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Iraq
Biden urges Iraqis to pull together to fight insurgents
2014-06-18
[REUTERS] The United States will provide urgently needed assistance to Iraq's security forces, but Iraqis must pull together to fight the "vicious" insurgency that threatens to break up the country, U.S. Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
said on Tuesday.

"Urgent assistance is clearly required," said Biden during a visit to Brazil. "The bottom line here is that Iraqis have to pull together to defeat this enemy."

Biden said this would require setting aside sectarianism, building an inclusive security force and ensuring that all communities in Iraq have their voices heard.

The opportunity to do this exists now after the Iraqi Supreme Court certified the election results on Monday, he said in a statement to news hounds after visiting Brazil's president.

Washington has made clear it wants Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to embrace Sunni politicians as a condition of U.S. support to fight a lightning advance by forces from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
Posted by:Fred

#3  LOL Joe of Arabia hahahaha, I like the olde boy, but I can see him prancing on the roof of his Amtrak special. WHEEEEE! Now JOE! of Guam, now babes that would require Burton, Taylor, Wayne, Okawa, Katsumoto and Bruce Lee. The screen credits would take an hour to roll if done correctly. I can see it. I can see it! I suspect CGI might be necessary as well as a goodly portion of the Pacific Fleet.. Money well spent if you ask me.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-18 16:36  

#2  So does Joe really feel that shooting a shotgun over the heads of the millitants would really work?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-06-18 14:04  

#1  Can't wait to see "Joe of Arabia" at the drive-in.
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-06-18 13:18  

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