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| US warns Iran on Iraq |
| 2005-05-17 |
| The U.S. State Department said Monday Iran must make its ties with Iraq "transparent" and stay out of its neighbor's politics. "Iran's relations with people inside Iraq are not transparent," spokesman Richard Boucher said. "They need to be made transparent." The comments come a day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit to Iraq where she urged the Shiite- and Kurdish- dominated government to include more Sunnis. Shiites are the largest faction in Iraq and are also a majority in Iran. Boucher said Iran's relations with Iraq should be friendly but free of political interference. "They need to be normal relations, friendly relations, between neighbors, but they shouldn't be in the nature of political influence, they should be in the nature of diplomatic relations," he said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #15 Seems fair enough. |
| Posted by: Shamu 2005-05-17 17:23 |
| #14 They are all right,if you want respect,good discussion and or perhaps get some new insight and knowledge,then pick a name and stick to it(you can change your name occasinally,just don't make habit of it).If you don't you will be relegated to the trash bin,besides it's just plain rude.I have been comming to RB for a long time now and have never changed my nom de'guere(hope that is the right phrase).I ain't the shinnist pebble in the box,and every once I will get soundly trounced and burned.But I like to think I have earned a little respect. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-05-17 11:09 |
| #13 The comments come a day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit to Iraq where she urged the Shiite- and Kurdish- dominated government to include more Sunnis. This affirmative action mentality needs to be lost permanently. The importance of participation was made clear at the outset and the Sunnis decided that they wanted to boycott. Fine. They can now reap the rewards of their actions. If that sounds harsh, well, too damn bad. Either get with the program of be left behind. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-17 10:41 |
| #12 unless the clown with the rubber chicken hanging from his pants says, "duck". |
| Posted by: deep thoughts 2005-05-17 10:34 |
| #11 'deep thought' isn't Sybil, but rather another regular contrarian at RB. |
| Posted by: rkb 2005-05-17 10:34 |
| #10 every idea should stand on its own merit - not on the reputation of the messenger. No matter how meritorious the argument, if it's delivered by a guy in a clown suit with a rubber chicken hanging from his pants zipper, it's going to be treated as a joke. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-17 10:00 |
| #9 every idea should stand on its own merit - not on the reputation of the messenger. That is indeed true, but that is pontificating, not conversation. Once you have established yourself here, feel free to play all the name games you wish, to enhance the impact of your statements. In the meantime, constant name changing is much more likely to leave you ignored than engaged -- surely not what you intend? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-17 08:58 |
| #8 I concur with the above, so-called Sybil (what a misnomer!) The use of an alias on-line is traditional and time-honored. The use of multiple aliases is as trust building as a Paki with a suit-case of assorted-ly named passports. If you want to snark, then use [pseudo-html]pseudo-html[/pseudo-html] thusly. Troll or newbie? Your choice, 'cause your previous posts eliminated all the others. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-05-17 08:58 |
| #7 every idea should stand on its own merit - not on the reputation of the messenger. breathe deep :-) |
| Posted by: deep thoughts 2005-05-17 08:41 |
| #6 We expect people to stand behind their words. Putting a different name on every post makes that impossible; it's almost as if you don't want to stand behind them, making us wonder what game you're playing. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-17 07:29 |
| #5 "How is it objectionable to post with different names that suit the topic?" Cuz its called trolling moron. |
| Posted by: Valentine 2005-05-17 05:01 |
| #4 And here's your reply, junior. It's infantile and pointless. If you're a fool fuckwit troll and merely wish to leave a trail of turds, well that's one thing. I hope they flush your ass. If you're not and wish for a bit more from RB, then a single nym allows others to "know" you after awhile and engage you in discussions. Isn't that blindingly obvious? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-17 04:26 |
| #3 Here's your answer, sherlock. I'm the same person bottom four posted names. But I am not red meanie. How is it objectionable to post with different names that suit the topic? Fyi, I don't get a name that the host's computer gives me as the same one every time. I get some kind of letters and #'s gibberish. So I thought I'd pick silly ones on my own. Sorry I offended your traffic cop self. From now on I'll take whatever gibberish the computer assigns. |
| Posted by: Sybil 2005-05-17 04:13 |
| #2 Editors, please check the IP address for the following posts. I'd wager they're all one and the same. I'm not objecting to the content, mostly making fun of our very "funny" State Dept, just the inane / stupid game of nym trolling. 1:19 RedMeanie 1:49 wishfulthinking 1:59 toughasnails 2:44 commonsense 3:10 darlingnot You wanna play here, Sybil? Then stop being an asshole. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-17 04:04 |
| #1 State dept. officials are so full of great ideas lately. Rice tells Shiite and Kurd officials to involve blood thirsty sunnis more in Iraqi politics, even though it was the USA that removed the ruling sunnis from Iraqi politics just a year ago. Then Boucher gives advice to shiite Iran ( a country which the USA does not officially recognize as existing) for the way it should conduct itself with a fellow shiite state, Iraq. What a laugh - like Iran and Sistani and Sadr are going to pay attention to a suit from DC. More importantly, why doesn't Boucher counsel Saudi Arabia and Syria to stop supplying insurgents to Iraq, fighters who are blowing up our GI's everyday? A report just came out that 75% of foreign fighters come from those 2 countries. Iran was not mentioned as supplying any. Nada, zero. |
| Posted by: darlingnot 2005-05-17 03:10 |