The Sunnis extort
This wonderful new Iraq strategy has placed the US's claims of "momentum" solely on the goodwill of the Sunnis. Now that the administration has touted its "success," the Sunnis have the Bush administration over a barrel as the administration can't very well politically accept if the Sunnis of Anbar let that "progress" slide.
The Sunnis are smart. They know this. And now they want to get paid.
The Sunnis are smart. They know this. And now they want to get paid.
Sunni leaders from Iraq's Anbar province on Friday said they want billions of dollars as compensation for joining U.S. forces in the fight against al Qaeda militants..
posted by mikevotes at
1:25 PM
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And don't forget Kirkuk. If the Sunnis don't get the deal they want there Al Quaida will immediately become active again.
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Anonymous, at 3:41 PM
True.
It's the conundrum of the US position. Side with the Kurds and lose all the Sunni "success," or side with the Sunnis and lose the Kurdish cooperation in the government.
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mikevotes, at 4:12 PM
There is an expression I heard, it starts with, "with friends like these...."
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Praguetwin, at 5:31 PM
They're not looking for frinds in the US. They're looking for leverage.
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mikevotes, at 5:57 PM
Ya think?
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Praguetwin, at 8:05 PM
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