Posted on 08/22/2007 12:15:24 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iraq's prime minister lashed out Wednesday at U.S. criticism, saying no one has the right to impose timetables on his elected government and that his country "can find friends elsewhere." Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki blamed the U.S. presidential campaign for the recent tough words about his government, from President Bush and from other U.S. politicians.
Bush on Tuesday said he was frustrated with Iraqi leaders' inability to bridge political divisions. But he added that only the Iraqi people can decide whether to sideline al-Maliki.
"Clearly, the Iraqi government's got to do more," Bush said. "I think there's a certain level of frustration with the leadership in general, inability to work—come together to get, for example, an oil revenue law passed or provincial elections."
Al-Maliki, on a trip to Syria, reacted harshly when asked about the recent comments from U.S. officials.
"No one has the right to place timetables on the Iraq government. It was elected by its people," he said at a news conference in Damascus at the end of the three-day visit to Syria.
"Those who make such statements are bothered by our visit to Syria. We will pay no attention. We care for our people and our constitution and can find friends elsewhere," al-Maliki said.
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“Those who make such statements are bothered by our visit to Syria. We will pay no attention. We care for our people and our constitution and can find friends elsewhere,” al-Maliki said.
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Those spilling their blood and paying for your reconstruction have every right to set timetables. This guy is a buffoon.
Fine! Find 'em and get your country in order so we can get the heck out.
So are our elected who INSIST we rebuild Iraq. This man will be gone soon and in his place will be Saddam the Second chosen by the Islamic leaders. Then Bush will have his chosen by the people government in Iraq. IOW we are wasting our time and resources in Iraq doing nation building. If not for lucrative contracts going to certain corporations we would be out of there. That is the sole reason we are building Iraq as it is a corporate gold mine to a few companies providing U.S. taxpayer paid services there. There will never be a free Iraq.
No worries.. Our new Sunnis buds will take this guy out sooner or later..
And our boys and girls are in harms-way over there for this piece of work?
Well the Pig-O-Phobes have told us it is time to go home. We can now pull out immediately without losing face to our other enemy, the democrats.
We may all be created equal, but we sure as hell don’t stay that way once outside of the womb. Certain groups are noticeably less than equal.
Also, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if US dollars served as personal 'gold mines' for Maliki, and some high ranking members of the Iraqi government.
Just sayin'......
/jasper
Bribes is likely the key ingredient holding that government together. As a nation we need to stop pretending we can change the culture of Iraq. It's been what is is since before the days of Daniel. It will be so for long after we leave there.
Now I understand. If the war effort costs ‘x’ but we have maybe 5% in ‘x’ in business contracts that therefor is THE reason we are still in Iraq. Your theory has us in Iraq for pennies against the cost of this thing. And all this time I thought we were there for the oil. I’d like to think we are there for a number of reasons, the main ones being a bit more noble.
Maliki will fall when we withdraw, he is asking for his own death. Muqtada al-Sadr is just waiting to become the New Saddam of Iraq, except he will be best buddies with Iran. We will have created another country that hates us. We need the Michael Savage stratagy-Women and children and some men 24 hours to leave a designated area-massive air strikes and bombing, send in Iraqi military to clear up resistance, WE LEAVE. Hows that?
Those who get the 5% in business contracts including the very nation building itself don't care where the money comes from. And quite a few of our elected don't mind throwing away taxpayer dollars to them it seems. A few good Conservatives though have raised questions about the vast amount of U.S. money loosely flowing around in Iraq. You know when LBJ was tied to contractors in Nam the GOP has pretty well believed it.
Tell me as a nation what did we stand to gain by trying to make a democracy out of a nation with several thousand years of history being otherwise? Nothing as it can not be done. So why then are we doing it anyway for then? You may see those contracts as being a small issue but the corporations involved in this mess doing the rebuilding making the money off U.S. taxpayers do not.
It's also about the oil. Even my dad a life long straight ticket Republican now says as much and he's seen it all from The Great Depression in which he grew up in on.
BINGO!!!
You nailed it. Those lucrative contracts are not only the reason for us still being in Iraq but they were the reason for us going in there in the first place.
as to Maliki's comments, I wish he would lash out a little further and say that Levin, Reid, Murtha and the other rats that had popped off so much should resign from their seats for aiding and abetting the terrorists...
Exactally and it was sold to us as going in to take out Saddam. That was something many conservatives supported with reservations thinking that was the stated purpose for going to Iraq. Saddam is dead that was the mission. Mission Accomplished! Stop moving the goals and changing our agenda Mr Bush! Our long overdue exit may well have bought us a second war coming very soon. Thanks to an overstay in Iraq we do not have the resources we did in 2004.
As for the oil? If Bush would unite the GOP instead of dividing it and put his foot down on Radical Environmentalism in our own nation we could become if needed energy self sufficient. That IMO should have been done rather than trying to change M.E. culture.
Now as for the Three DEM Stooges? LOL watch for this. IF a DEM gets POTUS and IF the DEM's hold the houses you will see those three pushing for cutting checks to every thug who is a thug in Iraq just as we are doing now. They are simply mad because the checkbook isn't in their hands and their friends aren't getting their cut of the rebuild Iraq pie.
I am in agreement on all points.
“If not for lucrative contracts going to certain corporations we would be out of there. That is the sole reason we are building Iraq as it is a corporate gold mine to a few companies providing U.S. taxpayer paid services there.”
In any given WOT threat on FR, you’ll always find these Ron Paul people filling threads with anti-American conspiritorial nonsense.
Actually, Iran's "best buddy" is Al-Hakim, the head of the Badr Organization, and Maliki's right hand man. Both lived in Iran for many years and depened on its patronage. By contrast, Sadr (who stayed in Iraq during this time) is something of a nationalist compared to them.
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