If The Democrats Really Wanted Out of Iraq They Would Site This "It's the Resistance, Stupid"

[leftchick]

Pepe reports on the real facts on the ground in Iraq, not that pie in the sky shit you hear from republicans and democrats alike and it is sobering. You really need to read the whole thing and yes it was completely predictable.......


THE ROVING EYE
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IJ17Ak03.html


It's the resistance, stupid
By Pepe Escobar

The ultimate nightmare for White House/Pentagon designs on Middle East energy resources is not Iran after all: it's a unified Iraqi resistance, comprising not only Sunnis but also Shi'ites.

"It's the resistance, stupid" - along with "it's the oil, stupid". The intimate connection means there's no way for Washington to control Iraq's oil without protecting it with a string of sprawling military "super-bases".

The ultimate, unspoken taboo of the Iraq tragedy is that the US will never leave Iraq, unless, of course, it is kicked out. And that's exactly what the makings of a unified Sunni-Shi'ite resistance is set to accomplish.

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As far as all the key Sunni and Shi'ite factions in Iraq are concerned, they all agree on the basics. Iraq won't be occupied. Iraq won't hold permanent US military bases. Iraq won't give up its oil wealth. And Iraq won't be a toothless pro-Israel puppet regime.

As far as a concerted Iraqi resistance is concerned, the only way is up. What a historic irony that would be - before the Bush administration is finally tempted to attack Iran, it may have to face a true benchmark imposed on it in Iraq.



Now instead of "we will stand down when they stand up", "keeping security forces for training and protection" and This beauty from Hillary: March 2007: In an interview with the New York Times, Hillary predicts a “remaining military as well as political mission” in Iraq; she states that if elected president, she would keep a reduced military force there to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and support the Iraqi military. The implication is that there will be permanent bases and American boots on the ground in Iraq far beyond the 2008 elections if Hillary becomes president.


The Democrats could easily latch on to the REALITY of a growing Iraqi Resistance (IT IS NOT AL-QAIDA!) and suggest, no demand we get all of our troops the fuck out of Iraq now. While we still can.

[aquart]

1. So our "enemy" is THE IRAQI PEOPLE.

Except I already knew that.

George Bush, may a sand fly lay eggs in your ass.

[leftchick]

4. that is what pisses me off

when democrats blame al-qaida and terrorism as the main reason US forces are still there!

:grr:

[Hydra]

2. "It's the lies, stupid!"

The Iraqi military can't act without our approval, and without our officers "advising" them, so how are they supposed to "stand up"?

[patrice]

3. "It's a Mortal Sin, Stupid!"

. . . a whole BIG pile of them.