Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

AP confirms: Iraqi lawmakers want timetable.

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU
 
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 11:54 AM
Original message
AP confirms: Iraqi lawmakers want timetable.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/ap-confirms-iraqi-lawmakers-want-timetable/

AP confirms: Iraqi lawmakers want timetable.

“A majority of Iraqi lawmakers have endorsed a bill calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and demanding a freeze on the number of foreign troops already in the country, lawmakers said Thursday.”

The bill would require the Iraqi government to seek approval from parliament before it requests an extension of the U.N. mandate for foreign forces to be in Iraq, al-Rubaie said. It also calls for a timetable for the troop withdrawal and a freeze on the size of the foreign forces.

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously in November to extend the U.S.-led forces’ mandate until the end of 2007. The resolution, however, said the council “will terminate this mandate earlier if requested by the government of Iraq.”
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:01 PM
Response to Original message
1. This means Bush's "surge" has little support in Iraq
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:06 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. zero support in Iraq
like everything else we have done to iraqis.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:06 PM
Response to Original message
2. I bet that
this does not make it to my TV today.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:15 PM
Response to Original message
4. it will be the ultimate irony when
Iraq kicks the US out for being too frigging greedy w/respect to the oil.

The Iraqis, if they are smart, will wake up sooner rather than later and realize that if they throw us the hell out and keep all the oil revenues to themselves, there'll be a big pie to split up and they can live in "peaceful coexistence" and hire chinese companies to do reconstruction.

If they continue dealing with the overbearing greedy Americans, they end up splitting up only 30% of the oil revenue, with the oil companies taking the rest.

The best deal they could make, for their own collective good, is to all shake hands, say to the US "get the fuck out" and then collectively clamp down on violence. They have the people to do it; they don't NEED our damned training. The militias may be thuggish, and they need more overt control, but the politicians can pull that off. Saddam did. They can declare three (or more) semi-autonomous regions, agree to share the pie, agree to clamp down on the insurgency and throw out Al Queda. They can figure out what sort of federal state to have over the regions (Tommy Thompson had this one right).

I've seen and heard comments that before the invasion Iraqis thought of themselves aas Iraqis first, and Sunni or Shia second. I heard a guy the other day answer "why do you stay?" with "I still love my country."

They need us gone, so they can face up to the fact that it is their problem. bush is like a parent who won't let the kid ride the bike without following along and holding on secretly. Only the parent does it for love; bush does it for greed.

The difference in our just "turning loose the bike" and the kid falling, vs. the kid saying "I got it, turn loose" is huge. I believe they want that, and perhaps the best way to get this thing over with is to mount a campaign to encourage Iraqi nationalism.

And I would just love for Maliki to tell bush "go away."


Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Fiendish Thingy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 12:22 PM
Response to Original message
5. Perhaps this is the reason (along w/Oil revenue) for Cheney's visit? n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 01:35 PM
Response to Reply #5
6. Could be, combined w/talking the Iraqi pols out of taking a vacation. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 09:46 PM
Response to Reply #6
7. If they go our troops should get their assess back to base camp
and not venture out for two months

of course, better yet, they should get on planes for home, but at LEAST stage a "work stoppage"
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-10-07 11:20 PM
Response to Original message
8. It's highly inappropriate for the Iraqi lawmakers to politicize this issue.
</Tony Snow>
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr 30th 2024, 06:56 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC