More Questions For Petraeus

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/more-questions-for-petrae_b_95519.html


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Which is why I have a few more questions for Petraeus and Crocker:

What do you think of Maliki's new order which will ban any Iraqi group tied to a militia who has not disarmed from participating in their upcoming election? Does he even have the power to do so under Iraqi law, or is this a power grab by Maliki?

If this new order is used in an unbalanced way, to disarm some militias but not certain ones who support Maliki; will the United States military still participate and help Maliki achieve his political goals?

To what extent is the Iraq Army comprised of people whose first loyalty is to the Supreme Council or Dawa party? Fifty percent? Seventy-five percent? Ninety percent? What about the national police force? Please give both answers as numerical percentages.

Will the Sunni Awakening groups that the United States is currently supporting monetarily have to give up their weapons? Wouldn't they be considered "militias" by Maliki's definition? Do you think they are going to willingly turn over their arms to the central government? What do you see happening if they don't?

If the Awakening groups do not give up their arms, and Maliki orders the Iraqi Army to start an offensive against them, which side will the United States be on? Will we give support to the Iraqi Army the way we did in Basra, or will we support the Awakening groups as we have been doing up until this point? Or will we just stand back and not support either one?


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[Mnemosyne]

1. This definitely needs more

:kick: and R.

Thanks slad!