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2007-05-30 Iraq

Iraq: Maliki is conducting "reconciliation" talks with The King Of Clubs

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Posted by mrp 2007-05-30 09:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 how damn hard could it be too find a red headed iraqi anyway?

Posted by sinse 2007-05-30 11:15|| 2007-05-30 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Izzy was a ruthless little bastard when Saddam was in power. He is the virtual head of the Baathist now and is the head of the non AQ insurgency. Making a deal with him will come back to haunt Maliki and its doubtful Sadr will allow it to happen. Now that will be a true civil war - Baathist Thugs versus Mahdi Army Gangbangers.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-05-30 11:25|| 2007-05-30 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 At most, he'll get the same deal Robert E. Lee got at Appomattox Court House. His underlings will be almost certain to get that.

Posted by Mike 2007-05-30 12:35|| 2007-05-30 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Mike I waz raised a Yankee in a very Liberal family with ancestors who fought in the Civil War...
That said, In my wiser older years I've become a great admirer of the South, and take offence that you'd compare Gen Robert E Lee [a Confederate and American btw], with Izzat al-Douri.

;-)

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-30 14:36|| 2007-05-30 14:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm not comparing al-Douri to Robert E. Lee at all. I'm simply saying, at the end of the day, the non-al Qaida insurgents will probably get the same deal the Confederates got from the Union: put down your arms, give up your cause, go back to your homes, and you'll be left in peace.

Posted by Mike 2007-05-30 17:22|| 2007-05-30 17:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Build bridges for your enemies.In WW2,( see Anthony Caves Brown .. A Bodyguard of Lies) the german generals tried to surrender entire armies to the allies ,but Stalins agents ( the cambridge 5 led by Philby) cut off all attempts, plus Harry Hopkins, Stalins agent in the White House, got Unconditional Surrender as a policy. Canaris went to London in the spring of 1944(dressed as a nun) and promised the Brits that the invasion could walk ashore and be welcomed if they could get some minimum guaratee of humane treatment .He was turned down by the Brit State depts who didn t want to leave an intact Europe after the war to resist Stalin.If your enemy sues for peace find some grounds for accepting and work on longer term constructive issues.In Montgomerys bio he tells how the German Generals he was facing after the battle of the bulge wanted to surrender and were told they would be shot like dogs.

Posted by john e morrissey">john e morrissey 2007-05-30 18:01|| NEVERINDOUBT]">[NEVERINDOUBT] 2007-05-30 18:01|| Front Page Top

#7 "Curse be upon your Mustache" qoute from March 06, 2003

Posted by kingofmonkeys 2007-05-30 18:30|| 2007-05-30 18:30|| Front Page Top

#8 RD, i'm glad too see that a "yankee" could appreciate the south and doesn't think that it is one giant trailor park. i'm from GA by the way is why i have that view

Posted by sinse 2007-05-30 20:14|| 2007-05-30 20:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Mike, "put down your arms, give up your cause, go back to your homes, and you'll be left in peace."

with respect for you Mike, on thisn here thread, i did...

;-)

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-30 23:07|| 2007-05-30 23:07|| Front Page Top

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