Iraqis Say Rice Trip Stiffened Premier's Resolve to Stay

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Thanks Condi...can these clowns do ANYTHING right???

~snip~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." ~snip~

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/world/middleeast/05cnd-jaafari.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[VOX]

1. So Condi stiffened the Iraqi prime minister?

Sorry. It was gonna be me or somebody else. :evilgrin:

[susu369]

3. That was after she stiffened Straw

practice makes perfect.

:evilgrin:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. I get it. she pulled a boner. Again.

sorry

[Disturbed]

4. Her whip didn't work on him.

[tanyev]

5. It's those dominatrix boots, baby.

[gulliver]

6. She probably bumped up his approval rating. Is it a stupid ...

... move by Rice and the Bushies or are they deliberately supporting al-Jaafari by being against him. Bin Laden helped Bush in a similar, probably intentional way in 2004.