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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:54 AM Original message |
Why is the US demonizing and going after al Sadr? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. al Sadr won't allow them the steal the oil |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Of course he won't. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Point to someone in this mess who has clean hands (with the exception |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. You said it madokie. I couldn't have said it better n/t |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. al Sadr is anti-American. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Tell that to Saddam. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Saddam remained America's good ally & pal until Kuwait. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. I thought al-Sadr was supportive of Iran (and vice-versa) |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. He is the only thing keeping Maliki alive. . . . . n/t |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I know, I have heard on the MSM allusions to al Sadr being |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. He's not supportive of Iran. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:26 AM Original message |
So does SCIRI and the Badr Corps, but Bush is courting them |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No, Sadr and the Iranians have always had animosity toward each other |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Sistani is an Iranian, but he split with the revolution and wants no part |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Actually it is Bush's new favorite Shiite buddies that has the strong Iranian ties. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. it is very simple |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That does seem to be the bottom line. But so vast a majority of |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. the bottom line with bishco** |
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GreenZoneLT (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. I gotta say, Juan Cole seems to have lame Iraqi sources |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'll stick with Dr. Cole. He is a well know expert. His credentials |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. GreenZoneLT seems to be correct |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. On what do you base his "non-cleric" status? |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. He is not a cleric. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. He is indeed a cleric. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Thanks |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Your Iraqi "sources" are questionable at best |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. because they need a new scapegoat i expect |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. The Public needs an Immanuel Goldstein. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. because we have idiots in charge? |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. Juan Cole is proof there are idiots on both ends of the political spectrum. nt. |
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