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2004-05-03 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Anny Emous 2004-05-03 7:40:35 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1760 views since 2007-05-07] Top

1 What! Chalabi is an Iranian puppet (MSNBC reported that his group maintained an office in Teheran for years). He knows that with Baathists out of the way, his Shiite majority can win Mullah-controlled pseudo-democratic elections, which airheads like GWB and VDH will celebrate. Bush-Powell should have made alliances with secular remnants in Afghanistan and Iraq, instead they allied partly with some of the same animals who carried out the 9-11 genocide. Who remembers that GWB issued a public offer to Mullah Omar, to deliver bin Laden, or face war? Bush-Powell have no problem with Muslim extremism, as long as these elements do not attack US interests. State has pressured Egyptian release of thousands of hardline extremists and terrorists, under the pretext of "political islam." That policy of indulgence of Islamofascism in its al-taqiyah (strategic deception) form, is pure madness. Those people need to die, and there are seculars in Muslim majority states who want to kill them, but Bush-Powell are in the way. The "Holy Ghost" didn't tell me to write this.

When stupidity prospers, none dare call it stupidity.

Posted by Man Bites Dog 2004-05-03 8:45:30 AM|| 2004-05-03 8:45:30 AM|| Front Page Top

2 Look it. The choice was: which group of crooks were we going to put in charge? The notion that any of those folks are home-grown democrats is absurd. All we did was select the least corrupt people we could find. Democracy takes time and education.

When you read the Iraqi blogs, you discover that most of the Council is viewed, at best, as carpetbaggers. The advantage to a large council is that the in-fighting dilutes their ability to rip off the system. The elections that are going to occur will be the first step in the democratization process. The exiles will be gone, finally, and that will be the best thing for the country.

I'm not sure I would be proud of a country who would earn respect in the world by making an example of any city.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-05-03 8:47:29 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-05-03 8:47:29 AM|| Front Page Top

3 most of the Council is viewed, at best, as carpetbaggers.

What's wrong with that? Isn't that how we view our own esteemed representatives? Looks like progress to me.

Posted by Anny Emous 2004-05-03 8:59:18 AM|| 2004-05-03 8:59:18 AM|| Front Page Top

4 Man Sucks Dog - you have no answers - to anything - that apply to the real world, just criticisms and half-baked DUmmy Talking Points. You do not know WTF you're talking about - on any thread. FOAD Donk Dick.

Posted by ,com 2004-05-03 9:03:44 AM|| 2004-05-03 9:03:44 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Man Bites Dog TROLL 2004-05-03 9:07:44 AM|| 2004-05-03 9:07:44 AM|| Front Page Top

6 The 10,000 exile division would have been difficult to do. They could not have been trained in time, there probably weren't anywhere near 10,000 good soldiers - all of whom would have had to be vetted --, they could not have learned to handle the electronic battlefield coordination.

It might have been possible to put together a 1000 person light armored brigade with a lot of American support. Maybe.

Posted by mhw 2004-05-03 9:40:52 AM|| 2004-05-03 9:40:52 AM|| Front Page Top

7 Are we going to discuss this every week?

Posted by someone 2004-05-03 10:59:22 AM|| 2004-05-03 10:59:22 AM|| Front Page Top

8 Who remembers that GWB issued a public offer to Mullah Omar, to deliver bin Laden, or face war?

LOL Hi! Boris. Got the War didn't they?

Posted by Mann Bites Dust 2004-05-03 6:22:21 PM|| 2004-05-03 6:22:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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