Bush Wants Iraqi Parliament To Give Him OK To Attack Iran-So He Can Avoid Congressional Approval

[kpete]

Bush wants to get the Iraqi parliament to give him permission to attack Iran so he doesn't have to get permission from Congress.

The reason the White House is so hell-bent on signing a long-term agreement may have less to do with Iraq and more to do with Iran. According to press reports of the ongoing negotiations, the Bush administration is seeking the “power to determine if a hostile act from another country is aggression against Iraq.” Ali al Adeeb, a leading member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawa party, confirmed:

The Americans insist so far that is they who define what is an aggression on Iraq and what is democracy inside Iraq…if we come under aggression we should define it and ask for help.

The administration’s request would seemingly allow the U.S. to brand Iran as an enemy of Iraq and attack Iran in the name of defending Iraq pursuant a legal obligation under the status of forces agreement.

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Since the administration is unlikely to get an Iran war authorized through Congress, it’s instead trying to sneak it through the Iraqi parliament.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/11/iran-war-iraq-sofa/

and
Targeted Strike on Iran Nuclear Sites Under Discussion Again
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/40764.html

[LSK]

1. hes barking up the wrong tree there - bigtime

http://www.truthout.org/article/iraqi-parliaments-push-sovereignty

[Disturbed]

3. The Busholini Regime wants to colonize Iraq.

The Imperial Security Scam

*grants the U.S. long-term rights to maintain over 50 military bases in their California-sized country

* allows the U.S. to strike any other country from within Iraqi territory without the permission of the Iraqi government


* allows the U.S. to conduct military activities in Iraq without consulting with the local government

* allows U.S. forces to arrest any Iraqi without consulting with Iraqi authorities

* extends to U.S. troops and contracters immunity from Iraqi law

* gives U.S. forces control of Iraqi airspace below 29,000ft.

*places the Iraqi Defense, Interior and National Security ministries under American supervision for ten years

* gives the U.S. responsibility for Iraqi armament contracts for ten years

* gives foreign oil companies 90% control of Iraqi oil

[Hydra]

2. And the 50 bases is just icing on the cake?

Face it, this "accord" is Bush's wish list. I wish I could say it wouldn't work, but I saw something yesterday that makes me think Bush will attack Iran for attempting to "sway" Iraq to their side.

[lonestarnot]

4. And will we stop him? Fucking loon!