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Clo> Bush’s man Paul Bremer to disband the Iraqi army.


Ya can't fix Stupid.
However, like Don Quixote I feel compelled . . .

Bremers choice . . .
Leave the Iraqi Army intact . . . and risk having
some of saddams minions 'extract' saddam from the
jail before he could be tried and executed . . .

Or disband it and build a new Army from scratch?

Leave the Baath party intact? Knowing that they are
big fans of Islamic terrorists and would, doubtless,
fund and - with political power - protect the very
insurgents that did their best to destroy Iraq about
2005?

And Clo, the terrorists known as 'ISIS' is a
relatively recent outfit. Forged to partake in the
Syrian Civil War . . but parts of it were formed from
the Iraqi branch formerly known as 'Al Qaida in Iraq'
and, naturally, they would like to have a safe haven
in Iraq. From which they could rest and recuperate
while trying to expand their territory in Syria.

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GOP Iraq Hypocrisy Hits Overdrive
By: clo
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Tue, 17 Jun 14 1:45 AM
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GOP Iraq Hypocrisy Hits Overdrive
Michael Tomasky
POLITICS 06.16.14

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And as a side note, let’s not forget the decision by Bush’s man Paul Bremer to disband the Iraqi army. That left a lot of unemployed officers who, according to regional expert Fawaz Gerges, went and joined…ISIS. 

And finally, we have to ask: Is there anything, anything at all that the Republicans wouldn’t use as a political sledgehammer to pound Obama with?
What would it take for that hypocrite McCain, who tweeted back in 2010, when the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq, that Bush deserved “some credit for the victory,” to say something like: “Hey, you know what? We’re all responsible here for this problem. I haven’t supported the president’s approach, but I voted for this war. 
Maybe all of us who voted for this war should work with the president to figure out how to solve this problem.” 

That you are laughing at how naive that sounds isn’t a reflection on me. It’s a reflection on today’s Republican Party. It shouldn’t be such a ludicrous notion, especially given their history as the people who brought us this epic disaster, that a Republican might say such a thing.

Could you imagine that? The opposition working with the White House, trying to solve a problem that everyone one way or another bears some kind of responsibility for? I didn’t think so. 

complete article:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/16/gop-iraq-hypocrisy-hits-overdrive.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_afternoon&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_afternoon&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet


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