U.S. Will Retain Power in Sovereign Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_american_power&cid=540&ncid=1473

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United States says Iraq (news - web sites) will be sovereign, no longer under military occupation, on June 30. But most power will reside within the world's largest U.S. Embassy, backed by 110,000 U.S. troops.


The fledgling Iraqi government will be capable of tackling little more than drawing up a budget and preparing for elections, top U.S. and Iraqi officials say.


"We're still here. We'll be paying a lot of attention and we'll have a lot of influence," a top U.S. official said on condition of anonymity. "We're going to have the world's largest diplomatic mission with a significant amount of political weight."


In just over three months, the mantle of sovereignty in Iraq will be passed to an interim government. Its composition and the manner of its choosing will be decided after a United Nations (news - web sites) team arrives this week.

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[htuttle]

1. They keep using that word: "sovereign"

I do not think it means what they think it means...

[acmavm]

2. Obviously not. But bush and his buddies don't use words like most

people do. They have a strange language. Their actions are the EXACT opposite of what they say they are doing and are going to do. It's like living in Bizarro World.

[leftchick]

11. you are sooo right acmavm...

it has been that way since day one of this misadministration. They are fucking liars and prove it daily... :grr:

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[Mayberry Machiavelli]

24. Princess Bride: "I do not think that word means what you think it means."

[IndianaGreen]

3. An Iraqi version of Cuba's infamous Platt Amendment

The Platt Amendment was forced on Cuba as a condition of independence in 1902. It gave the US veto power over Cuba's sovereignty together with the right to send the Marines to protect American business interests.

The sooner we get out of Iraq, unconditionally, the better off we will be.

[theHandpuppet]

4. Colonialism, American style...

So when does Iraq's puppet govt apply for admission as the 51st state?

[Just Me]

6. Uh, huh,...

,...what is that saying about the gods making over-confident those who must fall,...

Geez,...I wish this regime had an iota of humility or compassion which might tickle their fancy for "understanding". *sigh*

[Manix]

7. The Warsaw Pact...American style

[Old and In the Way]

8. Iraq-the 51st State.

Now why would we want to control Iraq's country? Couldn't be the #2 oil reserves, could it? Or the entire region's reserves, for that matter.

[leftchick]

12. and of course our new strategic position in the ME...

What with those four huge new Military bases Halliburton is building for us in Iraq. Wake The Fuck Up America!! :grr:

[mobuto]

14. No, the problem is that

the United States cannot disengage from Iraq without creating chaos. We've been suckered into a lose-lose situation. Iraq may become like a 51st state, not because of imperialist designs or anything of that sort, but simply by default - because every other scenario is even worse. The Bush Administration really screwed up.

[NNN0LHI]

21. "not because of imperialist designs or anything of that sort"?

Is that sarcasm or do you really believe that?

Don

[tlcandie]

9. Was nice knowing you Spain, Honduras, Japan, Poland(?)....

:hi:

[Karenina]

10. Hey, Mr DJ

You got any Jimmy Cliff in your archives? "Harder they come" springs to mind.

[Disturbed]

13. Iraq Democracy?

No way!!! That's not an option.

[trapper914]

15. Won't happen anytime soon...

...really...the misAdministration can't turn the country over to the Iraqis unless we can guarantee that it is free of WMD. Now...you know there are no weapons, and I know there are no weapons, but the Bushies will never admit it. Therefore, we have to stay.

[number6]

16. then its not Sovereign is it ....

U.S. Will Retain Power in Sovereign Iraq.

the Bu$h admin's hoax about Liberation and Democracy.

[Rex]

17. Sweet! How many states does that make us now?

I lost count after we annexed Mexico and Canada.

[daleo]

18. The thirteen colonies had more sovereignty in 1770

Vichy France had more sovereignty in 1942.
Poland had more sovereignty in 1970.
Gaul had more sovereignty in 50 A.D.
etc.

This will fool nobody, least of all the Iraqis themselves.

[Jack Rabbit]

19. The United States says Iraq will be sovereign

The United States says Iraq will be sovereign . . . . But most power will reside within the world's largest U.S. Embassy, backed by 110,000 U.S. troops.

That is a use of language that would interest Orwell. Some nations are sovereign, but some are more sovereign than others.

[leesa]

20. In other words, Iraq will remain under US military occupation.

Remember when it was a liberation force?

[0007]

22. I think the Iraqis may have something to say about this, 'eh?

Of course we know the hand Ahmed Chalabi is gonna play, LOL!! We know who the U.S. is gonna back.

[Q]

23. Just like in America...

..Democracy in name only.

[UpInArms]

25. hmmmm....

which works for anyone else:

sov•er•eign

Pronunciation: (sov'rin, sov'ur-in, suv'-),
—n.
1. a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.

nope

2. a person who has sovereign power or authority.

nope

3. a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority.

nope

4. a gold coin of the United Kingdom, equal to one pound sterling: went out of circulation after 1914.

nope

—adj.
1. belonging to or characteristic of a sovereign or sovereignty; royal.

nope

2. having supreme rank, power, or authority.

nope

3. supreme; preeminent; indisputable: a sovereign right.

nope

4. greatest in degree; utmost or extreme.

nope

5. being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc.

nope

6. efficacious; potent: a sovereign remedy.

nope

so what the hell are they talking about???