20,ooo more troops are bound for Iraq. 8 brigades are to reinforce the Iraqi military in Baghdad and 4,000 troops will be sent to fight al-Qaeda in Anbar.
18 Iraqi Brigades with US backup will be deployed in mixed Shia/Sunni neighborhoods with a ratio of 1 soldier to every 50 inhabitants. The focus will be on the Sunni insurgents but there will be "expanded rules of engagement" and we have al-Maliki's concurrence that political or sectarian lines will not protect any "evil doers."
The Democrats will maintain a "stay the course" plan which they have employed since the war began. Oppose whatever the President proposes.
Whit said, "The focus will be on the Sunni insurgents but there will be 'expanded rules of engagement' and we have al-Maliki's concurrence that political or sectarian lines will not protect any 'evil doers.'"
ReplyDeleteAt least on the battlefield. But after the battle, when the US forces hand the suspects over to Maliki, if they are Shi'ite they'll go free the same day, but the Sunni ones will show up again the next day on the street as a corpse with lots of neat 3/16" holes drilled into it. And if the Americans ever get too close to where Mucktada is hiding, the President will get a call from Maliki telling him to back the hell off.
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Thank you for the information Whit; I am educated everyday by this site and those who contribute to it.
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One fact is clear Shia and Sunni factions absolutely, completely hate the Pesh Merga.
With regards to the Iraq the Model article; "the media considers all Kurdish troops as Peshmerga while in fact there are three brigades; that are part of the IA and they receive orders from the Iraqi defense ministry." Sheikh Mustafa denied there would be any role for the Peshmerga in Baghdad's operations.
To believe this statement I have to believe that the loyalty of these Kurdish fighters lies with the predominantly Shia Iraqi army as opposed to their brethern...the Pesh Merga. Substitute Sunni for Kurd/Pesh Merga and is the statement believable?
The death squads/militia in Sadr City will be dealt with; either by U.S. and Kurdish forces, or by Sunni AQ-sponsored by Saudi Arabia.
Similarly, there is no escaping Iran is on the horizon. There are no good options; only bad and worse. Just my opinion.
An actual UK government poster outside a London metro station. Shades of 1984.
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Given what Fred Ikle says of the harm that will directly accompany technological developments, how else are you to keep track of all the new tools out there? IT provides one way. Genocide the other. Which do you prefer?
All the better to confirm racial profiling info.
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Police state indeed!
Then we can sit back and watch video footage of the cleansing.
At some point, the usefulness of racial profiling may decline, as bombers adapt to the selection. Then you're only hope may be finding the explosives themselves.
ReplyDeleteYou'd better hope there's innumberable floating eyes, ears and noses at that point.
Bobalharb, there are camera set-ups starting to pop up in Auburn and Seattle designed to catch red-light runners and send them a ticket by mail. They are starting to multiply like weeds because they generate free money for the towns, and I'm all in favor of them because I drive like a grandmother.
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