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2009-02-11 Iraq
Maliki says US era of Iraq dominance is over
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Posted by Steve White 2009-02-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Hope! And Change! in action.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-02-11 04:24||   2009-02-11 04:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Any guesses on how long Maliki will live once US military leaves?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-02-11 08:45||   2009-02-11 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Maliki seemed overconfident last year in hitting Basra, over our warnings, but he was successful. I think that success made him the 'strong horse' in Iraq, strong enough to attract substantial support from the general population. I suspect he can go on without us now, as long as Iran doesn't interfere. Of course, I would not be a bit surprised to see him adopt the old mid-east tactic of getting the US and Russia bidding against each other for his backing. It makes me wonder whether we knew the Iraqi government was stonger than we let on for a while, to try to keep them believing they were dependent on us - and thus keeping them from getting too close to Iran and/or Russia (and/or China, now.)
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2009-02-11 10:10||   2009-02-11 10:10|| Front Page Top

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-02-11 15:01||   2009-02-11 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 "I suspect [al-Maliki] can go on without us now, as long as Iran doesn't interfere."

That's like saying "Dracula doesn't need a hole in the ground, as long as the sun doen't come up."
Posted by Frozen Al 2009-02-11 17:06||   2009-02-11 17:06|| Front Page Top

#6 From Saddam to Maliki: I don't like that book.
Posted by Elmusoting Tojo4877 2009-02-11 17:18||   2009-02-11 17:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh the hell with the clown Biden and his twink intern boss.

Allowance For Idiotic Internal Politics Circuit On: Maliki's barking for a home audience

Circuit Off: listen, you little twerp, not a single decent or civilized thing going on in your country outside of Kurdistan would be happening, or even possible, without the courage, patience, and seriousness of certain US political leaders now gone from the scene, US and Coalition military personnel, and a few foreign civilians. US "dominance" translates as: payrolls get paid, not stolen; projects (generally) get completed, not derailed; detainees are taken on a reasonable basis and well-treated while in custody; foreign (including sub-human Sunni Arab and Persian IRGC) interlopers are thwarted, hunted, and defeated; the competence and integrity of every process with a US influence is immeasurably greater than anything ever seen in the entire Arab world, or likely to be seen for several generations.

Remember, "honor/shame" culture is a euphemism coined by apologists - such cultures, almost utterly, lack any honor of any sort. In that vein, all Iraqis who fail to show gratitude and respect for the US and what it has done for Iraq can drop dead, as can their children, grandchildren, first and second cousins, clan chiefs, imams, and flocks of sheep.

Eliminating the Ba'athist regime and replacing it with something far better was in our interests, but most Iraqis remain completely unworthy of the sacrifice of one US soldier.

Well it's called "RANTburg," now isn't it??
Posted by Verlaine 2009-02-11 18:58||   2009-02-11 18:58|| Front Page Top

#8 
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Posted by .5MT 2009-02-11 19:33|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net]  2009-02-11 19:33|| Front Page Top

#9 And so that is, Verlaine dear. I hope your current work doesn't inspire such feelings.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2009-02-11 19:43||   2009-02-11 19:43|| Front Page Top

#10 A fine rant, Verlaine. The Iraqis have a great opportunity in front of them. I hope they don't foo it up.
Posted by SteveS 2009-02-11 23:11||   2009-02-11 23:11|| Front Page Top

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