NYT: Iraqis Say Rice Trip Stiffened Premier's Resolve to Stay

[sabra]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/world/middleeast/05cnd-jaafari.html

Iraqis Say Rice Trip Stiffened Premier's Resolve to Stay

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 5 — The visit here this week by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart, Jack Straw, only served to stiffen the resolve of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to retain his post, prolonging a deadlock in the formation of a new government, a top aide to Mr. Jaafari said today.

The aide, Haider al-Abadi, said the visit was ill-timed, counterproductive and what he called "naked intervention."

"Pressure from outside is not helping to speed up any solution," he said. "All it's doing is hardening the position of people who are supporting Jaafari."

He added, "They shouldn't have come to Baghdad."

[daleo]

1. So she stiffened his resolve

I think the headline writers are losing respect for Bushco.

[xultar]

15. You got that right!

[bowens43]

2. These ignorant, arrogant idiots will never learn.

One f*ck up after another from these clowns.

[sabra]

5. spreading Democracy and all that jazz...

[Az_lefty]

3. Poor condi can't seem to do anything right. n/t

:rofl:

[sutz12]

4. Pretty much sums up the whole f'n fiasco in Iraq, don't it?

>>The aide, Haider al-Abadi, said the visit was ill-timed, counterproductive and what he called "naked intervention."

These guys couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel. :shrug:

[LSparkle]

6. "Whatever she's for, I'm against it" syndrome

If Condi's advocating it, the locals OUGHT to be skeptical. We have the Keystone Kops in charge of our foreign policy.

[Supersedeas]

7. Spreading democracy at gunpoint is hard 'werk'

[asjr]

8. The administration tells us it is all

up to the Iraqis now--the blame is on them. But we are still sticking our noses in their business. They try to have it their way all the time. Arrogance didn't die with Richard Nixon. It is alive and well in the Bush WH.

[The Witch]

9. She stiffened his resolve, eh?

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

:shrug:



:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

couldn't resist.

[Divernan]

18. "Naked intervention"? Did she at least wear her high boots?

[Up2Late]

10. Probably the first time the words Stiffen and Condoleezza Rice have been

...used in the same sentence. The only thing she's ever stiffened is her hair.

[AndyA]

11. Threats, strong arming, intimidation, lies are all our leaders know how to

do. They don't create anything good, fix anything that is broken, or right any wrongs. They just screw up everything they touch. Everything they do turns to shit.

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. He must not remember Diem.

He also refused to give up power.

[BootinUp]

24. Thats what I'm sayin. n/t

[PATRICK]

13. Press release from DWD

"Deals with Dignity", all former members of client state politicians who were originally chartered as "Drilling with Dubya"(or "Driving", I can't recall):

(Geneva, Switzerland, NWO News)
"This open heavy handed treatment deprives all parties in the local dispute of the cover of legitimacy in the eyes of the world and their own people. Even if the opponents were to continue against the protege now in disfavor, how can they move forward now without looking like the basest tools of the whims of the Bush administration? It is one thing to back a coup or assassinate an undesirable, it is quite another to embarrass him in front of his family."

As a sign of protest all the DWD members attending wore black hoods over their faces.

The following speakers from MRI(Master Race Inc.) were not officially quoted, but were expressing their displeasure that "that certain kind of person(and female too)" is openly butchering the whole concept of client state diplomacy and endangering certain things they were not at liberty to discuss. To show their distance from the preceding speakers they wore white hoods.

(Satire Alert)

[Teaser]

14. That's thinkin' for you.

Rice gets this weeks coveted "Wile E. Coyote, Supergenius" award.

[leftchick]

16. CondiFailure is Angry!!!!

"fuck you" condi said the angrier Iraqis!

[cliss]

17. Yeah, and not only that....Condiment

had to sleep on the floor of Air Force 1. The stewardess had trouble cleaning the aisle because Ms. Muffet was sleeping in the aisle.

There are rewards to reading the DU!!!!!

[saltpoint]

19. The Cold War ended and Condiliar got left behind.

Her track record so far in the Middle East hasn't exactly been a gleaming triumph, has it.

[wellst0nev0ter]

20. What Would It Look Like For Jafaari To Step Down Under US Pressure?

him staying probably bought him more votes. whatta bunch of dumbfucks Bushco is.

[salin]

21. maybe she would have done more good, staying in NYC and shopping

for expensive shoes. :shrug:

[Supersedeas]

25. mmmmmm, shoes and ultimatums

[acmavm]

22. I remember when I was young and when someone continually screwed

up everything they did they became known as a 'loser'. That was such an embarrassment to be called a 'loser'.

Other than the fact that they steal better than any other people on earth, this whole administration of george's can be called 'losers'. Even george himself.

[BootinUp]

23. This Jaafari dude won't be around much longer

Doesn't he know how craaaazzzzzy Shrub Rummy and Chenney are?