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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » U.S. arming Sunni coalition to battle AQ … just as coalition starts to fracture

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:00:28 +0000

[...] Afghan vet Major John Tammes questioned my assessment in this thread that warlordism among the Sunni tribes was a “likely possibility.” I hope he’s right. We might be about to find out. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Lieberman feeling froggy towards Iran

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Lieberman feeling froggy towards Iran — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:05:13 +0000

[...] He mentions Iranian camps at which Iraqi Shiites are being trained to kill U.S. troops, but doesn’t say which he has in mind. Could be the one outside Tehran that the Times of London reported on in April. Or it could be the one in Ahwaz where, coincidentally, you’ll find a replica of the layout of the government complex in Karbala — the same complex where five U.S. soldiers were captured and murdered in January during a mysterious raid which Petraeus himself has blamed on the Iranian-backed Khazali network and the Quds Force. (That’s the same Khazali network U.S. troops have been targeting in Sadr City over the past few months.) Or maybe he’s thinking of some other camp where they train Hezbollah to operate the 20,000 missiles they’re reported to have amassed in souther Lebanon, right under the nose of the UN and the Lebanese army. [...]

By: old_dawg

old_dawg — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:47:24 +0000

The more they kill each other, the fewer of them that we have to kill.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:21:32 +0000

Mohammad was the primal warlord.

You’ll get nothing from Islam but the same.

The same name. The same methods. The same aim.

Best they stay in their own lands and squabble there.

We already had 1000 years of religious wars. Enough.

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:34:16 +0000

The future of the war on terror depends upon the destruction of ~~Al Qaeda in Iraq~~.

It depends on what’s written in the Koran. It’s not a war on “terror.” That’s like having a war against bombs. It’s a war against Islam and all that Islam brings with it. Freedom and Islam cannot coexist.

By: georgej

georgej — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:53:15 +0000

Given the importance of tribal allegiances, this is a golden opportunity for America. The destruction of Al Qaeda in Iraq will be a body blow to our main enemy. It might even “finish” them in terms of effectiveness.

The future of the war on terror depends upon the destruction of Al Qaeda in Iraq. If they win in Iraq, their ranks will swell and they WILL bring it home to us in America. If Al Qaeda is defeated, their ability to recruit new adherents (the “foreign fighters”) will be seriously eroded and instead of burgeoning, their ability to fight us will diminish.

The Traitor Party does not consider Al Qaeda, the people who blew up the WTC, as the Enemy. Their enemy is George W. Bush.

By: major john

major john — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:04:21 +0000

warlordism is the likely possibility

Er…I dunno ’bout that one, Big A. I have a little bit of experience with “warlordism” and some academic training too. The two classic cases of Warlordism are China (post Sun Yat Sen – and whilst being pecked at, hard, by the Japanese) and Afghanistan, post Soviet/Najibullah, pre-Karzai.

Both are wonderous examples of utter lawlessness, the failed state, etc., etc. Iraq is too …er, concentrated (?) for that. Kurds area is calm, Shia waaaayyy outnumber the Sunni, and Iran is meddling – but no Imperial Japan or Soviet Union.

Maybe this situation is leaning more toward Central America in the 1980s thanm China in the 1930s.

But maybe it is the Jameson talking me into this position…

By: csdeven

csdeven — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:40:29 +0000

I say let them kill Al Qaeda and we’ll deal with the warlord issue afterward.

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:46:59 +0000

Check it out these homies are wearing some semblance of a uniform. Petraeus is a gambling man with this stratagy. Hey when you got nothin you got nothin to loose. These boys need some positive reinforcment right about now. How about air conditioning a mosque for them. Hit em where they live. Seriously.

By: SailorDave

SailorDave — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:06:57 +0000

Let me be the first to firmly bridge the Paris-Diyala divide by suggesting she serve the balance of her sentence in Baqouba.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:57:19 +0000

From the Paris! thread -

We’ve got 200+ comments in the other Paris thread. Rosie threads rarely got that high.

You’re always free to not read ‘em.

Allahpundit on June 8, 2007 at 7:16 PM

Comments aren’t everything, AP (or at least says someone who doesn’t do blogads).

By: Video: Red on red in Diyala province « Arhive « Latest World’s News

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:44:50 +0000

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By: flipflop

flipflop — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:41:06 +0000

Token comment on substantive post.

By: TheBigOldDog

TheBigOldDog — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:39:02 +0000

This is a great sign. Hopefully the tide is turning.

By: CliffHanger

CliffHanger — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:31:39 +0000

Paris who…?

GO 1920 Allahu Sunni Akbhar Brigade or whatever you’re calling yourselves lately! GO my favorite insurgent group! Beat your opponent… soundly!

Too bad we can’t watch this on JSPN (Jihadi Sports Prgramming Network).

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:27:07 +0000

Oh, and one more thing; I am proud to have absolutely, positively no Paris Hilton mentions (much less posts) at NRE. The closest I got was mentioning Paris Lenon going out of a Packer game.

By: Spirit of 1776

Spirit of 1776 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:25:51 +0000

I tried two Iraq posts and got five comments for my trouble. – AP

Perhaps a pendulum swing from the intensity of the last few days re: immigration into unimportant commentary. I know I’m ‘recharging’ today.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:10:13 +0000

I just LOVE red-on-red. After all, I seem to be one of the few that remember that we’re supposed to be turning them against one another.

As for the lack of comments (noted in the current Paris! thread), it’s Friday. 3/4ths of the country is already in weekend mode, and those on the Left Coast are almost there. Did you expect serious news to get attention?

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:40:26 +0000

Whoa serious homies!

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:25:53 +0000

So much for moderates. Introduce industry and infastructure, mabey a couple factories.

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:09:25 +0000

I just wanted to add a comment here so I can feel smarter than the 204 (and counting) comments over at the PH thread. THIS IS OVER THE FREAKING TOP!