The Iranians are just one more example of a missed opportunity cause by the errant war of unprovoked aggression in Iraq.
Yet you myopic ignorant Bush Republicans can't see the damage you caused with your 'enlightened' policies. You had your chance, you FUCKED EVERYTHING UP, now shut the fuck up and let others who know what they are doing fixed the huge fucking mess you guys created! On Nov 20, 1:19 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > an Iraqi-American alliance because a majority of Iraqi perfer us as > allies to countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria, or Iran... > > http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/sadr-takes-aim-at-new-us-iraq-agreement/2/ > > >>> I think the fact that prominent Sadrist leader Hazim Aaraji said they > >>> were shocked by the developments reflects the complexity of Iran’s > >>> manipulation of Sadr and the SIIC by letting the latter agree on the deal > >>> while encouraging the former to oppose it — a miniature carrot-and-stick > >>> game. I doubt the Iranians are happy with the agreement per se; they are > >>> only happy with their self-proclaimed ability to play Iraqi Shiite > >>> parties against one another. I would even say that Iranians are doing > >>> exactly what diplomacy textbooks would instruct regarding presenting > >>> one’s own chips. What they didn’t understand of the textbooks, though, is > >>> that they also need to know how much the person across the table is > >>> interested in those chips. In fact, Iran is overlooking the fact that > >>> across the table sit more than America alone, when it comes to the > >>> nuclear question. > > What the Iranians don’t understand is that their carrots and sticks > are not big enough to change world opinion on their nuclear ambitions. > There is a multitude of states that couldn’t care less about American > success in Iraq but to whom Iran’s going nuclear is a red line — the > nuclear issue is not a U.S.-Iran duel on Iraqi soil. > > Anyway, I think the Iraqi decision to accept the deal was a result of > the tough stance of the American administration. This actually > surprised Iraqis who were used to a softer American tone. Moreover, > many parties in Baghdad have matured to deal pragmatically and > realistically with the issue of a strategic partnership with America — > America is the best ally we could possibly have. Even though Iran > holds a few strings, most of the strings now are in more capable Iraqi > hands backed by the mighty United States of America. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
