Comments on: ‘War on Terrorism’: A Humbling Experience for US & Allies

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:44:43 +0000

Juan Cole, quoted by hooray-for-the-Bad-Guys Swaraaj:

â€œA peacekeeping force could supplement the arrangements arrived at; it should avoid the pitfall of peace enforcementâ€¦â€

What does this idiot think peacekeeping is?

Oh, maybe he’s thinking of the UN peacekeepers who run away from the criminals and engage in things like sex crimes with the local population, instead.

By: Shaun Mullen

Shaun Mullen — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:26:48 +0000

Blackshards:

From the 12/30/04 Washington Times:

“President Bush yesterday downplayed the boycott of the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq by the country’s largest Sunni organization, saying “most people in Iraq, Sunni or Shia, want to vote.”

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:46:50 +0000

Juan Cole? What, was Norm Chomsky not available for quotes?

By: blackshards

blackshards — Wed, 02 May 2007 02:43:25 +0000

Professor Cole’s statements sound like revisionist history to me. I could swear it was the Sunnis who boycotted the elections because they could not accept their status as a minority sect in Iraq…