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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Condi Rice is "surrendering to terrorists"

Apparently, not only was Jack Murtha right, to some degree, he was also politically brilliant. Do you think this man, who is reportedly so connected with the military, didn't have some idea that this might be coming? Or am I too cynical?

Anyhow, now we know Condi Rice wants to "surrender to the terrorists."

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated that conditions for a gradual pullout of US troops from violence-torn Iraq could become ripe "fairly soon," but warned that a decision about their withdrawal will not be made unilaterally.

Appearing on two television channels, Rice said the possibility of handing over to Iraqis important security responsibilities is being constantly discussed in Baghdad by coalition commander General George Casey and US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad.

And in both interviews she stressed that the moment when US soldiers will start returning home could be close.

posted by mikevotes at 6:44 AM

3 Comments:

  • You know, if I mentioned this before, forgive me, but they transformed me from a clueless civilian into a soldier in the US Army (ready to KILL! KILL! KILL!, as Arlo put it) in just EIGHT WEEKS.

    So why does it take so long to do the same with men recruited into the Iraqi Army?

    By Blogger NEWSGUY, at 2:10 PM  

  • They're watching the polls.

    By Blogger NEWSGUY, at 2:55 PM  

  • Funny, I was thinking about that last night. Officers may take longer, but Basic is 30-60 days right?

    Also, I don't think the people who are joining the Iraqi army really want to be soldiers, they just want to take care of their families. With unemployment as high as it is in Iraq, the Army is a valuable check. The problem is, that if you actually do anything the army is supposed to do, like shooting at insurgents, suddenly your family is a target.

    So what do you do? You join the army, take the checks and do nothing until they fire you(which I don't think they're gonna.) It's really the rational choice if you're an unemployed Iraqi with a family.

    Right now, the average Iraqi is scared of the insurgents(don't blame them) more than anything else.

    And, that Cheney picture you use creeps me out everytime I see it.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 3:39 PM  

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