Posted on 11/22/2005 5:24:24 AM PST by paudio
CAIRO, Egypt — Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition had a "legitimate right" of resistance.
The final communique, hammered out at the end of three days of negotiations at a preparatory reconciliation conference under the auspices of the Arab League, condemned terrorism, but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists if their operations do not target innocent civilians or institutions designed to provide for the welfare of Iraqi citizens.
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This is a group of the "disenfranchised" (i.e., bickering, fringe groups, moonbats, that didn't have enough electoral backing).
Then why weren't you fair? You should have called conservativecorner on his ad hominems, and not just come down on OhioWfan.
I agree completely, this conflict is CRUSADE 2001. That term is deliberately "un-pc".
Never can tell. My mother, a confirmed liberal and ingestor of only liberal media news, decided after the London bombings that we should stay in Iraq till the job is done.
When she asked me in 2003 how long I thought we were going to be there, I answered then 3-4 years.
But she also gets plied with my news about all the care packages I and our troop support group send to the troops and some news from the front seeps in, so that may have made a tiny bit of difference.
Anyway, there will be a time, God willing, maybe some years in the future, in which their view of the Iraq War may shift with the shifting world assessment of what it accomplished.
Of course, they'll never give GWB any credit...
But liberal rags have to tread softer on Reagan now than they did in the past as history is coming around to honoring what he accomplished. (And we are dealing with what he couldn't do and left undone.)
I am certain that the Israeli's heard about that. I don't sell their defense forces short, and I seriously doubt that they need "the world" to defend them.
With the success we have been having of not only putting the countries infrastructure back in place, but making it even more better than it ever has, combined with the training of Iraqis to take over the security of their towns, along with next years US congressional elections, I bet we will see a dramatic drop in the number of troops in 2006. Basically, we will be saying, hey, we've helped you have your elections, and the sh*tters are working...its time for you to take the reins.
If I am not mistaken, these three guys practiced "sufism" which is quite unlike the violent nature of fundamental Islam. I would imagine most "true believers" in islam would say these guys are mystical apotates.
You should reread his posts.
Impugning someone's intellect among other put-downs is a favorite liberal condescension tactic.
I'll let you have the last word.
Examples:
1. "You seem to be stuck on stupid? Can we do anything for you? You need the article translated into something like " phonics is fun" so that you actually understand what it all means?"
2. "how friggin childish can you be?"
Implying that your opponent in a discussion is a child is another favorite liberal condescension tactic.
Neither type of statement is worthy of a conservative discussion of an issue.
Good point. I remember the Iraqi prez saying that there was no hurry for the US and allies to pull out. They DO NOT want us to pull out until they feel they are ready to do the job.
"Looks like the Sunni's are getting their talking points directly from the the democrats."
Where's James Carvile currently at??
"All 3 groups came up with this horse shit."
So why are they meeting and issuing edicts from Egypt?
"So killing our men and women is acceptable as long as they don't target these other people and places? If so, bring the troops home today. Screw them and their shit hole country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The article says the writers of the document were anonymous but the article does reference the Sunnis. The Sunnis have had their power taken away and see this as a legitimate excuse to go on murdering our military personel. The majority of the country, Shiite & Kurd alike want a country of their own and no longer even believe a 'resistance' is necessary. Despite what the left likes to report, when I talk to servicemen over there, they depict the realities on the ground and by and large the Iraqi people are grateful we got rid of Saddam but also are anxious to begin managing their own arrairs.
"The question remaining is what kind of permanent military footprint do we have in Iraq starting in 2007. A few good airbases, a few good army and marine bases would be about right."
Sounds about right. Special opps to stay imbedded in the Iraqi army and gather intel, mess with Syria and Iran a bit.
Great tag line! God bless you for your service and for the great info!
Thank you so much..
"So why are they meeting and issuing edicts from Egypt?"
Because that's where the Arab League is meeting.
President Bush has been issuing "edicts" from Japan, South Korea and China this week.
Thank you for the post. The main problem with my parents is that they have always been democrats, they don't like change, and they get all their news from BBC & PBS. Talk about slanted!
I don't argue with them, because I just don't like to do that. But we are a close family, and I just wish they could see it my way, eventually.
Thanks for all the support you have given to the troops, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
This seems to have been a relatively meaningless resolution, although naturally AP puts the worst possible construction on it.
It was an effort of the various Muslim factions to get together and present the appearance of a unified front, but in point of fact they are not unified:
"Shiites had been strongly opposed to participation in the conference by Sunni Arab officials from the former Saddam regime or from pro-insurgency groups. That objection seemed to have been glossed over in the communique.
"The Cairo meeting was marred by differences between participants at times, and at one point Shiite and Kurdish delegates stormed out of a closed session when one of the speakers said they had sold out to the Americans."
Also, the article says that no timetable was specified or agreed on. In other words, this was a failed exercise in talk, talk, talk for PR purposes.
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