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Plane

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Targeting militias
« on: February 08, 2007, 10:25:31 PM »
is too early to gauge the impact of the arrest of the deputy health minister. Nor is it clear what will happen.

But the Mehdi army does appear to be feeling the pressure as a result of this targeted US approach - with many of its members now keeping their weapons out of sight and many of its leaders having left the capital.

There are fears it could simply be biding its time though, waiting for the pressure to relent.



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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6344065.stm
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2007, 10:45:21 PM »
<<There are fears it could simply be biding its time though, waiting for the pressure to relent. >>

or popping up elsewhere when least expected.  Is anyone surprised that they didn't elect to stand and fight?

The Mehdi Army KNOWS that they will be in Iraq for the rest of their lives, as will their children and their children's children.  Can the occupaton forces say the same thing?
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2007, 10:48:38 PM »
Quote from: Michael Tee on February 08, 2007, 10:45:21 PM
<<There are fears it could simply be biding its time though, waiting for the pressure to relent. >>

or popping up elsewhere when least expected.  Is anyone surprised that they didn't elect to stand and fight?

The Mehdi Army KNOWS that they will be in Iraq for the rest of their lives, as will their children and their children's children.  Can the occupaton forces say the same thing?


Of course not , but the rest of the life of the Mehdi army might not be as long as the US stay.
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2007, 01:39:37 AM »
<<Of course not , but the rest of the life of the Mehdi army might not be as long as the US stay.>>

No, that's why I added the lives of their children and their children's children.  The only Americans who will stay there longer than that will be the ones who are buried there.
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2007, 09:15:53 AM »
Quote from: Michael Tee on February 09, 2007, 01:39:37 AM
<<Of course not , but the rest of the life of the Mehdi army might not be as long as the US stay.>>

No, that's why I added the lives of their children and their children's children.  The only Americans who will stay there longer than that will be the ones who are buried there.

They can be dead too.
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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2007, 11:10:55 AM »
The odds are that the U.S. will bug out well within the lifetime of the current Resistance fighters, if history and the polls are any guide.  Nice sick fantasy, though.  Too bad about all those dead rednecks.
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2007, 05:11:19 PM »
Quote from: Michael Tee on February 09, 2007, 11:10:55 AM
The odds are that the U.S. will bug out well within the lifetime of the current Resistance fighters, if history and the polls are any guide.  Nice sick fantasy, though.  Too bad about all those dead rednecks.


I think of your longing for Americans to die as a sick fantasy too .
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2007, 05:15:54 PM »
Quote from: Plane on February 09, 2007, 05:11:19 PM
Quote from: Michael Tee on February 09, 2007, 11:10:55 AM
The odds are that the U.S. will bug out well within the lifetime of the current Resistance fighters, if history and the polls are any guide.  Nice sick fantasy, though.  Too bad about all those dead rednecks.

I think of your longing for Americans to die as a sick fantasy too .

Isn't it, though     
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2007, 06:18:54 PM »
<<I think of your longing for Americans to die as a sick fantasy too .>>

Nothing sick about it.  They've got it coming.  And if Muslims invaded YOUR country, they'd have it coming too. 

But what's really sick about your fantasies is that the people dying have done nothing wrong apart from living on top of oil that your greedy sick leadership covets.
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2007, 10:29:54 AM »
MT, why place this in a religious context, e.g. Christians versus Muslims? Isn't this pandering to the side of irrationality. This conflcit, of whcih I never espoused, was and is NOT about religion at all. To place it in that context, only lets the radical militiais CONTROL the context and provide yet another reason to kill our troops over there. This conflict was and is about POWER.
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2007, 03:46:41 PM »
Quote from: The_Professor on February 10, 2007, 10:29:54 AM
MT, why place this in a religious context, e.g. Christians versus Muslims? Isn't this pandering to the side of irrationality.

I think you need to consider who you're responding to, Professor       :-\
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2007, 04:55:06 PM »
Which is why I stopped visiting for a while. It simply gets tiring....<sigh>
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« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2007, 04:57:14 PM »
Quote from: The_Professor on February 10, 2007, 04:55:06 PM
Which is why I stopped visiting for a while. It simply gets tiring....<sigh>

You are welcome to contribute , but do not feel compelled.

Some people enjoy one thing ,some another.
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2007, 05:00:06 PM »
It is called "beating a dead horse."

Honest difference of opinion is stimulating, Irrationality is depressing. :-)
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Re: Targeting militias
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2007, 05:23:08 PM »
Quote from: The_Professor on February 10, 2007, 04:55:06 PM
Which is why I stopped visiting for a while. It simply gets tiring....<sigh>

Understandibly so.  Which is why Brass & I initiated the public financing thread, and why I introduced the to war or not, thread.  We look forward to your input on those, as well
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