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2007-05-24 Iraq

Iraq lawmakers deadlocked over constitution reforms

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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Typical Arab decision making. They can only agree to disagree. There has to be a fire under their feet (literally) to get anything at all done.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-24 00:30|| 2007-05-24 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 OK, Gen. Petraeus, repeat after me, "I fully realize that all the constitutional and other changes under consideration by the Iraqi parliament will have no material effect on the security situation whatever the legislative outcome, and that progress on the security front requires violence, coercion, the threat of violence, cash, continuing to improve Iraqi security forces, and general toughness. I will state this each day at the beginning of the BUA, and all MNF-I and MNC-I staff will recite this language to start every staff meeting, and also every time they hear anything on TV about political solutions from some nitwit journalist, congresscritter, or White House official."

Posted by Verlaine 2007-05-24 02:05|| 2007-05-24 02:05|| Front Page Top

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