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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:06 AM Original message |
So how long will it be before this guy is running Iraq? |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is that a blue turban? |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He's one bad ass Shia |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Oh O on the Blue Turban thingy |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Odd where the mend goes sometimes.... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It's Muqtada al Sadr, no? nt |
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TxVietVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'd give it a year. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. If thats who the people want then I support him |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I agree... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. We learned nothing from Latin America. Well, the neocons didn't. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I've tried to explain this to my students... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Obama is leading the charge, too, and he's not getting credit for cleaning up the messes... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Not clear that the messes have been cleaned up |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. like we have done over and over and over |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Yup no matter the outcome we wasted two trillion dollars anyway. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Never, the Saudis would NEVER allow it.... they would split Iraq into total civil war first |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I agree. The Saudis would not allow a Shia empire on their doorstep. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. he doesn't really NEED to run it -- his influence is pretty strong |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I agree. Sadr would not try to take direct power. Way too dangerous for him. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Last I checked Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is still alive so this good ole boy has to wait |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Even after Sistani, there are more senior clerics in line to influence. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Those Men, Sir, Do Not have The Militia He Does |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've always maintained that |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yep |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. He has been |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Which will be far more repressive than Saddam was. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Shiites are over 60% of the population in Iraq |
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