They ( the Republicans)don't pay attention to polls (unless they support them that is)
Posted by Goose1 at January 6, 2006 12:41 PMThe Kurds have already for all intents and purposes declared their intention to secure an autonomous nation for themselves, complete with a fully functioning Kurdish (not Iraqi) army. The "Iraqi" army (the one we are training) is almost exclusively Shiites. The insurgency is almost exclusively Sunnis. You can see where this is heading...
Its blowing up, boys. Personally, I'm pulling for the Kurds, as they are the least crrraaaazzzzyyy. Turkey's gonna be real pissed about that little development, though.
Stay tuned, and pray for the American soldiers who have been made neocon pawns and who will suffer and die as the shitstorm worsens.
Posted by God Of War at January 6, 2006 01:04 PMIn the 50's movie, "The day the Earth stood still", a race of robots could acertain criminal intent, and kill the would be perp. Bushco would be among the first logical "adjustments".
Posted by TIKI AL at January 6, 2006 01:13 PMKlaatu Barada Bu$hCo!
Posted by pessimist at January 6, 2006 01:21 PMAre those be the same computer models that predicted we'd be greeted with flowers?
One of the most galling problems with HRH George W. and his pals is their belief in abstract representations of reality over reality itself. He doesn't need to actually GET advice from former State and Defense leaders, he just has to APPEAR to be getting advice. His troops don't need to understand the insurgents, they just need to have computer models of the insurgents. Iraq is just a holodeck, and governing is just a video game.
Posted by biggerbox at January 6, 2006 02:15 PMI think God of War has got it right. We are looking at Iraq split into a Kurdistan (in North) , a shiite state run by an Ayatollah (in South) and a lawless area in the middle with no end in sight for the Sunni insurgency.
Posted by suresh at January 6, 2006 02:52 PMDecember 15, 2005--Thirty-two percent (32%) of Americans believe that President George W. Bush should be impeached and removed from office. Fifty-eight percent (58%) take the opposite view.
However, just 30% of Americans would be more likely to vote for a Congressional candidate who promised to work for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Fifty-two percent (52%) would be less likely to vote for such a candidate.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2005/Impeachment.htm
Posted by muckdog at January 6, 2006 03:43 PMThere's also a possibility that if a Kurdistan is established, Turkey will invade - they've stated repeatedly that they are against a Kurdish nation on their border. It's not likely that they'd invade because they want to join the EU, and their economy isn't so hot, but the option is there.
Posted by DukeRevolution at January 6, 2006 03:48 PMDon't get *too* excited. The Birchers and other paleoconservatives (like Pat Buchanan) were suspicious of the Iraq adventure from the beginning, and many of them have been very disturbed by the executive power-grab of the Bush administration.
So I'm not exactly sure this is news.
It's gonna be interesting, though, if liberals end up allied with not only moderate Republicans like Hagel and pragmatics like McCain but with old-school arch-conservatives.
Posted by Dan Hartung at January 6, 2006 03:56 PMLatest AP poll was interesting, Dems by a wide margin.
Chew on that bone, muck!
We know what is going on better than most, but we don't seem to be able to do anything useful with that information. Leaves me feeling like Cassandra who had the gift of true prophesy, but was fated never to be believed.
Posted by m at January 6, 2006 04:52 PMThanks m, you just summed it up for me.
Posted by Judith at January 7, 2006 05:44 AM