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2006-10-31 Iraq
U.S. Forces Dismantle Baghdad Checkpoints on PM Al-Maliki's Orders
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Posted by Sherry 2006-10-31 13:22|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sadr should have been titsup by 2004
Posted by 3dc 2006-10-31 13:29||   2006-10-31 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 We should have told Maliki we shut down the check points when we get our troop back. And that we're going in to get him when we're good and ready. This was a mistake. If Maliki wanted to make something of it, we should have let him.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-31 13:40||   2006-10-31 13:40|| Front Page Top

#3 pretty obviously PM Maliki doesn't need any US Troops providing security. We should withdraw all security for him and let it be publicly known
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-10-31 15:03||   2006-10-31 15:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Another *WTF?* moment.
Posted by fmr mil contractor 2006-10-31 15:09||   2006-10-31 15:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Politicians are the same all over the world it seems.


Spineless....
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2006-10-31 15:12||   2006-10-31 15:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Still discounting my take, Bobby?

I have nothing against optimism, mind you, but I can't help but wonder. Everything we have done for the Iraqi Arabs, every life and limb sacrificed, all the treasure we have expended, every child's birthday missed by deployed troops, every political hit absorbed trying to do the right thing, all of it, every goddamned bit of it has been betrayed in terms that we just cannot ignore, IMO.

So, now what?

Iran. This, and no other step, saves Iraq and makes it worthy of our sacrifices.

Then what? After the interference has been removed, the motives for triangulating against us, the paymasters and peddlers of vengeance, after Iran has been rendered moot... then what?

I want to avoid the sink-trap, so I leave that to your imaginations. Hint: It does involve, both physically and rhetorically, a shitload of D-9 work.
Posted by .com 2006-10-31 15:45||   2006-10-31 15:45|| Front Page Top

#7 PM Maliki must have a better feel for the US elections than I do. This sort of action beeters the odds of a Democrat controlled House. A few more such pronouncements and he might then get to see if the US troops will stay when he says "Don't leave" as the trucks and tank carriers are rolling towards Kuwait. Then he can play an Arab version of King Knut when the tide of chaos comes in and overwhelms him.
Posted by RWV 2006-10-31 16:22||   2006-10-31 16:22|| Front Page Top

#8 I disagree, RWV.

If the US bailed, which a Donk victory would ensure, Maliki and his Shia buddies would get Iranian support the instant the US was off the ground. They would receive massive arms support and, no doubt, Basij and similar forces flowing across the border. Then the big-time payback and decimation of all things Sunni within Iraq would begin.
Posted by .com 2006-10-31 16:34||   2006-10-31 16:34|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't know that he has thought it out that far, but it is clear that some of his coalition is in bed with the Iranians, and the Iranians have told everyone who will listen that the US will be gone in a couple of years and the Mullahs aren't going anywhere. Therefore you better decide who your friends are.

The Iranians think they are winning this battle. And if the Donks win next week, they'll be right.

Al
Posted by frozen al">frozen al  2006-10-31 17:09||   2006-10-31 17:09|| Front Page Top

#10 I agree with com.
Look at Sudan
If the US will not stop something - why nobody else will.

Posted by 3dc 2006-10-31 17:09||   2006-10-31 17:09|| Front Page Top

#11 
Maliki is irrelevant. We either go to the source and fix it (Iran), or this thing remains a muddle.
Posted by Master of Obvious 2006-10-31 17:16||   2006-10-31 17:16|| Front Page Top

#12 I've become convinced we have to reinforce Kurdistan and put our hope in them. Leave the Sunni's and Shia to kill eachother and stop with this farce of a Government in Iraq.
Posted by Charles 2006-10-31 17:17||   2006-10-31 17:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Maliki is already on the Iranian payroll and they probably have pictures of him doing Allan know what to boot.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-31 17:57||   2006-10-31 17:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Warn him - that if he wants us out, we will move out - but only to Kurdistan. And will will let the Saudis know exactly where the gaps are so they can arm the Sunnis.

Im disgusted - f*ck em. We bled for them and in the end Al Maliki and friends decided being Iranian Shia-pets was preferrable to being secular in the public sector.

I say we let the local Sunni tribal shieks know that we arent bothering to even look at them anymore as long as US troops don't get hit and they stay the hell out of Kurdistan. Hell, we'll even train and arm their police forces so they can protect their towns from the Shia bandits.

Let the muzzy extremists kill each other - time for us to just get the hell out of the way. If the Euros get pissy about thier oil supply, tell THEM to send in peacekeepers. We'll keep the peace in Kurdistan and the west area.
Posted by OldSpook 2006-10-31 22:20||   2006-10-31 22:20|| Front Page Top

#15 The bomber plowed a car packed with explosives into a crowd of Shiite celebrants preparing to board vehicles outside the bride's home in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Lt. Ahmed Mohamed of the Risafa police station said.

I hope the bride's family catches al-Maliki alone sometime. This asshole is not even close to being our friend. Shitcan Iran and roll up our sidewalks in Iraq and let these thugs slaughter each other. Come back in five years and help out whoever survives. If Iraq wants to become a terrorist training center, bomb the crap out of it. These ingrates have betrayed us far too many times.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-31 23:11||   2006-10-31 23:11|| Front Page Top

#16 I tend to agree with all of the commentary thus far.

Since when does al-Maliki or anyone else in the sandpit tell the US what to do? Obviously, we didn't put these idiots down hard enough when we had the chance.

Somebody needs to tell al-Maliki and Sadr and all the other folks who're suddenly getting a hard-on for the US exactly what coming up against us really means - and if that means putting a few of them (or a few thousand) in a hole - so be it.

This is friggin' ridiculous. These bastards need to be reminded that they were defeated and that we can, and by God, will do it again if need be.

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