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| Iraq warns of civil war if US troops leave | |
| 2007-07-10 | |
| Iraq’s foreign minister warned on Monday that a quick American military withdrawal from the country could lead to civil war and the collapse of the government, as pressure on the Bush administration for a pull-out grows. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Iraqis “understand the huge pressure that will increase more and more in the United States” ahead of the progress report by the US ambassador and top commander in Iraq. “We have held discussion with members of Congress and explained to them the dangers of a quick pull out from Iraq and leaving a security vacuum,” Zebari said. “The dangers could be a civil war, dividing the country, regional wars and the collapse of the state.” “In our estimations, until Iraqi forces are ready, there is a responsibility on the United States to stand with the government as the forces are being built,” he said.
TurkeyÂ’s armed forces have urged its government to allow an incursion into neighbouring, mainly Kurdish, northern Iraq to crush Turkish Kurdish militants who use the region as a base to attack security and civilian targets inside Turkey. While Turkey has not said how many troops had been sent to the border, it had been believed to be in the tens of thousands. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 John QC - agreed, well put. thx |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-10 19:50 |
| #7 Well put, JohnQC. First the left/MSM complained when Bush didn't accept the opinion of Gen. Shinseki and add several hundred thousand troops to Iraq. Later, they complained bitterly and threatened to terminate the war when he added a measly 30,00 troops to support a more aggressive strategy. The point being that whatever George Bush wants to do is wrong. Yes, the left wants us to look like the EU, which, as we know, can no longer show up for a fight even if it wanted to do so. That is how they assure that their anti-war policies will be implemented, even to the point where self-defense is no longer possible. |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-07-10 13:10 |
| #6 Our military is doing a wonderful job in perhaps the most complex mission in history. They are engaged in warfare, nation-building, training, infra-structure building, and diplomacy with an overlay of very tough ROEs that are aimed at limiting collateral damage and civilian deaths. Kudos to the greatest military on earth. Thank God they are professional and well-motivated. At the same time we have a Democratic Congress that is leftish and has declared that we have lost. We have a House Speaker cozying up to a terror-supporting Syrian nation and giving comffort to our enemies. They seem to care little for our nation or our troops--only political advantage over the opposition party. They are aided and abetted by a liberal fourth estate that is dedicated to shaping world events rather than reporting the news honestly and accurately. The MSM is hoping for the kind of influence they had a shaping events as they did during the Viet war. They are arrogant, self-important elitists. I am not telling Rantburgers anything they don't know. I am just disgusted with the dhimmi party and the liberal press. The trunks aren't much better. The trunks have squandered their political capital with abandon and missed opportunities. They have done a poor job of communicating the need for the mideast war and what happens if we don't address it. They lack spine when it comes to the issues of the day. Things have got to change. One day we will end up with a war that we can't fight because we won't have sufficient military to show up. Constant abuse by Washington and the MSM is an incentive killer. When the military has been destroyed, we will be defenseless. Is this what the liberals want? It will affect them as well as everyone else. Do they really want Western women wearing burqas and the West enslaved? Freedom is not free. Freedom does not come easy. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-10 11:08 |
| #5 What, like there isn't already? Seriously though, I am extremely disappointed and singularly unimpressed by this Administration's handling of this war/battle/whatever you want to call it. Seems like only the generals and commanders on the ground have any idea about how to fight it. The soldiers are doing a great job and could do better if the idiots in Washington would just get the hell outta' the way and stop trying to micromanage this crap. If I were an Iraqi government official I'd be scared to death about what's going to happen when our troops are pulled out (and it ain't that far off IMO). There's an old American saying that they should take to heart that goes something like, "If we do not all hang together we shall most assuredly all be hanged separately." The Iraqi's have got to sh&t or get off the pot - as a people and as a government. There's only so far the conservatives in this country are willing to go to help them out. They have to show some signs of progress, of pushing forward to lift their country out of the hole that it's in along with our forces. This isn't like the post-WW2 reconstruction of Europe and Japan. Those days are over. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-07-10 10:31 |
| #4 140,000 Turkish soldiers aren't going to come into Iraq and gum up what we are trying to do. There are maybe only 4000-5000 armed PKK members. Civil war will ensure if we pull out? Maybe, maybe not. Zebari is trying to create a threat for propaganda value? Smoke screen. Conclusion: The existing Iraq government doesn't want us to pull out. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-10 10:13 |
| #3 SHHHH, Mr. Foreign Minister. You're not supposed to state the obvious! You're ruining my attempt at absolute power! D@mn you, d@man you and that confounded Cindy Sheehan to Berkley! |
| Posted by: San Fran Nan (D-Looneyville) 2007-07-10 09:31 |
| #2 Go ahead, see if I care. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-10 02:23 |
| #1 FREEREPUBLIC > BAHRAIN is part of Iran. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-07-10 00:42 |