Newsweek: WH considering a plan to lock Maliki and the others in a room until they resolve issues

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19762057/site/newsweek/page/3/

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Yet Bush's personal anguish does not seem to have altered his calculations, Smith says. "His formula is, 'We'll stand down while they stand up.' I've come to believe that is a mirage," says Smith, who calls Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki a "weak reed." Smith has company: at the heart of the Republican rebellion on the Hill is disgust with Maliki and the Iraqis. Part of the idea behind pushing a troop drawdown is to force Maliki and other Iraqi leaders to settle their sectarian feuds. "My conclusion is that Iraqi political leaders won't reach honorable compromises until they have their skin in the game. Not their soldiers', but their own," says Smith. There are signs that the White House is also losing patience with Maliki & Co. The White House is seriously considering a plan to lock Maliki and the others in a room until they come up with compromises on vexing issues like sharing oil revenues, says a White House official who asked for anonymity speaking about a sensitive matter. Whether the Iraqis would go along with this scheme is another question.

:crazy:

[Solly Mack]

1. WOW

"My conclusion is that Iraqi political leaders won't reach honorable compromises until they have their skin in the game. Not their soldiers', but their own,"

WOW...just fucking WOW

[Drum]

4. Same might be said of our political leaders, no? nt

[Solly Mack]

7. That's why the WOW

I was speechless

[Drum]

14. f'sure!

:hi:

[rurallib]

10. Yeppers. Who is Smith and how much skin does he have in the game?

How much skin does Bush, Cheney ad infinitum......................... have in the game?

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. That's rich!

:wow:

[Solly Mack]

32. I know! The whole article is awash with jaw-droppers

but that particular nugget ...lethal. A person could choke to death.

[saltpoint]

2. They might get some results if they lock him up with Senator Vitter.

I bet there'd be resolution to any conflict, real pronto like.

[TwilightGardener]

29. Only if Vitter goes number 2 in his Drypers. THAT would be a room-fogger.

[saltpoint]

30. Yep. That, plus the fact that if Iraq DOESN'T decide on basic liberties

for its citizens, including women, they might wind up just like Senator Vitter.

[Phredicles]

3. Will there be waterboarding as well?

Why on Earth is there so much surprise in DC about Iraqis' reluctance to sign over their oil?

[shain from kane]

18. Sorry. I repeated your comment below.

[Phredicles]

22. Great minds, etc. - I guess that's just the reaction the story inspires.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Hell just hang them all too and take ALL the oil!

Edit...Let Gawd sort out the Hearts and Minds later!

[Paulie]

6. HA!!! Some Sovereignty!!!!

We should do the same to * and the 26 percenters until they see reason.

[lazer47]

8. Better yet let's lock B*** and Cheney up until they fix it,

[mikeytherat]

9. And if they are locked in a room and make REALLY, REALLY BAD DECISIONS,

do we honor these decisions? Implement them? Ignore them?

You can lead a horse to water...

mikey_the_rat

[RedEarth]

11. Better hurry, they're leaving for the month of August... it's too hot

[snappyturtle]

20. Who's leaving? The Iraqi parliament or the U.S. government? I know

what you mean but the number of breaks our House, Senate and the WH take is unforgiveable. After all, we're at WAR! :sarcasm: Funny, how that war declaration is in play only when it works to their advantage.

I know * wants to get the oil "sharing" law passed especially before he has to go into Iran.

I'm going to e-mail all members of the House Judiciary Committee this morning along with Pelosi and Reid. This madness has to stop.

[napi21]

12. Is that before or after their August vacation?

ell, the US & Iraqi gov't both go on vacation for the month of August! The only ones who don't get a break are the soldiers!

[Nickster]

13. So we can lock up a sovereign country's government and force them to work on things??

[Subdivisions]

16. I know. It's Twilight Zonish, isn't it? And yet...it continues unabated. n/t

[mikeytherat]

17. Hell, yes! Lock up sovereign leaders until they do your bidding = democracy

mikey_the_rat

[shain from kane]

15. Oh, goody. Let's waterboard them.

[NashVegas]

19. Isn't That What They Did for the Russo-Japanese War?

As my HS history teach it told it, Roosevelt locked the parties in a room with pitchers of lemonade and no toilet.

[shain from kane]

21. "If life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade".

[Blackhatjack]

23. Don't you mean '...until they agree to sign over their oil to the Oil Companies?"

[Fresh_Start]

24. I say we make the admin have skin in the game

move the White House and their families to Baghdad until this mess is resolved

[havocmom]

33. Nice way to put 'We are holding you for ransom - hand it over'

This whole junta is just History's Biggest Heist.

[Blackhatjack]

34. If truth be known, they probably already told the US "forget it, we're keeping our oil"

[riderinthestorm]

25. How about we give them a time out too? Or spank them until they behave?

Sheesh, these are grown-ups - not children! Locking them in their room until they cooperate??! WTF!

[malaise]

26. At bomb point?

WTF. Bushco is not getting ther oil.

[madokie]

27. something tells me they will only disappear all these guys before its all said and done anyway

if I was malaki and co. I would be terrified. things aren't going swimmingly like bushco* actually thought they would and they are mad as hell and someone is going to have to pay. * cabal are on a mission and nothing can or will stand in their way

[JacquesMolay]

31. Oh hell, maybe Cheney will whip out the waterboard...

...n/t