Graham Dobson wrote: > I don't believe Maliki is a good thing, he is merely the compromise prime > minister that it took the Shias' 5 months to decide upon after the Iraqi > elections. I think a real change in the tactics of the surge will be to no > longer wait for the Iraqi police and army to do a job they are incapable of > doing (perhaps because they are agents of the Shia's and more often than > not, part of the problem of violence and murder). There can be no good > government in Iraq until the violence and murder ends. I hope the good guy > to emerge from this mess will prove to be General David Petraeus. Graham. > Yes, I think Maliki and his police/military forces are part of the problem causing violence in Iraq and they should be watch carefully. Also, I hope you are right about General Petraeus and he is able to stabilize Iraq to the point U.S. forces can come home and leave Iraq under the care of a leader who is a unifier and enforces tolerance and non-violence among all factions of the Iraqi people.
Regards, LelandJ > > Perhaps you could elaborate on exactly what makes you think that al-Sadr > is not a moderate, given that he is a Shiite, same as Maliki and the > majority Shiite Maliki government. Why is Maliki a good Shiite and > al-Sadr a bad Shiite? Both Maliki and al_Sadr have military forces that > have engaged in combat. Both al-Sadr and Maliki have been accussed of > running death squad that torture and then kill Sunni or anyone else that > appear to threaten their authority. So tell me why Maliki is good and > al-Sadr is bad. > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
