Bush poised to axe Iraq ruling council

[joeunderdog]

The Washington Post newspaper quoted a senior US official as saying the Bush administration has become alarmed at the council’s failure to make important decisions. According to the paper, the US is actively looking for an alternative strategy.

It has reportedly become frustrated by individual members on the US-appointed council who, officials say, spend all their time promoting private agendas rather than making important collective decisions.

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Although the council does include figures from each of Iraq's Sunni, Shia and Kurdish groups, its members were handpicked by the Americans and there have been doubts about whether some represent anyone but themselves. The council was set up soon after Baghdad was taken, when many in the US assumed the transition to an elected government would be a matter of months. Now it is acknowledged by all sides this is untenable.

http://www.news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1241932003

[jpgray]

1. hmm... "President" here we come? (nt)

[hang a left]

2. That *Bush can poise and kiss my ..Beeeeeeeeeeeeep.

[realFedUp]

3. they made some important decisions...

who of their pals gets what contract...

[radfringe]

4. ummm...guess the Iraqi ruling council

didn't make sufficient flower throwing arrangements...

[bowens43]

5. How could he oppose these people?

They're acting just like republicans!

[Malva Zebrina]

6. totally out of control

totally.

[arcane1]

7. "spend all their time promoting private agendas"?????

that's what the WHOLE GODDAMNED WAR IS!!!!!

:grr:

:mad:

:argh:

:needafuckingapoplecticheadexplodingsmileyhere:

[Vikingking66]

8. wow, that reminds me of President Diem

I wonder who they'll get next?

[DinahMoeHum]

21. and remember what happened a month later (40th anniversary)

n/t

:evilfrown:

[maddezmom]

9. not a big surprise

Bush's admin handpicks them because they were supposed to be dancing in the streets. Now that that intelligence was wrong, time to get rid of them. Who'll be next?

[brainshrub]

10. I seem to remember that this council was advertised as independent

but how can you fire people you have no control over.

Unless *gasp* they were under your control all along!

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Oh no! Whatever will Chalabi do?

Hahahahahahahahaha! :bounce:

[jenk]

20. CHALABI!

"I shall ride off into the sunset on a winged stallion, Yes I saw Saddam yesterday taking candy from a baby, he is moving around Iraq in a large caravan of Cadillac Escalades blasting 2 Pac very loudly, Saddam has become very much bling bling, and he must be stopped"

[Sagan]

12. all part of the plan!

The Council was too unwieldy.. gotta whittle it down abit. Of course, Chalabi's on the new, smaller, more "flexible" Council...

Then that will be seen as a little too clunky. Best to get it down to a three man "executive committee". One of them being Chalabi of course...

Gosh, three cooks is a bit much, so let's make one "Senior Director".. hmmmm..who should we appoint.... decisions, decisions.

While I'm glad to see that someone in the Chimpministration has read a book about The French Revolution and Napoleon's rise to power, I think they should do a bit more research before they just try to apply it.

[joeunderdog]

23. Right on target. Idealogues don't last long in this world.

Unfortunately, the Plan B will be based on the same unrealistic, ideaologic wish-and-a-prayer with no contingency and no basis in ethics.

Why should the next plan be any different?

[Barrett808]

13. Two regime changes for the price of one

Maybe he should bomb the IGC, just to make a point.

[denverbill]

14. What a bunch of morons.

Christ, how can they be so insanely stupid? Anyone with more than 1/2 a brain knew that Ahmed Chalabi and his cronies were a bunch of self-serving thieves with no local support.

[tom_paine]

15. Of one thing you can be absolutely 100% certain

The Busheviks will NOT have free and fair elections in Iraq. EVER.

You could make book on it.

Now, if the Busheviks could get some o' them fancy Diebold machines, the Iraqis could have Imperial Amerikan-style elections. But they wouldn't be much different than Iraqi elections under Saddam in that the winner would already be a forgeone conclusion

But, hey, the Diebold phony vote would be alot closer than the Saddam 99-1% phony vote, giving the ILLUSION that the guy the Busheviks didn't want actually had a chance.

Just like Imperial Amerika 2004.

[snippy]

16. This should convince everyone that Bush just wants Iraqis to govern Iraq.

I wonder whether Bush's God told him to do this.

[madrchsod]

17. so bush now is the

king of iraq or more fitting the new dictator replacing saddam. so the iraqi people just changed dictators..so much for democracy.

[JM]

18. They will keep 5

2 Senators and 3 Reps, all Repubs, of course, from our 51st State, the great State of Iraq.

Later,
JM

[jenk]

19. now THIS is an act of desperation

of course the repugs will spin it as an act of "leadership"

time dor regime change part 2.

[neverforget]

22. Next up: a new and improved dictator with the USDoD stamp of

approval....who that is, I don't know, but you know it's coming.

[kainah]

24. Perle arguing against it

The full story has a quote from Perle in it that makes me think this may well just be an extension of the State-Defense Dept fight going public. Sounds like State is getting a little frustrated by the lack of any hope for a constitutional system as it is.

[yellowcanine]

25. Please ignore the quagmire behind the curtin

Nothing to see here folks...move along now.

[truthisfreedom]

26. America poised to axe US ruling administration

The Washington Post newspaper quoted a citizen of the United States as saying a majority of Americans have become alarmed at the administration’s failure to make important decisions. According to the paper, Americans are actively looking for an alternative strategy.

America has reportedly become frustrated by individual members on the Supreme Court-appointed adminstration who, citizens say, spend all their time promoting private agendas rather than making important collective decisions.