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Tyrone Slothrop
According to two Iraqi Shiite leaders, American officials signed onto the agreement with Mr. Sadr only after they received a forceful note from Ayatollah Sistani and other senior clerics, passed to them by Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie.[/list]
But we got them to agree that we can "run patrols through the city center", so that'll show them who's boss, right?
Why anyone thinks that Bush's speech have any relationship to what we actually do on the ground is beyond me.
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You know, this is such fucking bullshit.
Cutting a deal with Sistani and Sadr gets us (1) out of Najaf with less casualties, (2) makes us look "better" in the eyes of the Arab Street because we won't be blowing up their "sacred sites" (sacred because that's where they hide their snipers), and (3) further points us in the right direction of (A) getting out and (B) handing over the reins.
But you don't see this, right?
Let me guess - all of sudden you and your cronies are NOW saying we should go in there guns blazing, killing anyone in the way and take over the town. Which, of course, if we did, would be just horrible.
Just face it. it doesn't matter what anyone does over there - be it good, bad or ugly, you guys will find fault with it.
