Holy Moley: I Think We Just Surrendered in Iraq. (Not a Joke)

[MannyGoldstein]

From the AP via the NY Times:

Envoy: U.S. Showed 'Stupidity' in Iraq
Washington showed ''arrogance'' and ''stupidity'' in Iraq and is ready to negotiate with any Iraqi group except al-Qaida, a senior U.S. diplomat told Arab television viewers Saturday.

[babylonsister]

1. That would be quite the surprise, wouldn't it. nt

[WCGreen]

17. Fuckin' Cut and Run Bastards.....

[jazzjunkysue]

2. U.S. to Hand Iraq a New Timetable on Security Role

By DAVID S. CLOUD
Published: October 22, 2006
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 — The Bush administration is drafting a timetable for the Iraqi government to address sectarian divisions and assume a larger role in securing the country, senior American officials said.

On Baghdad Streets, a Police Partnership Falters (October 22, 2006) Details of the blueprint, which is to be presented to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki before the end of the year and would be carried out over the next year and beyond, are still being devised. But the officials said that for the first time Iraq was likely to be asked to agree to a schedule of specific milestones, like disarming sectarian militias, and to a broad set of other political, economic and military benchmarks intended to stabilize the country.

[dipsydoodle]

5. like disarming sectarian militias

Oh haha. The Militias are bound to fall for that one.

[Webster Green]

8. Timetable?.........Is that like an "artificial deadline"..

Is the chimp flip-flopping?

[krispos42]

19. Bush doing timetables on Iraq? Flaming Pintos, Batman! What a flip-flop!

So they've failed to stay the course on 'staying the course', and now they want to have a timetable? At what point is Bush going to say that he was wrong and the anti-war people were right? I'm sure it wouldn't take more than a couple of months of "alternative interrogation techniques" to make that happen.

And while he's in Gitmo with the AITs, we can also 'discover' he killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman and Marilyn Monroe. Close up a few loose ends there in California...

[BornagainDUer]

3. It sounds like it. That's a sharp turnaround from

staying the cours.

[saltpoint]

4. But...but...Dick Cheney just said things are going remarkably well...

[SoCalDem]

6. My my.. Smells like

[Nay]

20. It smells like an election coming, you mean....

[mcscajun]

7. MannyGoldstein

When posting articles, always use the published title of the article as the title of the discussion thread. Additional information may be included in a thread title (in parentheses) if it helps to make the title more clear. Thanks.

[MannyGoldstein]

9. Yes, I'm Sorry - You're Absolutely Correct of Course

I lost my head - it's not every day that we surrender! I was in a "holy crap" stupor.

Given the title, this is probably more appropriate in another forum - feel free to move.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

10. I can't help but wonder...

If there isn't something of a palace coup afoot.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

11. Ya mean on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue yes?? n/t

[struggle4progress]

12. delete as unnecessary

[Little Star]

13. Is * cutting and running?

[Vidar]

14. Quick! Advance to the rear!

[alfredo]

15. Strategic redeployment.

[soothsayer]

16. A timetable? Why, why, that just emboldens the enemy! Osama

must be realllly happy with this current washington crowd!

[Harper_is_Bush]

18. Already posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2574057