the shiite's hitting the fan.
From the AP:
Cleric Rejects Iraq Ultimatum, Aide Says
By ABDUL HUSSEIN AL-OBEIDI
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Shiite militants bombarded a Najaf police station with mortars Thursday, killing seven policemen and wounding 31 people after a Cabinet minister issued an ultimatum to the militants to disarm immediately or face a massive offensive by Iraqi forces. Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, however, rejected the government's demands, according to an aide.
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Let me get this straight: last night, when I went to bed there was a peaceful resolution reached between Muqtada and Iraqi governing officials. And now the deal's off and he wants to kill or be killed.
I'm not sure which is more frustrating, the fact that I'm not surprised or the fact that it seems Dubya didn't see this coming.
Iraqis all over that country hated Saddam, no doubt; but the lack of vision on the part of Bush and Rumsfeld fails to grasp that the Middle East doesn't necessarily prescribe to our view of foreign affairs (the enemy of my enemy is my friend). In the land where religion is a weapon, their foreign policy is simple: the enemy is America, no matter what.
Holy Shiite! Muqtada al-Sadr hates America and wants to kill you...who's surprised?
Is that changing? Sort of, but not enough.
I'm not about to buy into the horse shit notion that "American Imperialism" is to blame. Rather, bald-faced racism. Let's finally call it what it is: racism and anti-Semitism. They hate Americans and they hate Jews. Period.
You can't negotiate with that.
Cleric Rejects Iraq Ultimatum, Aide Says
By ABDUL HUSSEIN AL-OBEIDI
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Shiite militants bombarded a Najaf police station with mortars Thursday, killing seven policemen and wounding 31 people after a Cabinet minister issued an ultimatum to the militants to disarm immediately or face a massive offensive by Iraqi forces. Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, however, rejected the government's demands, according to an aide.
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Let me get this straight: last night, when I went to bed there was a peaceful resolution reached between Muqtada and Iraqi governing officials. And now the deal's off and he wants to kill or be killed.
I'm not sure which is more frustrating, the fact that I'm not surprised or the fact that it seems Dubya didn't see this coming.
Iraqis all over that country hated Saddam, no doubt; but the lack of vision on the part of Bush and Rumsfeld fails to grasp that the Middle East doesn't necessarily prescribe to our view of foreign affairs (the enemy of my enemy is my friend). In the land where religion is a weapon, their foreign policy is simple: the enemy is America, no matter what.
Holy Shiite! Muqtada al-Sadr hates America and wants to kill you...who's surprised?
Is that changing? Sort of, but not enough.
I'm not about to buy into the horse shit notion that "American Imperialism" is to blame. Rather, bald-faced racism. Let's finally call it what it is: racism and anti-Semitism. They hate Americans and they hate Jews. Period.
You can't negotiate with that.
