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2007-09-11 Iraq

Iraqi official: Corruption has crippled Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-09-11 13:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Iraq's current government, headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is riddled with so much corruption that the U.S. must stop supporting it.

I'll let that statement speak for itself.

But Rahdi recently resigned, and he says that was because of numerous threats on his life by corrupt Iraqi officials. "They have militias," he says

The only reason that they have militias is because we have allowed these wannabe warlords to play-act at participating in a real democracy.

Prime Minister al-Maliki is not corrupt himself, he alleges, but protects corrupt ministers and allies and has repeatedly obstructed investigations.

"He is protecting all the accused people who belong to his political bloc," he says. "He has interfered a lot in many ways. At first, he had issued orders for us not to try or even bring any cases to court with any previous or current ministers."

One does not swim in a cesspool and come out clean. Maliki obviously receives some benefit from suborning corruption. This makes him corrupt as well. Even if the only benefit Maliki receives is better cooperation within his shitpot of a government, he is still operating against the better interests of the Iraqi people. His actions promote both warlordism and corruption, thereby tainting all other efforts.

He explains corruption is a key factor: "This corruption has made our economy stale. It's frozen our economy; freezing our economy led to a lot of unemployment. Therefore crime and terrorism is occurring everywhere in Iraq. The militias are smuggling the oil and using that money to buy weapons."

As with all Islamic economies, corruption is both rife and paralytic in nature. Of far more importance is the connection that Radhi draws between corruption and terrorism. It is merely further proof of how important it is for America to remove the entire Iraqi government and either install a military dictatorship led by us or have another set of elections with careful vetting of all candidates by our military.

Rahdi clearly despairs for his country and says there is no longer any hope of progress under the current Iraqi government.

I rest my case.

The al-Maliki government already has named his replacement at the Commission on Public Integrity, a man U.S. officials say was previously accused of corruption.

Case closed. Maliki is our enemy. Period.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-11 16:25|| 2007-09-11 16:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Rahdi is now in the United States...

He can have a place in New Jersey or Massachusetts or ... he'll feel like he's never left home.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-11 17:29|| 2007-09-11 17:29|| Front Page Top

#3 P2K has it about right. One of our major problems with Iraq is that people expect them to be more perfect than we are.

Yes corruption is bad and probably gets in the way of a whole lot of stuff. And yes we have to crack down on all the militias. BUT, if we start getting rid of governments that are corrupt we will have to start here with DC, then LA, then NJ, then ILL, then MASS, etc. etc.

I've asked this before but I'll try again....from where these govt's / societies started (Afghan & Iraq) wouldn't it be an icredible improvement to get them to the level of the US circa 1890? Now, how satisfied would people be with that?

Posted by alanc">alanc 2007-09-11 18:59|| 2007-09-11 18:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I've asked this before but I'll try again....from where these govt's / societies started (Afghan & Iraq) wouldn't it be an incredible improvement to get them to the level of the US circa 1890?

Like any theory, it looks better on paper than it really is. The bottom line is that we do not have the luxury of letting these Islamic countries drag their heels as they are forcibly hauled kicking and screaming into the 21^st century.

Allowing them to make less than significant progress gives them every opportunity to engage in their usual Islamic terrorist bullshit and accompanying shari'a law evilness. Nuclear weapons proliferation prohibits the former and a growing refusal to countenance any continuation of Abject Gender Apartheid constrains the latter.

Any hiatus granted these Islamic hellholes WILL BE USED AGAINST US. Do not fool yourself, there is no reward for demonstrating the least kindness or mercy to Islamic cultures. Their reply is as universal as it is murderous.

Either these tyrannous cesspits rework their social structure over to something remotely resembling modern civilization or we subjugate them with merciless military dictatorships. No shari'a law, no theocracy, no royalty, no ayatollahs at the helm. Political Islam must die, even if it requires the total death of Islam itself. From all appearances both will perish in the process.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-11 19:26|| 2007-09-11 19:26|| Front Page Top

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