Iraq Governor Bremer Heads to U.S. at Short Notice

[RamboLiberal]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=564&u=/nm/20031111/ts_nm/iraq_bremer_dc_1&printer=1

Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S. governor, Paul Bremer, has left for Washington at short notice and canceled a meeting on Tuesday with visiting Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller, the Polish delegation said.

Officials in the U.S.-led administration had no immediate comment on Bremer's trip to Washington.

[Don Claybrook]

1. In the words of Saint Reagan

We begin bombing in 20 minutes, as it were.

Stupid, stupid, kneejerk administration.

[Corgigal]

2. OOOOH

Baby is going to get fired.

I got 2 bucks on it.

[MaineDem]

3. That's what my husband just said, too

A shame we can't fire the boss until next year! :(

[alcuno]

9. This administration fires no one. It's like the mafia.

They'll make you gone before they fire you.

[0007]

41. Hillarious, but you got it right pal.

I think Bremer just figured out the green zones are surrounded. And the old 'Seven Samurai' game is about to begin with WMD.

[caledesi]

36. Fired or resignation? nt

[htuttle]

4. How 'short notice' was it?

This short?



Was Chalabi dangling from the skids on the chopper?

[Jacobin]

6. I remember that picture well

[alcuno]

7. I have never seen that picture before. Incredible.

[wtmusic]

10. There's another of people hanging off the skids

as it takes off.

A moment of incomparable shame for the US.

[gasperc]

28. and to think, Ford almost got re-elected

:mad:

[stevedeshazer]

39. Like W,

Ford was not elected in the first place.

[psychopomp]

29. Mostly Vietnamese who worked at the embassy

IIRC, they were the last to know, of course, and were deathly afraid of being caught by the approaching NVA.

This scene was re-enacted in "Miss Saigon" with an actual Huey frame dropping from above the stage.

[PurityOfEssence]

23. No, Chalabi's being held over the side, from the door of the chopper

He's been uppity of late; he needs to wise up or he's going to get himself dissolved pretty soon.

[reprobate]

45. But at least we withdrew "With Honor"!

[loudnclear]

5. They must know of an attack planned ...

the top brass always is away when danger is near.

[IndianaGreen]

12. I agree, they are expecting something major

and they don't want to count Bremer among the casualties.

Bush should be recalling the troops, not just his cronies!

[beanball]

40. The brass always bugs out

the leaders always have business in a safe location when there is a threat to their safety,in the not so distant past they were called cowards,today they are just CTA. (covering their a---)

[wtmusic]

8. Reichsmarschall Bremer recalled to Berlin

He can only hope he gets fired. Who's the next goon in line?

[Rollins]

11. Bet 2 bucks it is Sanchez that gets fired

The Bush Admin is fighting an uphill battle as it is and they aren't going to win hearts and minds with Sanchez's testosterone base talk.
He is done.

[birdman]

34. Is Sanchez dirty ?

Never Mind

[BiggJawn]

13. What, no teleconference?

What's so damn important that they had to roll a jet to cart Bremer's worthless ass back to DC? I hope he IS getting shit-canned!

[gratuitous]

14. He is NOT running away

So stop saying that!

[saigon68]

19. NEW PUPPETS NEEDED

The Chimpanzee's HANDLERS (Corporate Interests) will even supply the strings.

[Cocoa]

15. less valuable people should be nervous

People whose lives aren't as important than Bremer's, so they're stuck in Iraq for the big attack they're expecting, should say their prayers.

Remember he was on vacation when the UN headquarters was attacked?

[omshanti]

16. New link to Wash Post Story

Yup folks, it looks like "Jerry" is gone, or Sanchez is gone.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25356-2003Nov11.html
BAGHDAD, Nov. 11 -- L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, is returning unexpectedly to Washington for high level consultations amid continued frustration with the performance of Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council, administration officials said Tuesday.
The Bush administration is considering changes in the structure and timing of Iraq's transition self-governance, including a new Iraqi constitution and elected government, said an administration official involved in Iraq policy in Washington.

[IndianaGreen]

21. I guess this means Bush has decided on an American Saddam

Rather than deal with the rabble they have as puppets, Bush decided to install an Iraqi strongman in charge of the puppet regime, IOW an American Saddam.

I wonder who will be Iraq's version of Ngo Dinh Diem?

[0007]

42. This guy?

"U.S. authorities insist that ties between business and government officials have not tainted any contracts. "We're following all the standard federal rules" in awarding U.S. contracts, said a Pentagon official, who asked to remain unidentified"

[Dover]

24. Maybe it's due to the call for Rummy's resignation. Rummy has

to blame SOMEONE! If heads must roll because of this pathetic excuse for a foreign policy and endless "war", like all good GOPers do when asked to take responsibility for their actions, they start pointing fingers and screaching, "evil doer!...he bad!...".

[KansDem]

25. "...including a new Iraqi constitution..."

Then Bush remembers, "Hey! We got one we're not using! Let's give 'em that one!"

[MO_Dem]

48. That's very funny

even if it is so true that it's scary. It doesn't help to cry, so we may as well laugh.

[omshanti]

17. please delete

argh!

[omshanti]

18. please delete (I swear I only hit 'post' once!)

[Minstrel Boy]

20. Bring back Jay Garner! At least he was funny.

"We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in a mirror and get proud and stick out our chests and suck in our bellies and say: 'Damn, we're Americans!'," Jay Garner told reporters, saying that Iraq's oil fields and other infrastructure survived the war almost intact.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0430-12.htm

[Unknown Known]

30. LOL - thanks for the laugh. I can just see him saying this!

Garner thinks he's the reincarnation of MacArthur!

[reprobate]

44. I'd prefer James Garner. At least he can ACT dignified!

[joanski01]

22. Do you think that maybe

they are going to get rid of Chalabli? I don't know though, Chalabli is one of them. He probably reports to Bremmer what the other Council members are saying and doing.

[truthspeaker]

26. I predict they'll get rid of the whole Council

The council effectively sabotaged the effort to bring in Turkish troops ("Oh yes, Mr. American, thanks for bringing in Brits, now please send in an occupation force from our other former colonial master!"). Don't follow Washington's marching orders, lose your job.

[Barrett808]

27. I sense he'll be "spending more time with his family" soon n/t

n/t

[Patriot_Spear]

31. $10 Bucks says he found out he was about to get whacked...

I bet Saddam has a pretty price on HIS head and the word came down somebody was about to collect... Run, Paul- RUN!

[birdman]

32. Canned like a tuna

Campbell Brown predicted on the Matthews show Sunday
that Bremer would be gone shortly.

[Unknown Known]

33. Maybe something to do with Kaabi's murder

"It's so strange. Why would they do something like this?" asked Salim Jabbar, a relative of Kaabi's. "This is the policy of occupation. They don't respect people. They respect only those who serve their interests."

Outside Kaabi's house, some relatives traded conspiracy theories, wild speculation that is familiar in Baghdad. He was honest and incorruptible, they said. Perhaps he was not heeding the wishes of the U.S. administration, so he was killed. "This is what we think," said Sawali Kaabi, another relative. "It was deliberate."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23947-2003Nov10.html

Until Chalabi is gone - nothing will change. His thugs are as bad as Saddam's thugs.

[hippiechick]

35. "Iraq's US Governor" .... what's WRONG with that phrase ?

Why the F**k don't people question what we are doing governing a country we were supposed to be 'liberating' ???


:hippie:

[otohara]

46. Staggering Isn't It?

Governor Bremer of our 51st state Iraq?

[Voltaire99]

47. Pure hubris

Our founders are spinning in their graves over the sham made of their good start.

[RedEarth]

37. Sounds like bush is getting desperate

They want to vietnamize Iraq as quickly as possible before the upcoming presidential elections. Not only is this admin. an arrogant group of war-mongers, they are f.... idiots. This whole Iraq war has been one giant fiasco.

[qanda]

38. Just logged on and heard about major explosions in Baghdad

I guess Bremer got out just in time.

[wicket]

43. kick n/t