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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:50 AM Original message |
Iran's secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq (The Guardian) |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. the sky is falling the sky is falling .. better F*CKING NUKE IRAN,!!! |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Doesn't take much of a stretch... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So basically what you're saying is "go shopping"... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think it's a sad truth |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Didn't mean it that way... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I think you have fallen for the righty spin |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Amen about partition |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Well..actually... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Actually not. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That's a popular meme but not a particularly true one |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. ... and it wasn't the British |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. "residual forces" - sorry that is patent idiocy. |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. A residual force would not be there to "control the region". |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Wanna bet? |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Au contraire mon frere |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. "intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal" |
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BigRed1975 (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. If the Dems grow a spine... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. "We make Iran pay for that mistake" HOW? By killing more innocents with dumb-ass "smart" bombs? |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. YEAH sure talk about "SPINE" and "COURAGE" |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. You sound familiar with your |
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nitestar41 (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. As you said earlier... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. We've got a quarter million troops and mercs in the two countries surrounding them |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Your highlighting's absolutely correct |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. "If violence is certain to escalate, what's the point of being there?" |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. I only got as far as "US officials say" and knew it was going to be total, absolute B.S. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Juan Cole was like, "Guess I've gotta link to this silly thing..." |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. Wait a minute, isn't al-Qaeda Saudi Arabia's baby? |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Must've been a different al-Qaeda |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Al Queda is aligned with Eastasia. They have always been aligned with Eastasia n/t |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. Setting up the backstory for why we can't leave when the surge fails |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. they've been hinting at this one for ages now |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. Iran and Saudi Arabia both in Iraq proxy war |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
32. uhuh yeah right |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
34. Iran would be foolish to not make things miserable for us. |
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19jet54 (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. Just because... |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. All they'd have to do is follow through on plans for the Iraqi Parliament to take the summer off. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. Wait! Iran, a Shiite country, is working with Sunni militias ... |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. BLOODY PROPAGANDA OF THE BUSH and BRITISH REGIMES nt |
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