Comments on: See Ya Later, Alligator

By: kritter

kritter — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:20:33 +0000

Grognard has it right. We leave then Maliki uses the police and army to wipe out any remaining Sunni opposition, and establish permanent Shiite dominance. All they have to do is outlast unhappy Americans, and they won’t have to worry about pressure to meet those pesky benchmarks. The reason that they haven’t met them- is that they have no intention of meeting them. Ever.

Of course that doesn’t rule out the possibility of a regional war, as surrounding Sunni countries respond to the genocide in Iraq. I’m sure that’s why we’re still there.

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Iraq PM to US - You Can Leave Anytime — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:34:41 +0000

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By: grognard

grognard — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:58:22 +0000

The Maliki solution to Iraqi is a Shiite religious state where any remaining Sunnis are a terrified minority living like the Shiites under Saddam. Of course millions will have to die to accomplish that goal . Might as well leave and get it over with, we are only delaying the inevitable.

By: Rudi

Rudi — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:13:53 +0000

I didn’t see any links to this story. Now we are fighting Iraqis police.
http://fe29.news.mud.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070713/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070711194933

BAGHDAD – U.S. forces battled Iraqi police and gunmen Friday, killing six policemen, after an American raid captured an Iraqi police lieutenant accused of leading a cell of Shiite militiamen, the military said.

Seven gunmen also died in the fight, a rare open street battle between American troops and policemen. Washington has demanded the government purge its police force of militants, and U.S. and Iraqi authorities have arrested officers in the past for militia links. But the Bush administration said in an assessment Thursday that progress on that front was “unsatisfactory.”

There is a history of this with the British in Basra. We hear how the southern Iraq is “peaceful”. Tell that to Steven Vincent formerly reporting in the “RedZone”.

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University Update - George W Bush - See Ya Later, Alligator — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:48:34 +0000

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By: bhamlett

bhamlett — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:05:44 +0000

Some of President Bush’s closest advisers may say that this is only the end of the beginning for Iraq, but for the rest of us, it is the beginning of the end. We can now see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I have no doubt that Iraq Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s remark yesterday that Iraq can go it alone was a direct response to the inevitable: we will be leaving his country soon because mainstream Republican support for the war has evaporated.

In the last week, key Republican Senators have withdrawn their support for the Iraq war, allowing a glimmer of hope that someday we will be able to leave this God, Jehovah, and Allah-forsaken country.

Bush loves to make grand analogies, comparing his Iraq war to Churchill’s war… Click here to continue reading.