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2004-07-28 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve White 2004-07-28 12:15:12 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The conference is beset with difficulties, with some local leaders unable to agree on delegates and some important factions threatening to boycott."

This isn't about the DNC or Scrappleface? They haven't reached the point, yet, where they have designated demonstration areas, etc. Someday, I can picture people applying for car bomb permits and the whole nine yards.

Posted by .com 2004-07-28 12:55:46 AM|| 2004-07-28 12:55:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 To state the obvious, the UN is a road block rather than an enabler.

When has imposing a superfical bureaucracy ever helped in nation building?

Posted by Capt America 2004-07-28 10:48:54 AM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-28 10:48:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Man I'll bet the floor fights will be ummmm violent.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-28 11:34:54 AM|| 2004-07-28 11:34:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 to quote the obvious the UN has helped in nationbuilding in Timor, Cambodia, and (I think) elsewhere. And they would improve the conferences legitimacy with SOME Iraqis. Which is NOT to say the UN benefit is LARGE, or is worth MAJOR CONCESSIONS, or cant be dispensed with - just to bring this back to reality, a reality Mr. Masoum, the man on the ground, recognizes.

In any case this is another step forward - it may be just as well Sadrs not there - as for the Sunni clerics, it depends on WHO is representing the Sunni areas. If its nobodies, and the Sunnis are out of it, thats bad. If its Sunni professionals, budding local pols, or even tribal sheiks, and theyre MARGINALIZING the CLERICS, that very, very good.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-28 1:32:12 PM|| 2004-07-28 1:32:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Is either Bill Clinton or Ron Reagan Jr. speaking?

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-07-28 2:19:59 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-07-28 2:19:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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