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Schema Thing

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14. Honestly he's kinda fucked

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #11)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 07:18 PM

Aug 2014

his own fault of course. He needs a safe haven, 'cause someone is going to cut him into little pieces.

He's staying now, I'd wager, because if he can pull it off, he can stay alive. He stayed this long, because he's one of the biggest assholes on the world stage, imo.

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Troops surround Baghdad �Green Zone� as embattled Prime Minister Maliki appears to cling to power [View all] Bosonic Aug 2014 OP

Appears this shit sandwich is getting bigger n/t Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #1

That's the problem with Klingons - you can't get rid of them. Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #6

curfew in place according to various tweets big_dog Aug 2014 #2

Nice cakewalk! villager Aug 2014 #3

Massive security deployment around Baghdad 'green zone': officials Bosonic Aug 2014 #4

The new President is Sunni-Kurd? flamingdem Aug 2014 #5

And the vacuum IS forces are taking advantage of grows n/t Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #7

They might be the only ones who can get rid of him flamingdem Aug 2014 #9

Yeah, that occurred to me too. They have shown a flair for opportunism. bemildred Aug 2014 #35

This is a big cluster fuck that we have no business in bigdarryl Aug 2014 #8

Military Coup In Iraq: Maliki Refuses To Step Down; Security Forces On Alert, Encircle Presidential riversedge Aug 2014 #10

Maliki just won't fucking go. WTF is his problem? TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #11

Playing "Many Sides Against the Middle?" KoKo Aug 2014 #13

Honestly he's kinda fucked Schema Thing Aug 2014 #14

The CIA etc. are probably working on a soft landing flamingdem Aug 2014 #30

He'll be assasinated flamingdem Aug 2014 #16

I doubt that would have happened had he stepped down. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #19

But anyone who replaces him will probably be just as bad. (eom) StevieM Aug 2014 #20

Hah! More Noise and Ramp Up to "Troops on the Ground" which our MSM/MIC Military KoKo Aug 2014 #12

Looks like a coup. davepc Aug 2014 #15

torching Syria was a mistake ... nt quadrature Aug 2014 #17

The scary part is that there are thousands of US flamingdem Aug 2014 #18

Could be worse, we could have McCain's fantasy of thousands of troops TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #21

ha! Can you imagine flamingdem Aug 2014 #31

Is there a helicopter landing pad on a roof there?... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #28

Tehran's toadie is going to stay in power. roamer65 Aug 2014 #22

This may be the big Shia/Sunni Showdown. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #24

�It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last...." Javaman Aug 2014 #23

And we know how that turned out. n/t GP6971 Aug 2014 #25

I just checked online GP6971 Aug 2014 #26

Oh it's happening, I see lots on the web. bemildred Aug 2014 #33

I await the Hollywood version, The Green Bunker. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #27

Ben Affleck pay attention! RoverSuswade Aug 2014 #29

With ISIS Hollywood has bad guys for a few decades flamingdem Aug 2014 #32

They're fighting over who gets to lose to ISIS? jberryhill Aug 2014 #34

yes, internal fighting while Iraq falls apart--and Obama gets blamed by riversedge Aug 2014 #39

Maliki's last gasp. DCBob Aug 2014 #36

I thought about grabbing Iraq, but then Iran. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #37

He is incompetent potone Aug 2014 #38