Zakaria really needs to be given a job in some sort of policy advising position in every administration from here on out.

Fred who?

KaponoFor3: Zakaria really needs to be given a job in some sort of policy advising position in every administration from here on out.

lol

No matter what happens from here on out, the Iraq war is sure to result in one thing: that Lyndon Jonson will not seek his party's nomination for the Presidency.

Mabye this new Iraqi govt had ties to 9/11? Time to free them again!

The opposite is happening today. American military efforts are actually being undermined by Iraq's government. The stark truth is, we do not have an Iraqi partner willing to make the hard decisions

Owned by incompetence.

Is it Britney and K-Fed's chessboard?

"And one last thing: for such a threat to be meaningful, we must be prepared to carry it out."

same as raising children.

"The opposite is happening today. American military efforts are actually being undermined by Iraq's government. The stark truth is, we do not have an Iraqi partner willing to make the hard decisions"

They won't be our puppet? Oh noes!

What KaponoFor3 said. Zakaria has consistently been a sensible voice regarding Iraq.

skinink: No matter what happens from here on out, the Iraq war is sure to result in one thing: that Lyndon Jonson will not seek his party's nomination for the Presidency.

So, what's the price of tea in China again?

FTA:
Even if Iran and Syria actually agreed to help stabilize Iraq

Force their hand... Leave now.
As Zakaria correctly points out, they fear a chaotic Iraq more than we do: it's right next door to them. Let's make a run for the border.
Order every American commander to have his forces, with as much equipment as they can bring along, across the Kuwaiti border by December 31st. Leave the remaining hardware... on fire.
Tell the Iranians, Syrians, and Turks sometime right before Christmas that we're leaving. Let them handle it.

I don't give a flying fark what happens to Iraq, its people, or the oil. I'm not willing to trade one more American soldier for this mess. Bring them home now.

???Wars still goin on in the middle east????
Thought they'd nuked their azz's ages ago.

/War is no fun when you can't get your midnight munchies without the fuzz pegging you as a terrorist.
//Or something like that.

I watch this guy's show on PBS sometimes, and his eyes look like they could burn holes in you.

Whatever you're saying, Fareed--I believe you.

I found Dubya's chessboard:

Right now, i have stopped caring what happens to the Iraqis. I know that's an incredibly selfish thing to say, but that place is tearing itself apart from the inside as we all know. I just want my boyfriend home. He works with the Iraqi police and says the place is a shiatstorm and it's only getting worse. A year ago, I had people telling me that investing in the Iraqi dinar was an incredibly smart thing to do as the economy there would only go up. Glad I didn't listen

zakaria is one smart dude, read him in newsweek every chance I get.

Great, so we get the people with the finger puppets out to explain why this belligerent foray failed, just like last time. It'd be just spectacular if the working and middle class already learned this shiat in school.

/so sorry

Theres one fact that a lot of people don't realize:

The USA is not in control of what happens in Iraq.

What? No droids reference? I'm ashamed.

rbuzby: The USA is not in control of what happens in Iraq.

But now with Democrats back in the majority, we can at least feel all warm and fuzzy about what happens in Iraq.

I used to give a flying fark for what would happen to Iraq if we left it in the mess it was, but after the local Gov was telling our troops to pull up all thier checkpoints so the iraqi govs death squads could run around unimpded I could care less what happens to Iraq, or Syria, or Iran, or especially Saudi Arabia.

Pull out, move every millitary unit to South Korea and Taiwan to freak out the Chinese for the hell of it. Let the middle east eat each other until the israelites get sick of it and bomb thier nighbors back to the paleolithic age. Then send plane-loads of hippies with copies of greenpeace manifestos and tofu as a condolance gesture.

but is it his beautiful wife?

Tegro

Awesome! That set needs Petronas towers, though.

I'm still LOL'ing at Tegro's chessboard.

/we can't have stuff like that in a post-911 world [sarcsasm off]

Ape Shiat Nuts

I found Dubya's chessboard:

Trouble is, he thinks it's a checkerboard, and that somebody kinged him.

So give the elected gov the power and responsibility. Support them with our weapons and intelligence as requested, but let them work/fight it out.

But also get them to hold a new round of elections relatively soon. That makes the people accept the responsibility for making it work or not, because they vote for them.

And keep the Kurds happy!

Tegro:

Wow. I would pay good money for that.

If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards ... Checkmate!

Seems like a lot of this stuff should have been thought out before we invaded Iraq, or at least a little earlier than three years into the occupation.

Perhaps this is our chessboard:



More info on the set here

/Makes a great Christmas gift

Tegro

Where's that from?

Tegro: img82.imageshack.us

Are those pawns the UN?

Attention DrForrester

You win the Internets

Ape Shiat Nuts

I found Dubya's chessboard:

Trouble is, he thinks it's a checkerboard, and that somebody kinged him.

Bravo

If anything it's closer to this

Bathysphere: Right now, i have stopped caring what happens to the Iraqis. I know that's an incredibly selfish thing to say, but that place is tearing itself apart from the inside as we all know. I just want my boyfriend home. He works with the Iraqi police and says the place is a shiatstorm and it's only getting worse. A year ago, I had people telling me that investing in the Iraqi dinar was an incredibly smart thing to do as the economy there would only go up. Glad I didn't listen

Being from the Cincinnati area, you should know you're not allowed to say such blasphemy!

/live near Kings Island
//Jean Schmidt sucks

No, THIS is our chessboard in Iraq:



That is all.

semiotix: No, THIS is our chessboard in Iraq:

Brilliant!

I thought the headline said something about Zaireeka. But Iraq has nothing to do with that.

anyone else?

Phil McKraken: semiotix: No, THIS is our chessboard in Iraq:

Brilliant!


Uh, yeah. Seconded.

I totally understand what that meant. Those other people? The ones who aren't quite sure what you're going for? They're stupid. Not us, though.

Detry
te hee.


Just another cringing picture that ended up on b0g.org. Most stuff there is beyond NSFW. (shudder)

Son of God
semiotix
While I don't frequently wish this, I really wish I was black.
Who is black in this senario anyway? Certainly not the Iraqies. Maybe the terrorists can claim a moral victory in our failure. I would like to point out to the NSA that Son of God has declared his desire to be a terrorist.

No, Joshua, I want to play global thermonuclear war.

Not that this would be news to the NSA. I am sure that they have realized for quite some time that a liberal hippie like Jesus must be a terrorist sympathizer.

Well there is not much you can do about a situation like this.

Quite the stinky beans I tell ya. I will punt and let the defence hold the playcard. You know what I mean, this is not good..or is it?

I think I just found my Christmas present to myself:

GeorgeCostanza: Is it Britney and K-Fed's chessboard?

George, are you sure you aren't me from the future?

so I checked out the images at b0g.org.
I'm still trying to get the taste of my own vomit out of my mouth.

Big Red Al,
Oh damn, you're right! It's all good tho.... There's plenty of places to hide in Kentucky ;)