why I support the efforts of President WilsonBush. If going in and overthrowing one dictatorship after another will avoid the necessity of another Hiroshima or Hamburg, it's worth a try.
Posted by: jackal   2005-02-15 8:44:15 AM  

#7  Once again, the problem with Islamofascists is: their lives. The solution is: MEGA-DEATH.

I think you should try posting when you're not wearing your special costume, ITYS. Something about the sequins and lycra seems to get you a bit carried away.
Posted by: Bulldog   2005-02-15 5:19:19 AM  

#6  be gone, troll.
Posted by: 2b   2005-02-15 4:05:55 AM  

#5  Rantburg - Home of the Wild Eyed Pollyannas!

ITYS you make me appreciate Zenster. While he wanted to nuke them all, at least he knew how to be funny.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-02-15 3:27:43 AM  

#4  A bunch of Sunni dominated press and diptards can't see this for what it is. No sense even arguing with them.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-02-15 3:13:52 AM  

#3  ITYS = Realist in a World of Wild Eyed Pollyannas

Say Doom!
Posted by: IToldYouSo   2005-02-15 3:03:54 AM  

#2  OK, uh, whatever, dude.

As to al-Jizz, this amusing line of "oh no! the Shi'a are coming, the Shi'a are coming!" is echoed by the world media and some in the US as the latest line of retreat where they can still view developments in Iraq darkly. With the world media and clueless US "elites", the glass in Iraq will always be .00000001% empty.
Posted by: Verlaine in Iraq   2005-02-15 2:14:12 AM  

#1  I respect the Iraqi electoral majority who supported Iranian backed Islamofascists, as much as I respect Germans who supported Hitler in even higher percentages. Voting based on the dictate of clerics, is hardly executed by freedom of choice. I am telling you now that the problem with Islamofascists is: their lives. The State Department's inclusivist strategy - designed to direct terror-politics along democratic lines - is untenable. The work product of that policy is jeopardy, and not public safety.

The practice of mass execution is anathema to the Western mindset. We have to get over that, and liquidate the enemy on a global scale, and by any means necessary.

In the Bukhari Hadith, Mohammed repeatedly describes himself as: abd-Allah. All Muslims are under absolute obligation (per "Sunnah" or prescribed emulation of the ersatz "prophet") to assume that relation to their fictitious deity, and prescriptive documents (Koran = nominal "recitation")attributed to said fiction. Abd-Allah = Slave of god. Don't be slave to voluntary slaves. The life of a Muslim is of less value than that of a cockroach. Nuclear arms are cost effective. The use of these against the mortal enemy would conduce the safety of America, and its allies. Legitimation of the Islamofascist ideology, conduces jeopardy.

Once again, the problem with Islamofascists is: their lives. The solution is: MEGA-DEATH.
Posted by: IToldYouSo   2005-02-15 1:13:00 AM  

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