Posted on 11/09/2006 7:08:22 PM PST by bobsunshine
BAGHDAD, Iraq - President Jalal Talabani said Thursday that he had been assured by Democrat congressional leaders during a recent visit to Washington that they had no plans for a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Talabani, a Kurd whose post is ceremonial, said Democrats also backed the idea of placing U.S. troops in bases while putting Iraqis in charge of security in and around cities.
“They all told me that they want the success of Iraq’s democratically elected government and continued support for the Iraqi people to defeat terrorism,” Talabani said about his trip to the United States in late September as many were predicting the Democratic congressional triumph in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
“One of them (a Democrat leader) told me that any early withdrawal will be a catastrophe for the United States and the world,” Talabani, speaking from his northern hometown of Sulaimaniyah, told the Dubai-based Al-Jazeera satellite broadcaster.
Asked whether the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld meant a collapse of the Bush administration’s policy in Iraq, Talabani said, “I know George Bush as a clear and strong man who does not bow down to blackmail.”
The “Americans made big mistakes in Iraq,” he said, including the rejection of its leaders hopes to form an interim Iraqi government immediately after the March 2003 invasion rather than occupying the country for more than a year.
Speaking about foreign fighters who are known to play a major role in the insurgency that killed thousands of Iraqis as well as U.S. troops, Talabani said the country was subject to a “foreign invasion.”
He said thousands of non-Iraqi fighters had been killed. Al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, recently acknowledged that more than 4,000 fighters from his group have been killed.
“We are being subjected to a foreign invasion, and we don’t have enough forces to fight this invasion,” Talabani said, suggesting that U.S. troops need to stay.
The Iraqi government and U.S. officials accuse Syria of allowing foreign fighters to cross into Iraq, a claim that Iraq’s western neighbor denies, claiming it is impossible to control the long desert border.
“All Arab countries have terrorists in our country, hundreds each, and also there are others from Muslim countries too,” Talabani said.
He added that “200 fighters used to enter the country every day and now it is about 30 a day.”
Yeah -
That "hesitation"
Then "zoooom" again
I'm sure that is a hit at Hillary for Empress 2008
New news to Marin County
this sounds worthy of congressional investigation - it's definitely worse than the mythical trip by Bush to Iran in 1980.
And that the check is in the mail, that of course they'll still respect him in the morning, and that they're from Washington and they're here to help!
God pity the Iraqis, they are so f***ed.
[That "hesitation" Then "zoooom" again]
He told another lie! I could have kept going with the nose..
"I don't understand this overreaction to the dems new "power" by the media. "
The Democrat Media complex CREATES REALITY THROUGH PERCEPTION.
Most power in Washington is perception power.
If the Dems had only 8 seat House gain, and 1 net Senate seat ... today, we'd be doing the RYMB high 5s.
Since this result is what the lib-Dem-MSM wanted and engineered they will do all they can to embrace, celebrate and amplify it.
"The dems can only do so much with those slim majorities if our side decides to fight."
And that indeed is the next battle, to 'define the mandate'.
The media wants a liberal mandate defined.
No comment on that
That one is larger than life
That's for sure!
I just got a "This image is not approved by ChildSafe" popup...
Christian news and commentary at: sacredscoop.com ...
The internet is going crazy.
These guys who were elected by such small margins act like they are suddenly running the country. Not so fast, Libs. President Bush still runs this country. Don't you think you should check in with him first? Oh and another thing, you do understand you don't take office till January, don't you. Then you can preen for the traitorous media.
Link, please?
Democratus interruptus bump.
Or, maybe a premature ejackass-election.
Why? They'd just all come together again with dumbest.
--Split it in three parts, Kurd, Sunni, Shiite.
Declare IRAQI FREEDOM ATTAINED
Attack Syria with the troops and Iran with our missiles.--
And while we're at it, split IRAN into 30 little pieces.
Occupy the oil fields of Khuzestan.
Then merge Persian Kurdistan with Iraqi Kurdistan. If the Turks squeal about it, kick them out of NATO.
--Split the Democrat party into three parts, dumb, dumber and dumbest.--
They will be led, respectively, by Baghdad Bonior, Jihad Jim McDermott, and Jackass Joe Biden.
Look what the DU jerks are saying about this.
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