So what exactly are we "handing over" on 30 June?

[BiggJawn]

There's talk of our troops staying there for 3 to 5 years, I hear that Colon Bowell is saying that the troops will be conducting "business as usual" (hunting for Iraqi resistance fighters and getting killed and maimed in the process because Rumsferatu is too tight-assed to buy them the equipment they need)

So what exactly ARE we handing over?

Gotta get a puppet up and dancing so Cheney can get that SOFA treaty before the elections are supposed to happen (ours, not theirs), I guess....

[dedhed]

1. We're handing over...

... Iraq, back to the Iraqi people... that big word I can't spell... sovereignty!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know!! They have no government, no economy, no police force, and no stable utilities. They don't even have a flag that everyone can agree on.

But finally, on June 30th... it'll be all theirs!

Lucky bastards....

:eyes:

[trogdor]

2. We asked that question at the "news conference"

It was probably the only question Shrub answered with anything resembling honesty. It has yet to be determined.

I'm surprised we aren't hammering Bush on this. We're about to hand over the keys to Iraq in two months, and we haven't a clue who we're going to hand them over to.

[ozymandius]

3. Handing over?

We will hand "them" the responsibility of window dressing duties to maintain the facade of legitimacy.

[buddy22600]

4. we are handing over the reins to a very pissed off country

to someone who is going to hate us

[July]

5. Well, what we're NOT handing over:

Control over their military;

Power to make laws;

Freedom of speech;

The right to change the laws made by the current puppet government;

Control over foreign ownership of Iraqi assets;

Control over expatriation of profits by foreign owners of Iraqi assets;

An elected government;

Control over our 14 military bases (under construction).

What am I forgetting? Also, there's talk that our troops may be there for DECADES. The bases certainly suggest that. How many troops does ONE base support?

[Gin]

6. We are handing over the "ceremonial keys to the city".....nothing more.

The whole thing is symbollic and once the population understands that..if they don't already...things will get much worse.

Maybe Negroponte will meet his match as ambassador of the biggest embassy in the world.

[qb]

7. "Limited sovereignty"

The Iraqis will be lucky to get veto power over public library acquisitions.

[Toucano]

9. Another Orwellian Oxymoron

from the hypermorons!

"Limited Sovereignty". It would be funny if it weren't so sinister!

[rman]

8. handing over the occupation from the US to the US. nt

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[Sparkly]

10. We're handing over the blame

The Chimp & Co. will then be able to pass responsibility off to somebody else when things continue to spiral downward.

[imax2268]

11. We are handing over

an freedom to an entity...

[leftofthedial]

12. nothing of substance

this whole issue is a chimera.

The bushgang and their Vichy co-conspirators will still call the shots, the US military will still be making things worse in Iraq, the "reconstruction" billions will still flow to Halliburton, peace will still be less and less likely with each passing day.

Just what the neocons want.

[JimT]

13. nothing

Nothing is really happening that day but a photo-op for the Bush campaign.

[Raenelle]

14. Another question that yields the same answer: War! What is it good for!

Aboslutely nothin'

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

15. This:

[supernova]

16. Nothing of importance

That's how Bush can so adamantly claim he's sticking to the June 30 deadline, because it's not like we'll be handing over, you know, actual home rule or anything.


edit: damn commas

[theboss]

17. That's the $64,000 question

Know what knows exactly what we are giving or who we are giving it to.

[RebelOne]

18. You can bet that we are not handing back their oil.

[hatrack]

19. It sounds like they'll get the flag and the office voicemail system

Throw in the postal service, maybe, but I can't think of too much else.

[BiggJawn]

20. Oh, yes, let's not forget the new Zip Codes!

Maybe Lance Armstrong can get sponsorship from the Iraqi Postal Service, "A Unit of the USPS"...