georgej on August 30, 2007 at 7:31 AM

Or, three, this is all a lie.

Well actually georgej their is really only one option, and that is the one you gave first,

that His army is going under and he’s acting out of the best motives to stop the bloodshed, because he now believes he’ll get a better deal as part of the government than as insurgents

Why do I say this? well because the statements are coming from Arab muslims terrorists. Options 2 and 3 are automatic givens. If it isnt Option 1 then they are lying and it is a ruse. It’s a tactic that all of the Arab Muslim terrorists fighting Israel have used time and time again, they have even used it against us in Iraq before, and as when they used it against Israel it worked, so of course its a given they would use it again.

If true, the next question is WHY? What does he hope to gain from a 6 month lay-off that WE won’t be participating in? 6 months is more then enough time for us and the Iraqis to destroy Al Qaeda, institute a formal reconcillation with the Sunni tribes, including al Douri, the chief of the Saddamist insurgency, the Kurds, and the Iraqi government, giving Mooky a unified Iraq that will include not just the enemies of his blood (Sunnis), but other Shiite groups.

I think there are only three possibilities here. His army is going under and he’s acting out of the best motives to stop the bloodshed, because he now believes he’ll get a better deal as part of the government than as insurgents. Or, two, he has no intention to quit for very long; that this is a ruse, and he will be re-attack at his convenience.

Or, three, this is all a lie.

I think Conan stole that line from Ghengis Khan.

When your enemy takes a breather, start strangling him!

Attack the sleazy weasel now.

He’s expecting us to be as stupid as we have been every previous time he pulled this gambit.

Attack!

BohicaTwentyTwo on August 29, 2007 at 4:54 PM

LOL!!

I’ll pick Conan’s style, and pray that I am not the one being “driven before him”.

This suspension of attacks will just enable the dems to increase their demands that we bring the troops home.

Tater calls timeout so he can re-arm and re-cruit, and re-train his army of thugs and murderers in Iran.

Left says we must all cooperate and give him his time-out.

1) Al-Douri and ex-Baathists coming back to the government

2) Sadr stops militias from continuing violence.

3) Security crackdown from the Surge has reduced deaths and kept areas secure.

Yup, through my liberal-lens glasses it appears we’ve just about lost the whole thing. And thank God the great secular spirit we have.

“Conan! What is good in life?”

The age of Conan is long gone. Here’s the proper answer.

The most salient difference between warfighting and policing is the moral permissibility of noncombatant and bystander casualties. In warfighting, noncombatant casualties are permitted as long as combatants observe the restrictions of proportionality and discrimination. In policing, bystanders may not be harmed intentionally under any circumstances. Failure to observe this rule undermines the peace—often tenuous in these circumstances—that military action has achieved.

FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency

“Conan! What is good in life?”

“To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of da vimen!

I mean, since we’re quoting old movies and all.

Iran and their stooges are running out of steam. Time to take it to ‘em in a big way.

What’s with the sheet cape? A whole new Batman with a smelly turban look?

I’m sure that this is what it is. If the Iraqi security forces can get trained and up to speed in six months, it will be very difficult for the Mahdi army to re-establish itself.

Keep the preasure on!

Only the liberals in Congress want the US to find defeat when we appear to be on the march to victory.

This does not mean we are any safer!!! We’re still losing!!!

You forgot There’s no political progress!!!

Although I can’t see how this wouldn’t help with the political situation. Hopefully it will soon be time for the left to find the newest biggest problem again.

Sadr’s got da crazy eyes.