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2006-10-28 Iraq

Iraq PM, US envoy pledge harmony after tension

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Maliki's goals, via DAWA, SCIRI, and Qom, do not intersect with ours. End of story.

Posted by .com 2006-10-28 00:41|| 2006-10-28 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 .com, one thing to keep in mind: if Maliki has been watching CNN and reading the mainstream US press, he's seeing story after story about how the Democrats are about to take over Congress. It's no secret that Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Murtha and Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Lamont and the rest of the Donks are all set to do to Prime Minister Maliki and Iraq what they did to President Thieu and South Vietnam, and to Prime Minister Nol and Cambodia, a generation ago. If I were him, I'd be watching my back, and maybe looking for a way to cut a deal with the other side if it comes down to that, too.

Posted by Mike 2006-10-28 15:46|| 2006-10-28 15:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Hang on there, Mike. I'm thinking you're mistaken.

It is my firm opinion that Maliki would not be displeased one iota if we left today - public mutterings aside.

He and his block (DAWA, SCIRI, et al) are majority Shia fully under the spell and pay of the Mad Mullahs and will simply drop the poorly-maintained pretenses and go medieval on the Sunnis if we are not around. They have made the Interior Ministry, they who control the police, into an official Death Squad and Militia support center. If you were around during Jaafari's reign, when Jabr controlled the IM, you would have read about him preventing the activation of the police who had successfully completed training under the Germans and US. He held them out - so his IM Death Squads could operate without hindrance. Hell, Jabr even ran a torture facility, a real one, go figure, huh? Maliki taking over for Jaafari - and Jabr moving over to the Finance Ministry - a sweet thing to get him out of the headlines but maintain the influence of one of the architects of the current mess - merely put a new face on the same game, IMHO.

Please point out my errors and I'll be happy to modify accordingly.

Posted by .com 2006-10-28 16:12|| 2006-10-28 16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 What's up with this? Good grief...

Aide: Iraqi leader using U.S. angst

Posted by cajunbelle 2006-10-28 22:01|| 2006-10-28 22:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Aide: Iraqi leader using U.S. angst
Oops--link:

://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20061029/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_061028155130

Posted by cajunbelle 2006-10-28 22:04|| 2006-10-28 22:04|| Front Page Top

#6 That's a better, clarifying, view of the real Maliki / Shia Block.

Pretty, ain't it?

Thanks for the link, cajunbelle. :-)

Posted by .com 2006-10-28 22:08|| 2006-10-28 22:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Glad to finally contribute - been a huge fan for years!

Posted by cajunbelle 2006-10-28 23:25|| 2006-10-28 23:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Welcome, cajunbelle! Always glad to have another Rantburg lady join the conversation -- it's good for our gentlemen to wonder whether or not they're actually outnumbered, and if so by how much. It makes their dreams so much more interesting. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-28 23:35|| 2006-10-28 23:35|| Front Page Top

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