Iraqis Pour into Street to Protest U.S. Security "Agreement"

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Iraqis Pour into Street to Protest U.S. Security "Agreement"

"The security agreement is shameful and humiliating."

Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets today to protest the so-called
Status of Forces Agreement, which, after nearly a year of
back-and-forth, was finally approved by the Iraqi cabinet last
weekend, and, on Monday, sent to the parliament for a vote. Among
other things, the pact would allow the U.S. government to keep forces
in the country until 2011. For photos of the protest, go Here:
http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/ The Iraqi people want this
occupation to be over," says Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar, who recently
testified before Congress on the prospect of a renewed UN mandate in
Iraq. "They don't trust the U.S. government, and they don't think
signing a bi-lateral agreement with it is a good idea."

Meanwhile, as President-elect Barack Obama continues to assemble his
own cabinet, things aren't looking good for the antiwar voters who
believed his promise of "change" on Iraq. Not only is he surrounding
himself with people who were supporters of the invasion -- most
notably, selecting Senator Hillary to be Secretary of State -- but
Washington consensus is that Robert Gates will stay on as Secretary of
Defense.

If Obama can't get us out from under 10 Billion a month, he has little
chance of many any changes at all.

[Ian B MacLure]

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Iraqis Pour into Street to Protest U.S. Security "Agreement"
"The security agreement is shameful and humiliating."

If'n yer the Sad Mook or one of his minions.
Mooky is at his wits end about what to do to get
the Iranians into power in Iraq.

IBM

[Curt]

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Iraqis Pour into Street to Protest U.S. Security "Agreement"
"The security agreement is shameful and humiliating."

It's shameful to be Iraqi, and they have every reason to be
humiliated. They couldn't man up and get rid of Saddam, they couldn't
beat the Iranians, and it took about six hours for the American
military to obliterate the few Iraqi soldiers that were dumb enough
not to run away -- twice in the space of ten years. They can't get rid
of their clerics who are trying to keep them in the fifteenth century,
they can't find six honest guys to run a police department, and they
can't keep their "military" from getting infiltrated by fundamentalist
weirdies. When their "military" goes on a mission, it's always with
the US forces, and its mission is to block the streets before the US
accomplishes whatever needs accomplished, and afterwards to loot
corpses. Their government rules only at the whim of the US military.
If the US military leaves, their fundamentalist weirdies will create
total havoc and will eventually run the place.

Iraqis have nothing to protest except the abysmal failure of their
national character.

That said, I see no real reason to stay anyway. Why save them from
themselves? What American soldier, what American dollar, what American
gallon of jet fuel, is worth the effort of saving an Iraqi? I mean,
unless we're treating Iraq as a training ground for our eventual war
with China, in which case the whole thing makes more sense.

Curt

[Stan de SD]

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Iraqis Pour into Street to Protest U.S. Security "Agreement"
"The security agreement is shameful and humiliating."
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets today to protest the so-called
Status of Forces Agreement, which, after nearly a year of
back-and-forth, was finally approved by the Iraqi cabinet last
weekend, and, on Monday, sent to the parliament for a vote.

So the duly elected representatives of the 26 million Iraqi people
approved the agreement, and a few thousand militants protested. Yawn...