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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 09:09 PM
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Iraq Shia leader seeks tougher U.S. action
One of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders said after meeting U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday that civil war could only be staved off if U.S. forces struck harder against Sunni-led insurgents.

While Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of the biggest party in Iraq's government, SCIRI, met Bush in Washington, the U.S. envoy and military chief in Baghdad implored Iraqis to break a cycle of violence which they said would destroy the country.

Hakim denied that majority Shi'ites were stoking sectarian violence and put the onus on Washington to take tougher action against insurgents.

"The strikes they are getting from the multinational forces are not hard enough to put an end to their acts," he said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04313279.htm
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 09:13 PM
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1. He wants BushCo to take sides in the civil war.
Unfortunately, the idiot fratboy is probably considering that as a way of saving face no matter the cost in lives.

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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 09:16 PM
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2. Wow, go figure, an Iranian puppet wants us to strike harder on the Sunni.
I'm shocked.
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 09:18 PM
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3. A Shi'a thinks the solution is to attack Sunnis?
That'll solve everything!
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GOPBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 09:56 PM
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4. Amazingly, the Sunnis think that
the best way to peace is by us attacking the Shi'ites! Well that's just an interesting pickle.
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 10:57 PM
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5. Obviously the solution is to stay and kill everyone n/t
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Strelnikov_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 11:15 PM
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6. It's The Only Fair Thing To Do. We Can't Pick Sides, After All n/t
Edited on Mon Dec-04-06 11:16 PM by loindelrio
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-04-06 11:22 PM
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7. The longer they can keep us tied down in the Mideast, the better.
Iran and other rivals wants us to drain our treasury, degrade our military, and soil our name world wide. They saw what happened to us in Vietnam, and what happened to the Soviets in Afghanistan. They suckered us into fighting them on their own terms.
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GreenZoneLT Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:37 AM
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9. Who's the bigger sap?
GHWB and Reagan being suckered into trading arms to Iran for no hostages in the '80s, or W being suckered into supporting Iranian surrogates militarily in Iraq?

I just read a history of the battle of Passchendaele in 1917. On the one hand, it's encouraging that today's screwups kill only a couple of soldiers a day, not 10,000. But otherwise, the parallels are depressing.

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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 01:59 PM
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10. Actually Reagan and Iran got what they wanted. Iran got
Stinger missiles and other arms, and Reagan got Iran to hold the Hostages until he was sworn in. Iran hated Carter more than they hated Reagan.
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Peace is Possible Donating Member (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:03 AM
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8. We have to stop congress from giving Bush more money
This absurdity has got to stop.
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