Comments on: Bush-Maliki meeting postponed. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:29:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1200117 impeachcheneythenbush Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:56:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1200117 # 31 - that scenario, I think, is very possible. # 31 – that scenario, I think, is very possible.

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1200013 WaltTheMan Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:19:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1200013 #32 - Bill C`s alter ego, Our hunting culture would make an invasion of the US a disaster for an invader. Currently, we are killing each other, an invasion force would simply offer a more alluring target. This is not an endorsement of the NRA! I know about a hundred crossbow owners who would enjoy nothing more then picking off a few enemy from a tree blind with that silent killer. #32 – Bill C`s alter ego,
Our hunting culture would make an invasion of the US a disaster for an invader. Currently, we are killing each other, an invasion force would simply offer a more alluring target. This is not an endorsement of the NRA! I know about a hundred crossbow owners who would enjoy nothing more then picking off a few enemy from a tree blind with that silent killer.

]]> By: doro http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199990 doro Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:11:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199990 Turkey will not invade the kurdish regions, but they might "secure their border" on Iraqi soil. They are still begging to be taken into the EU and an all out aggression against the Kurds would ruin even the slight chance they have. Turkey will not invade the kurdish regions, but they might “secure their border” on Iraqi soil. They are still begging to be taken into the EU and an all out aggression against the Kurds would ruin even the slight chance they have.

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199984 WaltTheMan Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:07:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199984 #31 - AshenShard, This whole affair has been a dogma driven hornet's nest since W was so utterly stupid as to say: ”I’d say, bring em on.”. Horse operas and diplomacy do not share a common venue, and W is scared shitless by horses to whit. #31 – AshenShard,
This whole affair has been a dogma driven hornet’s nest since W was so utterly stupid as to say: ”I’d say, bring em on.”. Horse operas and diplomacy do not share a common venue, and W is scared shitless by horses to whit.

]]> By: AshenShard http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199933 AshenShard Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:48:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199933 #31 Good point. Though stranger things have happened. Though with a little tweaking, my scenario is possible. Would likely be a Saudi/US backing of a Baathist resurgence ... if not, then just Sunni in general. Iran will back Sadr. Then it is either a somewhat shaky split of Iraq, or all out Civil War with two major sides in the conflict. And is there any reason to think Turkey would not invade the Kurdish region of Iraq? Gah, this whole thing is a mess. #31
Good point. Though stranger things have happened. Though with a little tweaking, my scenario is possible. Would likely be a Saudi/US backing of a Baathist resurgence … if not, then just Sunni in general. Iran will back Sadr. Then it is either a somewhat shaky split of Iraq, or all out Civil War with two major sides in the conflict. And is there any reason to think Turkey would not invade the Kurdish region of Iraq?

Gah, this whole thing is a mess.

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199914 impeachcheneythenbush Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:40:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199914 <em>his administration would not allow anything like that to happen. If Saddam comes back to power it will be through a surge of Baathist insurgents backed by Iranian arms who take over Iraq and ‘liberate’ Saddam from his prison. However, Saddam would never be the strong man ever again. Either he would be used as a figure head or whoever has since gone up the Baath ladder of power will take the reigns and lead the country openly. Comment by AshenShard — November 29, 2006 @ 2:02 pm</em> The baathist (Sunni) insurgents are certainly not going to be supported by Iranians (Shia). Sadr will be the new "strongman." Just hard to know who's going to really install him. Iran? Or the U.S.? his administration would not allow anything like that to happen. If Saddam comes back to power it will be through a surge of Baathist insurgents backed by Iranian arms who take over Iraq and ‘liberate’ Saddam from his prison. However, Saddam would never be the strong man ever again. Either he would be used as a figure head or whoever has since gone up the Baath ladder of power will take the reigns and lead the country openly.

Comment by AshenShard — November 29, 2006 @ 2:02 pm

The baathist (Sunni) insurgents are certainly not going to be supported by Iranians (Shia). Sadr will be the new “strongman.” Just hard to know who’s going to really install him. Iran? Or the U.S.?

]]> By: Jake http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199888 Jake Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:35:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199888 We'll never leave, regardless of who the next president is. There's too much oil at stake.... We’ll never leave, regardless of who the next president is. There’s too much oil at stake….

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199878 RUCerious Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:32:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199878 #26 - Condi, without a doubt, took a couple of hours from her shopping trip and dropped a dime. #26 – Condi, without a doubt, took a couple of hours from her shopping trip and dropped a dime.

]]> By: doro http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199877 doro Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:31:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199877 # 22 Art, Hanoi is exactly what this reminds me of. # 22

Art, Hanoi is exactly what this reminds me of.

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199869 Zimzone Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:26:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199869 23, Hadley? Gonzales? Card? Cheney? Bush can't read, so it wasn't him! 23,
Hadley?
Gonzales?
Card?
Cheney?
Bush can’t read, so it wasn’t him!

]]> By: ItsJustKarma http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199864 ItsJustKarma Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:24:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199864 2nd attempt: Read this http://www___un.int/iran/pressaffairs/pressreleases/2006/articles/13.htm Go to the Fu*ksNewsFanDroolOut to read the reaction of the intellectually lesser gifted. It seems nothing can prevent the greatest desaster with the greatest desaster as CockInControl. 2nd attempt:
Read this
http://www___un.int/iran/pressaffairs/pressreleases/2006/articles/13.htm
Go to the Fu*ksNewsFanDroolOut to read the reaction of the intellectually lesser gifted.
It seems nothing can prevent the greatest desaster with the greatest desaster as CockInControl.

]]> By: Tom http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199854 Tom Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:22:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199854 <em>Ok, so who leaked the Hadley memo? Any ideas?</em> Probably GDumbya . . . he needs the extra day to sober up. Ok, so who leaked the Hadley memo? Any ideas?

Probably GDumbya . . . he needs the extra day to sober up.

]]> By: roger_inkart http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199849 roger_inkart Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:20:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199849 Ok, so <strong>who</strong> leaked the Hadley memo? Any ideas? Ok, so who leaked the Hadley memo? Any ideas?

]]> By: Art http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199847 Art Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:19:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199847 Not only will the US troops be asked to leave, they will be chased out of there. We better start planning an orderly evacuation now, or there will be a replay of Hanoi with people scrambling up to the helecopters on the roof. Not only will the US troops be asked to leave, they will be chased out of there. We better start planning an orderly evacuation now, or there will be a replay of Hanoi with people scrambling up to the helecopters on the roof.

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199833 WaltTheMan Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:15:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199833 #15 - tom baker, Say Mars in 2018? #15 – tom baker,
Say Mars in 2018?

]]> By: Tom http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199832 Tom Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:14:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199832 GDumbya needs the extra day to sober up. GDumbya needs the extra day to sober up.

]]> By: goodscarrier http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199825 goodscarrier Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:11:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199825 All that we see in the Middle East is what Pres Bush has <strong>inadvertently</strong> done in response to the horrific attacks of 9/11. Is the burgeoning Shiite fundamentalist state in Iraq an appropriate response to the horrific attacks of 9/11 wherein nearly 3000 people died ghastly deaths (e.g. throats slit) and tens of billions of dollars in damage were incurred? Is an approaching internecine war in the Middle East an appropriate response to the horrific attacks of 9/11 wherein nearly 3000 people died ghastly deaths (e.g. throats slit) and tens of billions of dollars in damage were incurred? 9/11 = 3000 ghastly murders + tens of billions of dollars in damage Iraq = Tens of thousands of lives lost and ruined + $400 billion <strong>WTF?</strong> All that we see in the Middle East is what Pres Bush has inadvertently done in response to the horrific attacks of 9/11.

Is the burgeoning Shiite fundamentalist state in Iraq an appropriate response to the horrific attacks of 9/11 wherein nearly 3000 people died ghastly deaths (e.g. throats slit) and tens of billions of dollars in damage were incurred?

Is an approaching internecine war in the Middle East an appropriate response to the horrific attacks of 9/11 wherein nearly 3000 people died ghastly deaths (e.g. throats slit) and tens of billions of dollars in damage were incurred?

9/11 = 3000 ghastly murders + tens of billions of dollars in damage

Iraq = Tens of thousands of lives lost and ruined + $400 billion

WTF?

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199814 tom baker Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:06:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199814 They have to find somewhere further away from Iraq to meet. They have to find somewhere further away from Iraq to meet.

]]> By: AshenShard http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199805 AshenShard Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:04:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199805 #11 I don't think Bush will ever exchange his swagger for a stagger. He'll claim this is all going according to plan, and that this is only a hiccup in what will eventually become a peaceful middleeast. #11

I don’t think Bush will ever exchange his swagger for a stagger. He’ll claim this is all going according to plan, and that this is only a hiccup in what will eventually become a peaceful middleeast.

]]> By: gk http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199804 gk Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:04:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/29/bush-maliki-meeting-postponed/#comment-1199804 Perhaps Bush could spend the extra day biking in Baghdad. After all everything is just fine in Iraq. Perhaps Bush could spend the extra day biking in Baghdad. After all everything is just fine in Iraq.

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