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Shiite politician assassinated in Baghdad

World Oct. 10, 2008 - 05:04AM JST ( 11 )

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rjd_jrOct. 10, 2008 - 07:52AM JST

No end in sight.
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SargeOct. 10, 2008 - 03:28PM JST

rjd jr - What do you suggest? No, wait, I already know - pull out all U.S. troops now and let the place descend into total chaos, allowing extremists to take over Iraq, right?
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SuperLibOct. 10, 2008 - 07:22PM JST

Shhhhhhhh Sarge.....that's the secret that's not supposed to be talked about....
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SezWho2Oct. 10, 2008 - 08:30PM JST

Oh, dear. And here I thought that secret was that the surge hadn't really put paid to all this.
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coulrophobicOct. 10, 2008 - 08:44PM JST

"And here I thought that secret was that the surge hadn't really put paid to all this."

You sound delighted by the violence. It's like you miss it.
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SezWho2Oct. 10, 2008 - 09:28PM JST

coulrophobic,

I'm waiting for a dot-path from my statement to yours. Don't make it too difficult for me to connect, please.

I think my statement said what I have been saying all along. Reducing the floor of violence does not mean that the surge has worked. And treating the reduced floor and limited political gains as evidence that the surge "has worked" is something that not even Petraeus does.

Now if you see something more in there, you're being fairly creative.
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coulrophobicOct. 10, 2008 - 09:34PM JST

I'm glad then that sez who agrees with what the article has to say:

“There’s no doubt that Iran influences Iraq,” Maj Gen Michael Oates told reporters. “The risk would come if they seek to influence the election using some nefarious operations or surrogates or they raise the level of violence in the country.”
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rjd_jrOct. 10, 2008 - 11:41PM JST

What other options is there sarge, unless you want to keep the level of troops there, which cost taxpayers billions a month, forever. What's the point of keeping the troops in danger over a precarious situation caused by the invasion in the first place? It's the Iraqi's country, let them fight and die for it.
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SezWho2Oct. 11, 2008 - 06:59AM JST

coulrophobic,

I'm not sure what you are trying to say. I think you have some faulty grammar going there. Perhaps if you try again...?

When you do it might be better to speak for yourself and not pretend to extrapolate to what you think I might agree with. If I don't agree, I'll tell you soon enough.

As far as Iran is concerned, of course it influences Iraq. It always has. They're neighbors and a majority of Iraq's population is Shiite. Even the enmity between Iran and Iraq under Saddam was the result of an influence.

However, you're not suggesting that the Iranians rubbed out an al-Sadr supporter are you? With al-Sadr's close relationship with Iran, why would they do that?