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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 06:44 AM
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[Lindsey] Graham may seek to pull plug on Maliki
Source: the hill



Graham may seek to pull plug on Maliki
By Roxana Tiron
November 15, 2007

In a move that could give cover to Republicans in an increasingly tough election year, one of the Bush administration’s most steadfast supporters in the Senate is indicating that he may introduce legislation later this year that could alter the administration’s Iraq policy.


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Graham’s effort is still in the conceptual stages, but it could give an opportunity for Republicans — banking on the success of the surge — to carve out a distinct Iraq plan that differs from the Bush administration without giving in to the Democrats’ withdrawal push.


Graham said he is disappointed with the political reconciliation efforts in Iraq and is considering influencing alternatives to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government if the country does not make strides toward that goal.


“If his government has not delivered meaningful political reconciliation by the end of the year, given the success of the surge and better security, I will consider government a failure,” Graham told The Hill. “And then we look for other horses to support.



Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/graham-may-seek-to-pull-plug-on-maliki-2007-11-15.html





This I just gotta see!!
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 06:55 AM
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1. How precious.
Does sh^H^H...HE think he has the juice to effect regime leadership change in ANY other country?

Someone's been at the pantry, sniffing at the glue again.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:16 AM
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4. my same thoughts exactly ... who the L does he think he is?!
some people just don't have any sense of separation between themselves and others ... it is all like a giant mashed potatoes without borders ... and then they have the gall to talk about borders!
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:05 AM
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2. "Desperation in the singles bars,
All the jerkoffs in their fancy cars,
You can't believe your reviews..."

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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:25 AM
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6. You just want someone to talk to, they just wanna get their hands on you;
you get whatever you choose.
Oh, no, you can’t do that, once you've started wearin’ those shoes.

mikey_the_rat
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 07:06 AM
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3. He got his marching orders from the wh, no doubt:
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 08:21 AM
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5. Change the government, give them another four years to get it right....
Change the government AGAIN, give them another four years to get it right, and on and on and on.... We'll be there forever babysitting one ineffective government after another. losing troops and borrowing another ten trillion from China to finance it. Perhaps, as with the imaginary word "nucular", * thinks we're not broke until we've spent a "brazillion."

Yeah, this is another plan straight from the WH, as Babs said.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 09:28 AM
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7. The arrogance is breathtaking. Wasn't Maliki at least SOMEWHAT elected?
Who the fuck are we to decide who their leaders are? Who the fuck are we to decide ANYTHING about that country?
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dogfacedboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:06 AM
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8. We gotta s'pport de-moc-ra-cy.
Stay the course. Nine-Eleven. Stay the course. Nine-Eleven.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:27 AM
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10. Yeah, remember all them purple fingers?????
Lotta good that democracy is doing the Iraqi people.

"Let freedom reign" or whatever.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:51 AM
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12. Yep--now we're going to tell them that democracy only works when
they elect somebody WE like.
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Mr_Jefferson_24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:20 AM
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9. Amazing...
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 10:24 AM by Mr_Jefferson_24
...We go in uninvited based on a lie (the WMD fiction), destroy their infrastructure, overthrow their government, dismantle what's left of their military while providing no adequate security, water, electricity, or medical care, we've probably killed a million plus civilians, made refugees out of several million more, poisoned much of the country with depleted uranium, all just so we could steal their oil ... and after all this, Neofucks like Graham posture as though WE'RE the ones disappointed in THEM.

These are war crimes. We need war crimes trials.


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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 10:47 AM
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11. Didn't we create a Democracy in Iraq?
Do we have a right to go in and have a regime change...again?
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 11:31 AM
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13. Looks like the good senator is bucking for promotion
What better way for a boot licking, ass kissing clown like Graham, to get that coveted brigadier general's star.

The man is a waste of space and air!!!!!
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:03 PM
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14. He makes me sick.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:12 PM
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15. Awww! Whatsa madder with dat poor widdle Senator?
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 01:13 PM by rocknation
he don't have an oil revenue-sharing deal yet?

Cue the DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartet!

:nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity:
rocknation
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