Comments on: Iraqi Pols Approve U.S. Troop Pact

After Concessions, Sunni Bloc Backs Measure To Keep Forces In Country 3 More Years

[pirmin3]

I wonder how many pallets of $100 bills of taxpayer money it took to buy the legislators of this puppet government.

[downtowner97]

For 8 years Bush''s fans blamed Clinton for everything that was wrong in the world. Now they say it''s Obama''s problem. Was there ever any moment in 8 years where Bush was in charge and responsible for the welfare of our country?

My favorite Bush moment was when he was at a press gathering and pretended to be looking in the podium and under the chairs for WMD''s. It was supposed to be funny, but looked more like a confession.

[metsobitso]

Does this mean that after three years we will have to start paying for the Iraqi oil that we are taking?

[nearl4511]

Funny how low the bar has fallen to be considered Messiah.

All you apparently have to be capable of is reason to fit the bill.

[biap64]

This sham "democracy" is based more on bribery than anything else. And, when the bribery stops, Iraq''''''''s "democracy" (? Iraq is under sharia law) will end." Where did you get the idea that Iraq is under Sharia law...other than some cultural observance, Iraqis like music, fast cars, smoking cigarettes and generally having a good time. The Iraqi situation is changing so fast that they are now planning to build a subway...no, not the 6" tuna salad sandwich selling kind. There is no turning back now.

[boandco]

The Iraq invasion is no more than armed robbery. Like most criminals, we come up with convoluted logic that justifies our taking other peoples wealth. The US military, or the military industrial complex, is no more than our gangster type mercenaries. All this nonsense about democracy or helping mankind is hogwash, we are there for the money, and for the oil.

[realtime09]

Obama may certainly decide to scrap or alter quickly trumped up, "agreements". We don''t want the current administration trying to railroad the U.S. as per the last F-----g 8 years.

Pact schmact. Har de har.

BYE BYE W.

[motown67usa]

Some winners and losers from this vote. First the Sadrists show once again that they are on the outside looking in. They stood against the agreement, but never had the votes to stop it. Not only that, they%u2019re running on being nationalists and anti-American, but it%u2019s Prime Minister Maliki that has usurped that from them. Sunnis, they agreed to vote on the deal for a resolution on reconciliation and a referendum on the SOFA. The Kurds and Shiites still run the government and don%u2019t care about reconciliation. The Sunnis are like a stepchild. Last big loser, Pres. Bush. He said he refused to agree to any timetable for a withdrawal, but that%u2019s exactly what he just agreed to. The Iraqis knew he wanted a SOFA before he left office so they were able to get just about everything they asked for. Finally, the big winner, Maliki. He can now say he told the Americans to leave. This will help him out in the upcoming elections. The problem, everyone is now scared of his power and the Supreme Council and the Kurds were trying to unseat him before the vote. For more see: http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/

[runningralph]

A functioning democracy in Iraq is a desirable goal for Western civilization. If Iraq can make democracy and free enterprise work, it will take some of the impetus away from the jihadists. However, the odds are slim in a region that is vulnerable to Islamic terrorism. Islam authorizes crime, and exhorts people to commit atrocities and promises heavenly rewards to murderers. In this toxic culture, the type of government most likely to be able to hold on to power is a brutal dictatorship. All Western civilization can do is try to foster democracy.

[downtowner97]

Now all we need to do is sell them all our weapons on our way out so they can live happily ever after.