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2007-05-20 Iraq

Baghdad tribes close to fighting al-Qaida

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-05-20 18:32|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Are you going to support us, or do we have to go knock on someone elses door, one sheikh asked.

The answer to this should be an unqualified "YES!" and I mean unqualified.

At this stage of this stupid game, we should start taking sides in this stupid, bloody, gawdawful civil war and make it loud and frakking clear that we support the "provisional" government if it can decide to get its head on straight and that, no matter what, we will support the people's efforts to get a handle on the situtation if their government cannot!

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-05-20 19:49|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-05-20 19:49|| Front Page Top

#2 maybe premature but...

Hats off to our folks for penetrating the thick Sunni Tribal/Baathist skulls.

FACT: Our military personal is by far and away more capable, pragmatic and wise than any/every news person, professor, and/or politician put together.

Their quality of character under pressure is without peer today.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-05-20 19:50|| 2007-05-20 19:50|| Front Page Top

#3 amen, RD

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-20 19:50|| 2007-05-20 19:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, yeah - we should also make it really, really clear to the Maliki government that their rule is "provisional" up and until the time they frak things up - and that then we will step in and set up their government and Constitution for them, after killing a whole lot of people and blowing up a lot of stuff.

Like we should have done in the first place.

And there will not be any frakking mullahs or imams allowed in that government unless we say so.

Enough with thith BS.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-05-20 19:53|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-05-20 19:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, setting up tribal militias RESPONSIBLE TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT wouldn't be a bad idea. The tribes could establish militias similar to the National Guard in the United States, responding first to the local area, but ultimately to the Federal government. Incorporating them into the federal structure is a darned sight better than have them acting as loose cannons. Besides, who would be better to protect their families than those that live among them. AQ may have just signed their own death warrant, not only in Iraq, but apparently the backlash is also growing in Pakistan.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-05-20 21:26|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-05-20 21:26|| Front Page Top

#6 So they shirked responsible democracy and strict Sharia law. A nation of tribes.

Thank God I don't live there. My cousins are idiots.

Posted by Penguin 2007-05-20 21:29|| 2007-05-20 21:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Ironically, it seems the reduction of American forces from Anbar in 2006 seems to have had good consequences;

Al Q moved in and the tribes got to know them up close and personal.

No doubt this wasn't the plan and I suppose this won't work everywhere but its nice when it does/

Posted by mhw 2007-05-20 22:32|| 2007-05-20 22:32|| Front Page Top

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