Iraqi Foreign Minister wants US to stay

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18 Mar 08

AThousandYoung

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18 Mar 08

Iraqi FM against quick US troop pullout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_foreign_minister

How does this affect whether or not the US should leave Iraq immediately? Clearly our troops are not an "occupying power" or anything like that.

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18 Mar 08

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Clearly our troops are not an "occupying power" or anything like that.

If you're an "occupying power" then that man is a puppet. So this doesn't prove much.

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18 Mar 08

Originally posted by Palynka
If you're an "occupying power" then that man is a puppet. So this doesn't prove much.

So the elected representatives of the Iraqis aren't allowed to speak for the Iraqis? Who is? Al-Quaida?

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18 Mar 08

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
So the elected representatives of the Iraqis aren't allowed to speak for the Iraqis? Who is? Al-Quaida?

Read my post. Including the conditional clause. Thanks.

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18 Mar 08

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Originally posted by Palynka
Read my post. Including the conditional clause. Thanks.

I did. Your "then" does not follow from your "if". You're welcome.

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19 Mar 08

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I did. Your "then" does not follow from your "if". You're welcome.

The US ARE and a foreign occupying military. Therefore any elected officials are by default US approved, therefore will support whatever they're told to support. So actually he makes a very valid point.

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19 Mar 08

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
[b]Iraqi FM against quick US troop pullout

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_foreign_minister

How does this affect whether or not the US should leave Iraq immediately? Clearly our troops are not an "occupying power" or anything like that.[/b]

Country invaded.

Invading country decides to leave troops there.

What part of "occupying power" is the hardest for you to understand?

Zebari is a Kurd; the Kurds want the US troops to stay indefinitely so they can gain de facto independence from Iraq. His opinions are out of line with most Iraqis who have consistently voted for the parties that have supported a US withdrawal ASAP as opposed to those who were Western supporters (like Allawi and Chalabi).

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19 Mar 08

right on, no1m! at this very moment, the germans, the japanese, and the south koreans are quivering under the jackboots of the occupying American armies. maybe you should march on the NY state capitol in protest.