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2007-11-22 Iraq

US military wary of Iranian pledges on arms flow

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Posted by Steve White 2007-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 '...will be limited to Iraqi security and will not include Iran's nuclear ambitions.'

Thats like saying: "We're going to bomb the s*** out of you next March, but we can be warm and fuzzy on Iraq!" Uhh Right!

Posted by smn 2007-11-22 01:52|| 2007-11-22 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 US military wary of Iranian pledges on arms flow

A good candidate for "Understatement of the Week" if you ask me.

We are thankful for the commitment that Iran has made to reduce the flow of weapons and explosives coming into Iraq,

Translation: "Thanks for nothing", "Thanks for doing what you should have in the first place", or "Thanks for promising to discontinue to do something which you deny doing".

Its important here that the commitments that have been made start to see real progress thats statistically significant, thats measurable and that is sustained over time,

Am I correct then to take this to mean that the US will be happy if Iran reduces the flow of arms to the degree that the number of coalition troops that die because of these arms will be reduced by a statistically significant amount? Just askin'.

This "agreement" is pointless. Is this some kind of lame trial balloon or something to gauge MSM/public opinion? If it is, I hope they're not serious.

My head hurts.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-22 03:31|| 2007-11-22 03:31|| Front Page Top

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