The US is no longer and "occupying" force in Iraq! Horray! The Iraq

[Gin]

Ambassador just said that on the News Hour...when asked "how can you say that with 140,000 foreign troops in your country?" she replied...well there are troops in Germany and Japan and all over the world and those countries are soverign countries.

So... now our guys and girls are there not to protect the people anymore...just as a presence...is she a sack of shit or what?

If that's the case...we better not have another death of an American soldier.

[against all enemies]

1. It's now the occupying "farce" in Iraq.

[Jacobin]

2. See? Look! No strings attached to the interim pup....er president!!

:-)

It's all NICE, now!

Anything that goes wrong is THEIR fault, see?

[Kellanved]

3. maybe

But remember Germany did not get sovereignty until the early 90s.
Of course the self-governing practiced in western Germany looked a lot more sovereign than post-handover Iraq.

[trof]

4. So...put down your gun.

Plug in your Walkman.
And wait for your orders back stateside.
yeah...right

[Inland]

5. Under the law, our 140,000 troops are "houseguests."

Don't mind us, you don't have to keep us entertained.

[Disturbed]

6. BULLSHIT!!!!!

BULLSHIT!!!!

[BrotherBuzz]

9. Benjamin Franklin said house-guests and fish have one thing in common

they both begin to stink after three days.

[Inland]

11. Hey, sorry, we broke a few things

and killed and detained some people, don't know how it happened. Sorry. Let us pick up the tab for the oil fields and we'll call it evil. Even. Call it even.

[Mari333]

7. Then send our kid home now and bring the troops home now

NOW
Otherwise these people are, as usual, lowlife lying pieces of shit.
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[leftchick]

8. silly us Then that means al-Sadr's militia are getting all riled up AGAIN

for nothing!....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x687741

NAJAF, IRAQ – Hundreds of militiamen loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are rearming in their sanctuary in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in possible preparation for a new offensive, say US and Iraqi officials here.
As many as 80 Iranian agents are working with an estimated 500 Sadr militiamen, known as the Mahdi Army, providing training and nine 57-mm Russian antiaircraft guns to add to stocks of mortars, antitank weapons, and other armaments, according to Iraqi and US intelligence reports.

"They are preparing for something, gathering weapons; people are coming in buses from other parts of Iraq," says Michael al-Zurufi, the Iraqi security adviser of Najaf Province. "The most important are the Iran- ians. The Iranian people are trying to reorganize Sadr's militia so they can fight again."

At the same time, heavily armed Sadr militiamen are waging fear tactics, kidnapping local Iraqi police and family members, occupying buildings, and arresting Iraqis deemed critical of Sadr or in violation of Islamic law, residents and officials say.

Signs that the Sadr militia is regrouping after heavy losses in April and May come even as Iraqi leaders are attempting to nudge the firebrand cleric into the political arena. Uncertainty remains over whether the militia activity is unified and sanctioned by Sadr or primarily the work of factions of his lieutenants, the officials say. Both Iraqi and US officials are concerned about signs of significant Iranian influence with Sadr's forces.

[trof]

10. Shill Alert!

She even disclaims "anti-Saddam".
"Just part of a think tank."
Oh brother.