We as a nation, because of the Libs that prevented all the drilling we could have done, have become to dependant on the mid-east and it has cost tragedy the lives of many of this country’s finest.

If it were true, there is precious little we could do about it as he was elected to Parliament and voted in as Prime Minister. Hence, he is the legitimate government of Iraq, under their publicly approved constitution.

We could overthrow him and have him arrested, this is true. But this would undermine everything we have done since their first election. And make us look like hypocrites too.

We could withdraw from Iraq in protest, but then we’d be doing what the enemy wants. And the lives of 3300 Americans lost in Iraq would have been for nothing.

Or perhaps we could pressure him to “change his ways” and force him to end his relationship to Sadr/Iran.

I don’t see any other choices for America in this circumstance beyond taking the battle directly to Iran.

I don’t know how we could figure it out, but I’m guessing CENTCOM could do it in no time flat.

Either Harry Reid wrote it to put the war in the dumpster (or the Iranians, al Qaeda same difference / same reasons) or it’s a fake to put Maliki on the spot and force him to push back at the Shi’a militias / Iranians hard to prove it’s false (Karl Roveish) but I doubt it’s accurate at its face value.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828673/posts

Ezekiel
38:18
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, [that] my fury shall come up in my face.
38:19
For in my jealousy [and] in the fire of my wrath have I spoken Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
38:20
So that the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence and the mountains shall be thrown down and the steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground
38:21
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains saith the Lord GOD. every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
38:22
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands and upon the many people that [are] with him, an overflowing rain and great hailstones fire and brimstone.
38:23
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations and they shall know that I [am] the LORD

Money. Good old American Greenbacks flooding his coffers.

He’s got a country filled with oil. And besides, Islamists ain’t in it for the money. They are in it for control.

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

Note that the MEMRI article says the Egyption article was published on 31 March, nearly a month ago. Don’t know why it is just how hitting the news.

To be accurate it was the Ottoman Empire that did that. That empire included what is now Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, etc.

crosspatch on May 4, 2007 at 4:19 PM

I know that, but I thought the Turks oppressed the Kurds pretty hard too.

1) It came from the Egyptian press, who also write things like “Jews make soup from Palestinian baby blood.” You know, these guys generally aren’t happy about democracy in Egypt or Iraq.

2) Jaysh Al-Mahdi takes orders from Maliki? Why? How? Makes little sense.

2) It’s incredibly conveniently worded: “we ask to temporarily conceal the commanders of the Mahdi Army, who are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards” Oooookay. This is like the prosecution presenting an alleged letter between two accused bank robbers reading “remember that bank we robbed, at 2:35 PM on March 2nd, 2007, in which we shot and killed several people, including Kristin Davies, John Tamara, and Shelbey Greene?”

Send the Shiites to Iran, send the Sunnis to Saudi Arabia. Then split the difference of the Country to the Kurds and the Christians.
Tim Burton on May 4, 2007 at 3:06 PM

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I’m not sure how much you can trust the Kurds?

To be accurate it was the Ottoman Empire that did that. That empire included what is now Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, etc.

The Kurds have blood on their hands from the Armenian genocide so I wouldn’t say that they can get along with Christians.

Hening on May 4, 2007 at 4:00 PM

Really? I thought it was the Turks who did that.

Defector01 on May 4, 2007 at 4:06 PM

Smart move, I would say.

AP reports:

Clashes erupted between rival Shi’ite militia groups in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood on Friday, when one militia launched an attack on the other’s headquarters, police said.

The violence between the Mahdi Army loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Badr Brigades of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq began earlier Friday when Iraqi police loyal to the Badr Brigades prevented a Sadr aide from entering the southern Shiite holy city of Najaf.

So when does someone in power get the top Chia’s in Iraq, and work our way to Tehran? It doesn’t bring back the heroes that have given their young lives, but it might finally serve to end the conflict. We keep treating the symptoms and ignoring the Islamic disease.

The Chias, The Dems and Tehran all in one big bed together to expel the USA from the Middle East.

TexasDan on May 4, 2007 at 3:48 PM

That’s how it read to me, like it wanted to be found.

crosspatch, the whole letter still sounds pre-set, if you know what I mean. It’s almost like it’s trying to explain things to people who don’t know, and shouldn’t be reading it.

TheBigOldDog on May 4, 2007 at 3:30 PM

Good point.

“In addition, [we ask] to send the commanders from the second line [of battle] to the southern regions, since we know that intensive efforts are underway to persuade the Americans to leave the situation [there] as it is. All administrative and security arrangements for the transportation of these commanders have [already] been made.

I find it hard to believe that any Iraqi politician or general would believe that Iran would be a partner. What is believeable is that the Iraqis stay on the fence to hedge their bet. With the American congress playing Chamberlain and Hyde with them what the hell does anyone expect? I don’t like it, but I expect it. They are in full blown survival mode due to our political fecklessness. They figure it is survive today with ‘A’ and tomorrow with ‘B’. So do we stay or do we go? Stay and we loose American lives. Go and we loose American lives. Simple choice. Die fighting or die begging. Time for America to choose.