More Bad News For Hussein…
Found this over at Eye-On-The-World blog and just thought this needed to be brought out again, in light of recent news that Iraq had met 15 of the famous original 18 “Benchmarks” …just in case anyone missed it…
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I don’t think 15,000 or 20,000 more troops is going to make a difference in Iraq and in Baghdad.” He also said he saw “no evidence that additional American troops would change the behavior of Iraqi sectarian politicians and make them start reining in violence by members of their religious groups.– Barack Obama, January 8, 2007
Fast forward to June 1, 2008: Sunni Parties to Rejoin Iraqi Government.
Iraq’s main Sunni Muslim political bloc is on the verge of rejoining the Shiite-led government after a nearly year-long boycott, a step widely seen as vital to reconciliation after years of sectarian conflict.
Sunni leaders said Tuesday they had submitted the names of candidates to fill at least five cabinet posts as well as the position of deputy prime minister to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Maliki plans to put the six names to a parliamentary vote as early as next week.
“As soon as they are approved, there’s nothing stopping them from rejoining the government,” Dabbagh said.
The bloc, known as the Tawafaq Front, withdrew from the government last August over demands for constitutional changes and the release of Sunni detainees from Iraq’s prisons.
Sunni leaders now say the government has done enough to address their core conditions, including passing an amnesty law that has freed thousands of Sunni detainees this year. The leaders said they were also encouraged by the government’s efforts in tackling Shiite militias, especially the Mahdi Army of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
“We feel that a great deal of them have been fulfilled,” said Salim Abdullah al-Jubori, a spokesmen for the Sunni bloc, referring to the conditions. […]
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Barney would be a better president than hussein and he looks more presidential than hussein
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmNever noticed before - but check out the similarity in the ears
Amazing
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm