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2005-07-31 Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Shiite figures blame Jaafari for Iraq's deterioration
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Posted by Fred 2005-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 It's very easy to bitch from afar, I do it all the time, lol, but I believe al Ani's dead right. Jaafari isn't fit to shine Allawi's shoes. The idiotic sectarian bullshit that resulted in one from Column A for Prez, one from Column B for PM, blah³ has crippled Iraq's emergence from war - and kept it hamstrung, waffling, and limping. It's their call, however, sink or swim. I despise weakness - and the Iraqi Govt personifies it. Allawi was more of a man that the current lot added together.
Posted by .com 2005-07-31 00:27||   2005-07-31 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 What you said, .com. The good news is, Allawi is actually the most well-respected politician across Iraq, to include Sunni regions. Depending on the electoral structure they adopt, that gives hope that competence will play a role in the next election.
Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2005-07-31 00:50||   2005-07-31 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, Bubba! Been worried about you. FoxNews TV reported an explosion (mortar?) at one of the Palaces, but I didn't hear any followup and saw no story reporting it. Glad to hear you're still smokin' n' strokin', heh.

I, too, hope Allawi makes a "comeback", but I don't hold out much hope. Sigh. Is it too pessimistic of me to be thinking this is going to turn out about 75% wrong? I'm trying to sit still until they finish the final Constitution draft, but it's hard - and much of what I've seen of early drafts is actually not very encouraging.

5 years or so from now, ± 2 yrs, I fully expect to see Kurdistan beginning to separate. They'll make a good go of this - and prosper, fighting the asshat Sunnis (and others?) all the way - the others won't. I believe it will be obvious, by then, that they shouldn't be shackled to the losers. Just my gut instinct.
Posted by .com 2005-07-31 01:23||   2005-07-31 01:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Note that this came from London; specifically, from someone called the "dean of Higher Islamic Studies in London."

I'm uncomfortable reading the double-standard stuff like "Things would be better between our government and Egypt if the guys who keep trying to blow up our government didn't also kidnap and blow up the Egyptian ambassador."

Verlaine's there and I'm not, so I'll have to take his word for it that Jaafari might be incompetent.

It's just that the criteria being given here, where the Iraqi Provisional government is held responsible for the actions of the terrorists revolting against it, doesn't seem very sound.
Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-07-31 01:59||   2005-07-31 01:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, Phil, you've reduced a common thread in the news to just a few words. The more general version is, "Things would be better if they were not bad." Come to think of it, that's sort of the liberal world view.
Posted by Bobby 2005-07-31 09:38||   2005-07-31 09:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Please remember that while it is good in the short term that Iraq should have a government that can do the many things a government needs to do, it is far more important in the long run that they have a government that *can't* do things easily. The US government, for example, is organized and set up to *prevent* new laws and regulations, not encourage them. So that the process is slowed, and the majority cannot push their undivided agenda without the cooperation of the minority. Certainly it sounds disordered and confusing, but it results in a far greater consensus and centrism. A good president is fine, but Iraq must be able to survive both a mediocre president and a dishonest or power-grabbing one.
Posted by Anonymoose 2005-07-31 10:50||   2005-07-31 10:50|| Front Page Top

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