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yurbud

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Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:13 PM Jun 2014

Iraq Demands United States form a more inclusive government




Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki spoke for his parliament and cabinet today when he urged the United States to form a more inclusive government that was responsive to more than just the minority of extremely wealthy individuals.

"Polls show less than half of Americans approve of President Obama's performance, record public distrust of the US Congress, and little change economic, trade, budget, tax, and foreign policy regardless of which of the two major parties is in control of the White House or Congress," said Maliki.

"Further, recent studies have shown that American politicians are far more responsive to wealthy donors and past and future employers or business cronies than they are to their constituents even when what the wealthy want conflicts with the wishes of their constituents or actually harms them," he added.

"Therefore, for the stability of the United States and because of the effect their large economy and military presence has on the rest of the world, we ask that they dissolve their government and reconstitute a "salvation government" that is more inclusive of the vast majority and their economic interests and diminishes the influence of money in policy-making, whether through the inclusion of smaller parties or establishing means of direct democracy at the national level or whatever it takes," he concluded....

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Iraq Demands United States form a more inclusive government (Original Post) yurbud Jun 2014 OP
this made front page of buzzflash yurbud Jun 2014 #1
Hopefully both the R & L are waking up? It's about US! KoKo Jun 2014 #2
the Party aint loyal to us, so why should we be to them? yurbud Jun 2014 #4
Last line: "If you think {US is a} democracy, then Iraq still has hidden WMD's I'd like to sell you" yurbud Jun 2014 #3

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
3. Last line: "If you think {US is a} democracy, then Iraq still has hidden WMD's I'd like to sell you"
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 03:43 PM
Jun 2014
"You know, the US could even learn a thing or two about democracy from us. The American people wanted to end their government's occupation of Iraq almost as much as Iraqis did. The Iraqi government responded appropriately, negotiating for the withdrawal of foreign troops, while the US negotiated fiercely to keep troops in the country and now looks for a way to reintroduce them, despite 72% of Americans saying the war was not worth it. If you think that's democracy, then Iraq still has some hidden WMD's I'd like to sell you."
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