Maliki wants US troops in Iraq confined to their bases

[ECH1969]

Al-Maliki wants the Americans confined to bases for him to call on in emergencies, he boldly predicted his army could crush violence within six months if left alone to do the work.

The country's Sunni defense minister challenged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's contention that the U.S. military should quickly pull back into bases and let the Iraqi army take control of security countrywide.

Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Obaidi rejected calls by al-Maliki for the U.S. military to speed transfer of security operations throughout the country to the Iraqi army, saying his men still were too poorly equipped and trained to do the job.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey last month said it would take 12 to 18 months before Iraq's army was ready to take control of the country with some U.S. backup.

AP

[Bitwit1234]

1. Well Well

The start of another Saddam......And does he want to confine the troops so they would all be together and easier targets.

[CarbonDate]

4. Uh, no.

The bulk of U.S. casualties have come from vehicle convoys from road-side bombs and attacks. The bases are relatively safe.

[ECH1969]

5. No

Insurgents kill with IEDs and snipers. They can't take on US bases.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. Good fucking luck & let's go for it.

We'd find out pretty quick if "all-out civil war" is comin'.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Confined to their bases, or maybe even just over the horizon

Where did I hear that 'Over the horizon' line before?

[Disturbed]

6. One step away from asking the US Forces and their Mercs to

leave Iraq? A convenient exit strategy for Busholini?

[upi402]

7. Freeps already think we fight with one hand tied behind the back

As if killing more would cause fewer terrorists. They are violent idiots.

[ECH1969]

9. Saddam was able to keep the terrorists out

The US would never accept the kind of violence needed to keep a country like Iraq together and terrorists out.

Tito and Saddam were able to keep fractious angry multi-ethnoreligious countries together.

[upi402]

10. True. And is Bush getting close to the dead Iraqi count of Saddam?

I know he's killed more Americans for his war-for-profit racket than Osama's loons killed.

[Jim Warren]

8. Good idea

if he's talking about bases back in the US.

[Erika]

11. He wants the U.S. troops out there for cannon fodder

Otherwise STFU. How blanking nice.

[ECH1969]

12. 11 threads and not one person has figured it out

Maliki wants our troops to consign themselves to base so that the Shia militias can clean house and "end" the problem.

[knowbody0]

13. bingo!

[Disturbed]

14. Perhaps he and the Busholini Regime think that

the Shia Malitias can end "the problem". I have read that there are at least 200,000 involved in the Insurgency. Could Shia Death Squads eliminate anywhere close to that many people?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Hmmm

And Middle Eastern nations like Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia with large Sunni populations are going to sit idle by the Sunnis are crushed.

I don't think so...

[Skidmore]

15. We need to get out of t here and

as soon as possible. Anyone who thinks that this debacle in Iraq has merit is delusional.

[Gregorian]

17. This seems like a good first step. BAD BOOSH!

And it's their idea. It's another slap to Bush.

Do it! Stop bumbling around the country making a bad presence.