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2005-06-10 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ok, then two it is. Get the hell out, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Posted by ed 2005-06-10 00:33|| 2005-06-10 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe this like filing a lawsuit. You demand $100 million when you'd be happy with $10 million.

Then, again, since they are Sunni Arabs, maybe not. Maybe they're just insane.

Posted by .com 2005-06-10 05:27|| 2005-06-10 05:27|| Front Page Top

#3 When is it going to be driven home that when you don't participate in the process, you don't have any real grounds to demand anything?

This appeasement BS is sending the wrong message.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-10 11:02|| 2005-06-10 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 News Flash: They rejected the offer of 15 seats, demanding at least 25.

Posted by Charles 2005-06-10 11:48|| 2005-06-10 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't see this as appeasement but as an accommodation for the Sunnis. If they become part government, the insurgency loses pretty much the last branch (domestically) that kept them going. Now they canâ claim to represent any significant body within Iraq and become the enemy of ALL Iraqis because the Sunnis are part of that government. Yes itâs late in the game to add to the roster by if it speeds democratic control of the country it will be more than worth it. So by all means let the Sunnis in and offer them a chair that is part of the political process.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-06-10 11:52|| 2005-06-10 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I dunno, seems to me that speed in asserting democratic control of Iraq shouldn't take a back seat to quality; i.e., the process, such as participation in elections, fielding candidates, debates, etc., etc. When some group has spurned the process, yet makes political demands later on that are taken seriously, the whole purpose of the exercise itself loses its value.

Why go through all the motions when some group can kill a whole bunch of civilians, then make demands and subsequently receive all or part of what they want?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-10 13:50|| 2005-06-10 13:50|| Front Page Top

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