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2007-01-15 Iraq

Iraqi official seeks release of Iranians

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Politics of the souk.

Posted by Pappy 2007-01-15 01:05|| 2007-01-15 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 'Course there could be many unknown unknowns (to me) that invalidate my position, but if we release these guys it will be a catastrophe. While I still believe in Crush Sunnis First, I've thought we should be going kinetic against the Iranians and specifically the IRGC involved in Iraq for over a year, at the least.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-01-15 02:28|| 2007-01-15 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "You have to remember, our destiny, as Iraqis, we have to live in this part of the world. And we have to live with Iran"

Sounds very European, doesn't it? Perhaps the crocodile will eat him last?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-01-15 07:07|| 2007-01-15 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 I think we need to teach the Iraqis a lesson in cause and effect: if you decide to screw Uncle Sam, you will feel the Hammer of God on your toes - and elsewhere. Playing back-stabbing games against the United States will get your own back perforated. If you want to be the government, then acknowledge that your actions may have consequences, and some of them may be both unintended and quite painful. "You elected these people, you will be held responsibile for their idiot behavior" is a good lesson not only for the Iraqis but also for many people in the United States. We choose to respect the will of the Iraqi people, until it starts costing us the lives of OUR people. We crushed the Iraqi government once, we can very well do it again. The Iraqi government needs to do some long, hard, in-depth pondering, instead of so much shallow, stupid posturing.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-15 21:26|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-15 21:26|| Front Page Top

#5 "And we have to live with Iran"

Not necessarily....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-15 22:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-01-15 22:41|| Front Page Top

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