Well, well. I do think George ought to take him up on it!America’s refusal to give Baghdad’s security forces sufficient guns and equipment has cost a great number of lives, the Iraqi Prime Minister said yesterday.
Nouri al-Maliki said the insurgency had been bloodier and prolonged because Washington had refused to part with equipment. If it released the necessary arms, US forces could “dramatically†cut their numbers in three to six months, he told The Times.
In a sign of the tense relations with Washington, he chided the US for suggesting his Government was living on “borrowed timeâ€. Such criticism boosted Iraq’s extremists, he said, and was more a reflection of “some kind of crisis situation†in Washington after the Republicans’ midterm election losses.
Time to call his bluff and skedaddle, sez I. Oh wait, that would mean he couldn't blame the resulting fiasco on the Democratic Party. Never mind.
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Topic - al-Maliki says "Give us guns and get your troops outta here." - GliderGuider 14:38:21 01/18/07 (14)
- Guess he didn't make enough profit - DWPC 15:46:57 01/18/07 (0)
- I think they left out the rest of the quote - Bruce from DC 15:36:01 01/18/07 (7)
- And what else did we expect to accomplish when we overhrew the Sunni government? nt - PabloP 16:04:20 01/18/07 (6)
- IIRC, being welcomed with roses. - Jeff Lessard 16:38:16 01/18/07 (0)
- good question - Bruce from DC 16:31:53 01/18/07 (4)
- ... blink... blink.... finally a bit of realism out of the Bruce! - L.D. 20:15:28 01/18/07 (1)
- Re: ... blink... blink.... finally a bit of realism out of the Bruce! - Ivan303 20:26:33 01/18/07 (0)
- We didn't have to take him out. - Revolver66 20:05:48 01/18/07 (0)
- the message is... - Jazz Inmate 16:37:15 01/18/07 (0)
- That's smart ......give the unstable government you guys - John EH 14:52:03 01/18/07 (3)
- Re: That's smart ......give the unstable government you guys - Lou S 15:02:57 01/18/07 (2)
- These guys will jump up and demand we leave and then say, - John EH 15:16:04 01/18/07 (1)
- Believe me, the Dems are their own worst enemies! - Lou S 15:27:09 01/18/07 (0)
- Re: al-Maliki says "Give us guns and get your troops outta here." - Lou S 14:51:17 01/18/07 (0)