Zeb, Be so kind as to point out where and how LW is wrong. Your just saying he is does not mean jack shit.
On Nov 20, 3:37 pm, Zebnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stupid analyis. Totally wrong. Don't bother trying again. > > On Nov 20, 4:24 pm, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The US interference in Iraqi politics makes the Iraqi puppet > > government illegal under UN law. An occupying force MUST NOT influnce > > domestic politics or the running of the economy--the US has done both. > > In fact the US drafted the Iraqi constitution. > > > Lets rubber stamp an imperialist occupation. > > > On Nov 21, 8:19 am, 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
