Iraqis cheer Rumsfeld departure

[deadparrot]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis on Thursday cheered the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, blaming him for policy failures and scandals they say helped spawn the daily sectarian carnage wracking their nation.

"Rumsfeld's resignation shows the scale of the mess the U.S. has made in Iraq," said Ibrahim Ali, 44, who works at the Oil Ministry. "The efforts by American politicians to hide their failure are no longer working."

Iraq's government has yet to comment on Rumsfeld's resignation, announced Wednesday after the Democratic Party won a sweeping victory in midterm elections in which voter discontent over the war in Iraq played a major role.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has in recent weeks grown increasingly critical of U.S. policies and pushed for his government to assume more responsibility for security from U.S.-led coalition forces.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_rumsfeld

[fidgeting wildly]

1. Cheering?

But the chimp implied in his presser yesterday that they would be afraid of the changes in our govt. :shrug:

"Amid this time of change, blah blah blah... To the people of Iraq: Do not be fearful. Blah blah blah."

Implying, of course, that our election just scared the living daylights out of the Iraqis. But it doesn't sound like they're fearful. Sounds like the Iraqi people are as happy about the changes as the American people. Why do they hate freedom so?

[Vidar]

2. I'm glad they finally have a little ground for happiness amidst

the carnage we have created.

[Kikosexy2]

3. Did Rummy ...

receive his flowers and candy from the Iraqis yet?....They feel liberated, don't they now that he's gone?

[L A Woman]

4. Have they pulled down the statue of him yet?

There IS a statue of Rummy there...right? :shrug:

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Someone needs to photoshop

that idea.

[goforit]

5. "Party like it's 1999" LOL!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Were they dancing in the streets?

:rofl:

I fear Ibrahim Ali, 44, is gonna come up missin' (and it's like that...)