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Iraqi Leader to U.S.: Stop MeddlingPosted on Mar 29, 2006
Jaafari rebuffs Bush’s alleged call for him to step down, telling Washington to stop interfering in Iraq’s politics.
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By R. A. Earl, March 30, 2006 at 8:58 pm #
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Now, if Mr. Jaafari had said he would work to DISBAND the country’s “myriad militias,” instead of “fold the countrys myriad militias into the official security forces,” then I would have felt a spark of optimism about the prospects for success of Iraq’s plans for peace.
But I get ahead of myself… by about 1,000 years it seems likely.
There is NO PEACE POSSIBLE, as I understand the term, if bands of armed “gang members” are allowed to exist in any society. In Iraq, as in Afghanistan, “war lording” is a time-honored profession. There’s about as much chance of eradicating this way of life as there is of eliminating that other “oldest” profession… NONE.
Report thisBy JP, March 30, 2006 at 4:25 am #
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If we’re spouting off about promoting “democracy” and then getting upset about the results--Hamas, this guy--who the heck do we think we’re kidding?
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