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2005-08-04 Iraq-Jordan

Joint Commission for Conditions-Based Transition Holds First Meeting

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah, they are under the command of Corps of Radical
Assingment Protocol.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-04 00:20|| 2005-08-04 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 My eyes actually crossed, reading that.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-04 09:01|| 2005-08-04 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 It's an art to be able to write that way, TW. Takes years of bureaucratic practice.

But what it says is: a) we will leave in the forseeable future: Iraq belongs to the Iraqis. b) we won't leave prematurely and c) both we and the Iraqi authorities will jointly figure out when / how much is right.

The phrase "and provide basic services" is a key element here. It implies a functioning country.

Posted by leader of the pack 2005-08-04 19:47|| 2005-08-04 19:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank you, pack leader. I fancy myself reasonably intelligent, but I can't fathom legal documents, financial stuff, and now mil-speak. But now that you've translated, and my eyes have uncrossed, I like what the Commission decided. A functioning Iraq is key... and they can always ask us to stay on later, in an advisory capacity or some such thing, right?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-04 22:49|| 2005-08-04 22:49|| Front Page Top

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