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Officials To Press Congress For Increased Aid, Weapons Sales To Friendly Mideast Nations To Counter Iran
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- Part Two
Iraq is in the process of breaking up into three autonomous or independent entities: Shiite Muslim in the south %u2013 under Tehran%u2019s aegis; Sunni Arab in the center and west, backed and massively funded by Riyadh; and a Kurdish entity in the north, under US patronage and a magnet for heavy American, Turkish, Israeli and, more recently, Iranian investment.
According to our military sources in Iraq, the objectives of the current US military effort go beyond securing central government in Baghdad and stemming sectarian hostilities; the troops are engaged in an all-out drive to prevent the rise of a fourth entity ruled by al-Qaeda in the western Anbar province.
If and when that battle is won, the next will be fought over control of Iraq%u2019s oil wealth. The distribution of oil revenues will have to be built into any live-and-let-live accommodations among the autonomous entities; to work, any such an arrangement must be guaranteed by US, Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni military forces.
May 6, 2007, 8:14 PM (GMT+02:00) - Reply to this comment
- I seem to recall posting this news mths ago about this deal and the "plan" to leave Iraq.
Here it is once again.
US Vice President *** Cheney arrived in Riyadh Sat. May 12, with a full caseload for his talks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz . He is seeking coordination with the Saudis in good time for the approaching winding-down of US military forces in Iraq. Cheney will also clinch the Bush administration%u2019s offer to double the Saudi air force in size, boosting its capability for contending with Iranian air might and the Revolutionary Guards%u2019 naval and marine strength.
Sources in Washington, the Gulf and Baghdad report that Cheney is bringing the news to the Middle East rulers that Washington will make its decision in the second half of August and an evacuation will begin shortly thereafter.
These talks led to a decision to make the Saudi air force the biggest in the Middle East, on a par with Israel%u2019s air might, by an infusion of sophisticated aircraft equipped with the most advanced avionics, electronic warfare instruments and missiles.
In a war contingency, the boosted Saudi air force will undertake the key function of immobilizing the antiquated Iranian air force, preventing it from posing a threat to the Gulf or providing air cover for sabotage squads or marines seeking to attack oil installations, disrupt oil tanker passage through the Gulf or seize territory in Gulf emirates.
Part One - Reply to this comment
- THE SUNNIS HAVE KILLED MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS THAT OTHER INFLUENCES IN IRAQ SUCH AS IRAN! BUT THEY ARE BUSH FAMILY FRIENDS!
WHERE IS THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT? - Reply to this comment
- Ahh, it seems like just yesterday....
Those peskie Russians were in Afghanistan and we thought we'd help out those little ole barbaric muslims. So we send over the CIA and they train one of those little (OK, 6'5") camel jockies to fight those communist pinkos.
And, bless his little 13th century barbarian heart, once those *** athiest communist were defeated did he let all that training lie dormant? Hell no!! We trained bin-laden good! So he puts alls those american made weapons and training to good use!!
Yeah, let's sell them more weapons and training :( - Reply to this comment
- Ahh, it seems like just yesterday....
Those peskie Russians were in Afghanistan and we thought we'd help out those little ole barbaric muslims. So we send over the CIA and they train one of those little (OK, 6'5") camel jockies to fight those communist pinkos.
And, bless his little 13th century barbarian heart, once those *** athiest communist were defeated did he let all that training lie dormant? Hell no!! We trained bin-laden good! So he puts alls those american made weapons and training to good use!!
Yeah, let's sell them more weapons and training :( - Reply to this comment
- A never ending circle with the defense contractor lobbyists. Their M.O. must look something like this:
1. Sell aged weapons to Middle East governments
2. Build more advanced weapons for ourselves.
3. Wait 5 to 10 years, then "encourage" the U.S. government to find a reason to use the new weapons to fight against the 'older' weapons in the Middle East.
Then after 10 years or so, begin the process all over again. - Reply to this comment
- President Bush is just full of surprises. It seems like everyday Bush and his administration keeps coming up with something new to screw up the world a little more. You would think they would all be sitting back at the white house by now, and coming to the realization, that they have done enough damage and maybe it is time to take a break. You know smoking some dope, getting some hookers, "hell, half this country would probably pay for it, just to keep them preoccupied."
What grabs you the most, reading down on some of the comments, you find people that still support Bush and his administration. I am sorry but you cannot keep blaming Clinton or any other president for this nightmare. And you can't blame Dems, Libs, or the growing Republicans against Bush. Sorry to tell you supporters, but Bush and his administration are nuts, and you can only support a bunch of crazies for so long.... - Reply to this comment
- Posted by j-whitman at 12:54 AM : Jul 29, 2007
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Well dont you need those resources? - Reply to this comment
- , Bush had a colostomy,, They where looking for WMD's & found none, Cheney's got an artificial heart... Like the Frankenstein Monster's brain, the jar the heart was in was labeled "abnormal-evil" Posted by j-whitman
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Your hateful vitriol against our country's leaders should be an indictable offence.
Tell me whitman, what should be done about people who post seditious, anti-american rhetoric in forums? Also what should we do with mosques, muslim organizations and individual muslims that preach hatred against the US and carry out terrorist attacks?
Should we they be killed outright? Sent to Iraq as enemy-combatants (and shot)-should we build concentration camps for radical muslims in America? - Reply to this comment
%u201CDo not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe....%u201D Qur'an 2:221
%u201CSoon shall we cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with God, for which He had sent no authority: their abode will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the wrong-doers!%u201D Qur'an 3:151 also 8:59-60 and 59:13.
%u201CI will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.%u201D Qur'an 8:12.- Reply to this comment
