Tony Fratto shits himself

[unhappycamper]

White House shrugs off Iraq division measure
AFP
Published: Thursday September 27, 2007


The White House on Thursday shrugged off US Senate approval of a Bosnia-style plan to divide Iraq on ethnic and religious lines, saying the non-binding measure would not change US policy.

"It's not something that shifts policy in Iraq," spokesman Tony Fratto said one day after the lawmakers backed what backers touted as the sole hope of forging a stable federal state out of deadly sectarian strife.

"I actually don't think it's as significant a vote as some have made it out to be," said Fratto, who noted that the amendment was a symbolic "sense of the Senate" measure with "nothing binding about it."

The measure, which passed 75-23, provided a key test of an idea drawing rising interest in Washington despite opposition from the Bush administration.

The plan, offered as an amendment to a defense policy bill, would provide for decentralizing Iraq in a federal system as permitted by Iraq's constitution to stop the country from becoming a failed state.

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"Everyone has views of what might be the best way to proceed in Iraq. But clearly those decisions have to be made by the people of Iraq and they cannot be imposed by foreign countries, and certainly not us," said Fratto.


Rest of article at: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/White_House_shrugs_off_Iraq_divisio_09272007.html

[Robson]

1. Like the Iraqis made their own borders

But clearly those decisions have to be made by the people of Iraq and they cannot be imposed by foreign countries, and certainly not us," said Fratto.

BS.....Yeah like the Iraqi people originally established their own borders. Most of the middle east was carved up by outsiders.

[babylonsister]

2. al Maliki's none to happy either:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1928436