Negotiating is for pussies

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   kate 11.27.2006 at 9:37 pm | Permalink

   For pussies. Yes, for women, negotiating, begging to be let off from another intolerable situation a non-pussy has put her in.

   You da man George! Make ‘em beg. Make ‘em cry, make ‘em shake.

   Make me fucking gag and hope we stay safe untili 2008.

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   Heraclitus 11.27.2006 at 11:02 pm | Permalink

   And for the president of Iraq, who is meeting with Ahmadinejad and asking him for help in stablizing Iraq. While this is no doubt a sincere attempt to get Iranian assistance in stablizing Iraq, it’s also a pretty unmistakable “fuck you” to Bush.

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   belledame222 11.27.2006 at 11:41 pm | Permalink

   >While he cited a “truly riveting obligation to college bursars” for his children’s tuition, one administration official said that he has been frustrated with administration policy on Iraq, >

   for whatever reason, i glanced at this and read, for a microsecond, “burst into tears.” something about bursars, frustrated, and my own extrapolation, no doubt.

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   Marksman2000 11.28.2006 at 6:55 am | Permalink

   I’m starting to doubt whether the problems with Iraq can be fixed.

   Something tells me what we’re seeing now is only the beginning.

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   PoliticalCritic 11.28.2006 at 9:43 am | Permalink

   You have to talk to your enemies if you want to resolve the conflict. That doesn’t mean you have to give them anything though.

   Divide the country into three federations. Why force these people to get along?

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   The Phantom 11.28.2006 at 7:09 pm | Permalink

   –Divide the country into three federations. Why force these people to get along? –

   Absolutely correct.

   The Sunnis, the Boers of Iraq, are too used to kicking Kurd and Shia ass and will never want to be a minority in the country, not running the show.

   The Kurds- the reverse–why should they trust the Sunni Arabs or any Arabs?

   The Shia- think that many of them will be happy enough with their own oil-rich state. The only thing that gives one pause is the connections with an aggressive Iran hell bent for nukes.

   Iraq was never a real country. Dividing it is the best long-term solution. Though the short term won’t be pretty.

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   Mandos 11.30.2006 at 6:53 pm | Permalink

   *Unfortunately*, dividing Iraq has the side effect of enraging the neighbours. A new Kurdistan *still cannot* withstand the destabilizing effects of Turkey, which will likely—if a post-Iraqi Kurdistan were ever to come to pass—be hell-bent on ensuring that no institution there would be anything more then medieval.

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   Lauren 11.30.2006 at 7:27 pm | Permalink

   Partition has always been a fantastic solution for ending regional, ethnic, and religious violence.

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   Jill 11.30.2006 at 7:32 pm | Permalink *

   What could possibly go wrong?

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