tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post7057649795445703110..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: The Brits Followed Us into Iraq; Can/Will they Lead Us Out?Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-52947253961342497952007-07-06T07:17:00.000-07:002007-07-06T07:17:00.000-07:00Speaking for Sadr's 32-member parliamentary bl...Speaking for Sadr's 32-member parliamentary bloc, Nassar Al Rubaie, said that they would not support any law that would allow firms <br><br><i>"whose governments are occupying Iraq. . . The most serious problem with the law is the production-sharing agreements, which we categorically reject . . . would undermine Iraq's sovereignty in the short run and will strip it of its sovereignty in the long run."</i><br><br><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Iraq/214809" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Al Bawaba</a>Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-11473936168690263822007-07-02T14:46:00.000-07:002007-07-02T14:46:00.000-07:00Here's the sad fact. All the arguments about ...Here's the sad fact. All the arguments about who is right, who is wrong and what is best don't really matter. In order to impact the outcome of the civil war in Iraq, caused by the incompetence and greed of GW Bush, we would need invest three times as many troops as we have. Bush broke Iraq, and unjust as it seems, the US lacks the military capability to fix it.TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-87679873636019552242007-07-02T13:35:00.000-07:002007-07-02T13:35:00.000-07:00Moqtada Sada? Isn't that a line from the music...Moqtada Sada? Isn't that a line from the musical score of The Lion King? Of course that is unlikely, about as unlikely as Great Britain withdrawing their troops anytime soon. The two countries are old and strong allies. While there is not always agreement there is always that loyalty.MadMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-71663145975586162152007-07-02T09:45:00.000-07:002007-07-02T09:45:00.000-07:00"Our American intelligence"? Excuse me, ..."Our <i>American</i> intelligence"? Excuse me, but until the roles of Wolfowitz, Feith, Perle and Ledeen getting us into Iraq are fully disclosed, I'm not about to believe any bullshit labeled by Washington as 'intelligence'. Fool me once, this bad, Bushitters, and you are fucking incredible.Borishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13887019984342458931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-63607590274626316462007-07-02T07:45:00.000-07:002007-07-02T07:45:00.000-07:00Why do Vigilante and Messenger have to be so unrem...Why do Vigilante and Messenger have to be so unremittingly oppositional? Don't they read and hear that our intelligence reveals all of the anti-American violence is caused by Iran's Qods Force and all them Iranian-backed Lebanese Shi'ite militia group Hezbollah fellas?DB Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10912311299981395050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-75234467134178539142007-07-02T06:08:00.000-07:002007-07-02T06:08:00.000-07:00Since the supposed terror attacks in Britain, they...Since the supposed terror attacks in Britain, they will very probably continue their strive for World War with Bush.Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-39846685768383692352007-07-02T05:08:00.000-07:002007-07-02T05:08:00.000-07:00As the situation in Iraq has fallen out of the fry...As the situation in Iraq has fallen out of the frying pan into the fire before Saddam was killed I've heard people only half joke that we just should have cleaned Saddam up and put him back in charge. That it would take a blood thirsty thug to separate and control those groups.<br>With Saddam now in a really hot climate looking up and laughing his ass off at us Vigil is right, Sadr fits the bill. Of course, if were to leave with him sitting in the PM chair the Saudis would have a cow.Beach Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-72168442603748820002007-07-01T21:47:00.000-07:002007-07-01T21:47:00.000-07:00Pekka touches on where the rubber meets the road, ...Pekka touches on where the rubber meets the road, IMO: we are currently as far from withdrawing from our occupation from Iraqi as we are from removing Bush and Cheney from office. Their policy in the Middle East is driven by the Israeli and oil lobbies. That means busting Iran is their ultimate goal. The Shia are seen - by them - as synonymous with Persians. This is the line of the White House's buddies, the Sunnis, and it has been swallowed, hook, line and sinker. Cockburn has it right when he says, <br><br><i>The contortions of US policy over the past four years are largely a vain attempt to avoid this outcome.</i><br><br>The Shia won the election. They want us out. Elections have consequences.Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12703434191163556292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-107015752130857152007-07-01T21:09:00.000-07:002007-07-01T21:09:00.000-07:00Prime Minister Moqtada Sadr... has a nice ring to ...Prime Minister Moqtada Sadr... has a nice ring to it.No. 44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-38538029175457918592007-07-01T20:43:00.000-07:002007-07-01T20:43:00.000-07:00Of course, Moqtada Sadr has been calling the shots...Of course, Moqtada Sadr has been calling the shots for ages, both behind and front of the scenes. However, Bush has made his astute strategic and political analysis about Sadr being irrelevant unlike Sadr's hand puppet, Maliki. Following this particular twisted logic and not quite being sure what Bush's real aim might be, I don't see Sadr getting invitations to the ranch any time soon. Besides, Sadr is not willing to become somebody's puppet which must be the number one requirement to acquire any job with Bush&Co. Furthermore, Bush always picks the worst option in the mistaken belief that his fortunes are about to turn better. This has been exactly his patented recipe that has lead all the bad things to be getting progressively worse. He will always find enough of brown-noses around him to tell about the virtue of staying the course. I believe in miracles in some instances as long as they don't include G.W.Bush.pekkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-22827235586288067292007-07-01T16:46:00.000-07:002007-07-01T16:46:00.000-07:00Let's hope we get our troops out of Iraq asap!...Let's hope we get our troops out of Iraq asap! <br><br>Bring em home now!Suzie-Q (S-Q)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13726628714596925390noreply@blogger.com