"Maliki hails reconciliation effort"
".... One of the greatest challenges right now is resurrecting a deal on provincial elections that would find support among Iraq's three main groups: Shi'ites, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds. New elections are seen as step toward handing greater power to Iraq's varied regions and giving Sunnis a stronger political voice. Its collapse Wednesday dashed hopes both in Baghdad and Washington.
The Bush administration backed it as one of 18 benchmarks to promote reconciliation.
Most of the benchmarks remain unmet. But the US view is that - if compromises can ultimately be reached - the deals would stabilize Iraq and ultimately allow America to withdraw its troops...."
Pfffffft!
Yup, the surge was to facilitate political reconciliation, and it had benchmarks!
None of the benchmarks have been met over a year later, but the surge was a success!!!
I really can't take the MSM lies anymore, readers.
Here's another one:
Pfffffft!
You had your chance, DemocraPs, now just GO AWAY!!!!
Besides, Americans don't mind being there forever, anyway.
Just ask John McCain:
"John McCain said his remark that American troops could stay in Iraq for 100 years has been distorted by Democrats and critics, yet he still suggests a lengthy US presence comparable to that in Korea and other countries.
"I was talking about American presence after the war," the likely Republican nominee said at a town hall meeting at Rice University yesterday.
It's not a war, it's an occupation -- another lie the MSM repeats and repeats!
Responding to a student who had criticized his 100-year remark, McCain added, "No American argues against our military presence in Korea or Japan or Germany or Kuwait or other places, or Turkey, because America is not receiving casualties (AP)."
Yeah, Americans are so self-centered they only care about our dead and wounded.
He's not reading this blog then, world.
I'm an American, and I could hardly give a crap about AmeriKa's war dead.
Anyone in the Army now wants to be there, otherwise they would not have signed up over the last five years.
So fuck the troops; I ONLY CARE about IRAQIS and other people the U.S. is SLAUGHTERING WORLDWIDE!
Kurds are included in that group, as the weaselly little liar Gates plays FOOLEYS!!!!!
"Turkey resists calls by Gates to end offensive against guerrillas in Iraq"
"by Mark Mazzetti, New York Times News Service | February 29, 2008
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish leaders resisted calls by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates for a swift end to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish guerrillas yesterday, offering no timetable for withdrawing their troops from northern Iraq.
Gates came to the Turkish capital with a stern message that the Turkish winter offensive in the mountains of northern Iraq should wrap up within days. But after three hours of meetings with senior civilian and military leaders, Gates said he had received no assurances on when the Turkish offensive would be over.
Translation: Turkey told him to FUCK OFF!!!!
In fact, Turkey's minister of defense, Vecdi Gonul, implied that because of "winter conditions," the progress of the Turkish military campaign to destroy the infrastructure of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, could be slow.
With an extended middle-finger to boot!!!!
Gates said he was still confident that Turkish leaders understood the principal concerns of Bush administration officials: that the offensive could be prolonged, bloody, and - ultimately - ineffective.
Turn around and look at Iraq since we have invaded, Gates.
What do you see?
"I think they got our message," he said after the meetings in Ankara.
In one ear and out the other!!!
Or, MAYBE NOT!!!
Turkey BACKED DOWN!!!!
The Turkish offensive has put the Bush administration in an awkward position. On one hand, it points up the weakness of Iraq's government at a time when the Bush administration is spending billions of dollars annually to strengthen Iraq's military and other institutions.
But FUCK AMERICA and ITS PROBLEMS!!!!
We can't even find prison guards, from what I read this morning.
At the same time, the White House is open to charges of hypocrisy for criticizing the justification of a military invasion on the ground of preempting terrorist attacks.
During a press conference yesterday, Gates was asked whether the Bush administration was using a double standard on the Turkish offensive.
Gates said that Turkish leaders should be communicating more closely with Iraq's government, and noted that American operations against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan were coordinated with Pakistan's government.
Pffffffttt!
Yeah, right!
The CIA has launched a number of missile strikes inside Pakistan against senior Al Qaeda operatives. American officials occasionally notify Pakistani authorities just minutes ahead of time. Officials in Ankara told Gates that, with the help of detailed American satellite intelligence, the Turkish military is able to aim precisely at guerrilla camps that are far removed from civilian population centers.
And THAT is U.S. COMMUNICATION!
We do whatever the hell we want!
Fuck national sovereignty, huh?
Imagine the shoe on the other foot for a minute; USrael woyuld be screaming bloody murder!!!!
The Bush administration has been providing Turkey's military with satellite imagery and other intelligence to aid strikes against the PKK since last year. Gates said that, during the talks yesterday, he had not threatened to cut off the intelligence....
Oh, so Gates' complaining all a FOOLEY!!!!
We are GIVING them BOMBING TARGETS, readers!
No wonder the Kurds are the way they are!!!!
Declare independence like the Kosovars did, Kurds, and move on!!!!
Gates... said that he needed more information about the effectiveness of Turkey's campaign before he could determine whether it was justified.
The Iraqi government has condemned the Turkish offensive as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, and Iraqi officials fear that the campaign could damage the relative calm in northern Iraq."Then the U.S. better get troops there right away!!!!!!
