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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:18 PM Original message |
Maliki HALTS construction of Great Wall of Baghdad! "This wall reminds us of other walls," he said. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee, he does wasn't to ghetto-ize Bagdhad? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Who gave him any power? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. my wife's first reaction |
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GregD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. in an apparent reference to the wall that divided the German city of Berlin during the Cold War |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. sorry for the fox link, but it's an AP story . . . the writer is Oassim Abdul-Zahra |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. no shit |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. nice pic |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It is. It's a striking picture, and it drives the brutality of the idea of the wall |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Another WALL is right! Not the Berlin Wall, Not the Great Wall |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. actually it is an AP article |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. rove doesn't get to have his |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Halliburton construction contractors are not gonna be happy! |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. See Comment 2, above. : ) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. What is Iraqi Arabic for "Ich bin (ein) Berliner"? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's not political, but aesthetic. Al-Maliki's probably holding out for . . . |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Isn't half a wall better than no wall? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. he needs to tear the thing down. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Even the Iraqi puppet govt. has more shame than the Bush mafia. |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. ROFL..... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. So.. who the HELL wanted this monstrosity? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That General Caldwell. He's a charmer, ain't he? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. has Patraeus commented on it? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. looks like a major setback for the Bush strategy of dividing Iraq |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, well, sounds like there's a lack of communication goin' on! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I would have liked to have been in the room when the WH got the news |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. We "think" we've got big brass ones, don't we. And the NERVE is right! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. chk-chk.... BURN! |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. Good! The nerve of us the U.S.! We just started building |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. Exactly. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. If we can oversee construction of such imposing walls in Baghdad, why |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. or build some houses |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes. There are many better ways to spend money than Dubya's |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. How about the wall the Israeli's are building? Could that be another |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. Spread the word |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. We need him to speak to the Wall-makers destroying Palestine. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-22-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I am sure it was THE wall he referred to |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. U.S. Ambassador defends wall |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. Juan Cole: "he pointed toward Israel" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. There is no joy in Mudville! |
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Babsbrain (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. buh-bye al-Maliki |
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