Posted on 03/04/2006 9:47:04 AM PST by jmc1969
One of the Democratic party's leading voices on Iraq warns the strife-torn country is on the verge of civil war.
His remarks tonight came during a foreign policy address at Brown University.
The senator said the conflict in Iraq is more a political and economic battle than a military one. He faulted the Bush administration for failing to better develop Iraq's infrastructure, economy and government institutions.
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The really tragic thing about all this is that in a few years, after many have died and lives have been changed negatively forever, these factions will decide to live in some semblence of peace. Why not do it today and spare the heartache?
Course I could be wrong, they may conduct themselves like rodents in perpetuity.
Dare one suggest that what Senator Reed really means is that he wishes it to be so?
(Al-Adala) Tribal leaders in Haweeja, one of the most tense areas of Iraq, have launched a war against terrorist groups linked with al-Qaeda in Iraq, headed by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They issued a declaration on February 28 allowing the killing of anyone involved in sabotage operations such as murder, abduction, property destruction, targeting of security forces, and attacks on oil facilities.Everything that I see is positive, and I couldn't care less about a few followers of Sadr running for cover.
You see, we will eventually turn the country over to Iraqis - The Persians would not.
This is about right for him - giving a foreign policy address in front of a bunch of people studying to drive UPS trucks.
Alleged Army Ranger and a current Democrat turned radical leftwing activist shooting for '08 candidacy on a combination of "Surrender Monkey" tactics and open criticism of our administration in time of war aimed at fanning commie-inspired speculation of Iraqi Civil War.
Chosen as a "new face" by the Dem shot callers to avoid dragging Clinton into the news while Bush is touring India ,Pakistan, Afghanistan. Weak jawed opportunist ready for Democrat "suicide" mission.
RIP Jack.
2001: Radical muslims fly jetliners into American buildings.
2006: Radical muslims drive truckbombs into mosques.
The different factions are getting sorted out. Maybe an alliance between Kurds and Sunni Arabs to prvent a Shiite government from exclusing them. The Kurds also have oil, which gives them a strong card. But the matter is really more complicated, since tribal interests have to be factored in.
My thinking exactly.
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