Iraqi interim president: Insurgents will be gone in a year

[byronm]

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iraq's interim president has said he sees no reason why the insurgency should not be vanquished within a year and Iraq well on its way toward becoming a constitutional democracy.
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/08/iraq.interim.president/index.html


-byron
http://www.progressiveamericans.org

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Yeah. Right.

[ktowntennesseedem]

2. Of course! We are making such good progess there!

Ooops, I had sarcasm set to "high"

[byronm]

3. Is it insurgents, terrorists, "Freedom fighters" or what?

Who are we fighting and who will be gone within a year?

[William Bloode]

4. It mostly likely....

does look like it since he keeps his head stuck up his ass. having your head up your ass is a great way to ignore problems.

[NNN0LHI]

5. Is this the Iraq president Bush appointed by any chance? n/t

[Ripley]

6. And when I peer into MY crystal ball, I see...

An economic depression in America and total chaos in the ME as the US is forced to pull out due to lack of funds.

[Nihil]

7. Sounds like the distilleries are working again anyway!

:+

[moondust]

8. Another blind man in a room of deaf people.

I suspect there may be an endless supply of insurgents for several generations. Shiites will be elected. U.S. will start pulling out. Iraqi army and police will collapse on their own. U.S. won't go back. Iran becomes Iranq. All is lost. Neoconazis are hung by their heels.

Have a nice day.

[Ripley]

13. lol

Neoconazis. New one to me. I like it.

[Bridget Burke]

9. Who wants to bet he'll be gone before the Insurgents are?

For his sake, I hope that means retired somewhere nice with easy access to his Swiss bank account.

[LauraT28]

10. lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololo!!!!

[ixion]

11. Ah, the joys of drinking BushCo Kool-Aid

all of a sudden, everything is fine. Iraq is 'turning the corner' and democracy is 'just around the bend'.

In other news, Hell froze over and pigs are flying. :eyes:

[kwyjibo]

12. Also, Civilians will be gone in a year.

Gotta get rid of the future insurgents before they get bad ideas in their heads.

[gratuitous]

14. He sees no reason they shouldn't be gone?

Wow, why is the Bush administration replacing the double agent (Chalabi) they originally groomed for Iraq's big chair with a delusional whack job (al-Yawar)?

[Tempest]

15. 1970: President Thieu, "Viet Cong will be defeated within the year"

Same song and dance, different era.

[Mokito]

16. Here are my season's greetings for Allawi:

New Year Same Shit!

[grumpy old fart]

17. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.......

There weren't any insurgents under Saddam either.

[shrike]

18. And monkeys will fly from my butt ...

[snippy]

19. If every Iraqi joins the insurgency are there any insurgents left?

Or are they all just Iraqis?

[ckramer]

20. I will believe that if he steps outside the Green Zone

without being killed...