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Nah, he's just a Karl Rove puppet.
US troop presence keeps neighbors from invading Iraq: Talabani
Sep 26 7:12 PM US/Eastern
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said that the US military presence in Iraq keeps neighbors from invading his country.
"The American presence has always prevented any kind of foreign invasion to Iraq," Talabani said.
"That's one of the main reasons why we think that we need an American presence, even symbolical, in the country to prevent our neighbors attacking us," he said at a forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Washington think thank.
Talabani also said Baghdad could not "further tolerate" neighbors' interference in its internal affairs.
"I think that our neighbors must understand that our patience is limited," he said, refusing to single out countries but adding "we mean all of them."
Iraq shares borders with Syria, Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Asked if there was concern over aggression from Turkey, Talabani said: "I don't think there is any danger for invasion by Turkey to Iraq."
Iraq has "good relations" with the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and could help Ankara in its conflict with the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), he said.
"We could convince PKK to stop fighting in Turkey," the Iraqi leader said.
Talabani also insisted that Iraq would not spiral down into civil war.
"There would be no civil war. We have problems, we have some kind of extremists who are fighting against each other. They are not representing the whole society," he said.
He also defended the US military presence in Iraq.
"The immediate departure of coalition forces would only unleash the terrorists," Talabani said. "I cannot promise when or how the American presence will completely end in Iraq but I can promise that American soldiers do not fight in vain."
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Hmmm... I guess this kinda debunks many of the left's talking points!
Nah, he's just a Karl Rove puppet.
"They are not representing the whole society"
no, but they are making reconstruction and normal democratic life impossible.
The Sadr/Badr militias are strong and growing, and have infiltrated the Iraqi Army and police from top to bottom. The Sunnis aren't wimps, either.
"Talabani also insisted that Iraq would not spiral down into civil war."
Iraq already is a civil war. Additionally, non-sectarian criminal gangs and networks springing up due to the absence of legitimate ways to make a living and absence of law enforcement.
Talabani is a US puppet, and as he says, he is totally dependent on the US for his own personal survival. His words are as trustworthy as those from a torture victim.
Thanks to the Repugs, Iraq is in a ing handbasket on its way to .
The Repugs are losing Iraq, and are outright refusing, along with their red-state electors, to do the necessary to win Iraq, and maintain it won for years.
fwiw (at least as worthwhile as dubya's and talebani's words), 70%+ of Iraqis want the US out in one year. I guess they can see that the US presence isn't working to make their life better.
However, the Repug up in Iraq is the devil the Iraqis know.
Do the Iraqis really understand/want to know the devil that will follow?
Last edited by boutons_; 09-27-2006 at 01:58 PM.
you know who else kept other countries (except for the US) from invading iraq?
kinda ironic
Finally, I've officially put Boutons on ignore. I feel so much more at peace with everything.
"you know who else kept other countries (except for the US) from invading iraq?"
Saddam
exactly, plus Saddam also kept his country in order. beleive it or not Saddam was the balance that a country like Iraq needed.
what does this prove? the war is still unecessary..
So since we started the imminent threat/ wmds/liberation experiment no one will invade now? That's reassuring
Which ones?Hmmm... I guess this kinda debunks many of the left's talking points!
That Iraq is going to be invaded by Jordan?
Talabani as President likely wouldn't even exist without the U.S. continued presence, so to say he is 'biased' over intervention is saying the least.
Provide the talking points you are referring to.. also add the 'libs' who made them..
Nah - you know what they are and who said what. I have better things to do with my time than look up who said what and when. Besides, whatever I posted, you guys would spin to suit your own views, so why bother?Provide the talking points you are referring to.. also add the 'libs' who made them..
See, that's what I'm talking about. I said I wasn't going to take the time to answer what I thought was a stupid question, and you post a quote with my name that says I don't know what I'm talking about.
Well I am well aware of the Democratic criticisms however after reading the article I could not find anything that refutes any of my beliefs.
"Nope. No possiblility of civil war here. But we really need you guys to stay anyway cause...(cell phone rings)...excuse me, it's my buddy Mamoud from Iran. Gotta take this."
So basically, President Talabani really wants the U.S. troops to stay in Iraq. This is news because...?
Last edited by PixelPusher; 09-27-2006 at 09:07 PM.
Talking points are for Neros.
Yep, he kept his country in order by gassing the dissenters.
"invade cuba"
... if Cuba had oil, we would.
btw, that recent find of very deep oil, 30K feet?, in the Gulf is actually closer to Cuba than it is to our Gulf Coast.
Iraqis.
actually getting a steady supply of cuban cigars makes an invasion all worth the while..
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