In Iraq's Shiite south, warlords slug it out

[Hans]

What a Victory. Thank God Europe has clean hands on this one.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/...uth/index.html

"Violence has become the routine means of interacting with the local population," Harling says of the militias, which have filled the power vacuum after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
They see no interest in seeing a functional state emerge."

[GenX]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thank God Europe has clean hands on this one </div></div>

TRANSLATION: "Well look at that! The fact Europe is a neutered has-been has actually produce a positive result for once!"

[Hans]

At least you finally admit the US influence in Iraq is a negative result.

[GenX]

Not at all, I'm just looking at it from your skewed view.

[Hans]

So Iraq is a positive development for the region?

[GenX]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hans</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So Iraq is a positive development for the region? </div></div>

You make the call. From the vehemently anti-war NY Times:

"VIEWED from Iraq, where we just spent eight days meeting with American and Iraqi military and civilian personnel, the political debate in Washington is surreal. The Bush administration has over four years lost essentially all credibility. Yet now the administration’s critics, in part as a result, seem unaware of the significant changes taking place.

Here is the most important thing Americans need to understand: We are finally getting somewhere in Iraq, at least in military terms. As two analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration’s miserable handling of Iraq, we were surprised by the gains we saw and the potential to produce not necessarily “victory” but a sustainable stability that both we and the Iraqis could live with."

LINK

[Hans]

You do realize that Iran is just waiting until you pull out, and then will install a pro Iranian government, right?

[GenX]

Who told you, Ahmadinejad over coffee and bagels this morning?

[Hans]

No, I am telling you. They are laughing as we speak, They never figured their former enemy Iraq would be so easy to take over.

[GenX]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No, I am telling you </div></div>

Like hearing it from Bozo the Clown.

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[Hans]

Time will tell, we will talk about this again in the near future.

[GenX]

By your command, Herr Hans

[Hans]

Been watching Battlestar Galactica to much?

[GenX]

Negative.

[Hans]

Beedy beedy bop.

[GenX]

Boop dee bop diddy bop...

[KDawg]

I ain't got nobody 'cept love songs in love
Hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla boobuhla
hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla bop