... will play the role of rejection in the new Iraq. They are going to demand that all the controversial points in the constitution be addressed right away. |
['The size of the sea' But others say the debate is important because it can determine whether actions are taken that help stem the violence - or make matters worse.] The question is how you reduce the number of bases [the terrorists have] and the size of the sea in which they swim, ... What something like the Iraq war does is increase the number of bases you have to deal with and the sea they have to swim in. |
A U.S. withdrawal would not cause the Sunnis suddenly to want to give up their major demands; indeed, they might well be emboldened to hit the Shiites harder. |
Americans have been given the message to respond this way by the American political elite, mass media and by select special interests. |
As we speak, before the third anniversary of the war, the U.S. military does not control the capital, it faces a guerilla movement in Sunni Arab areas that is stronger than ever before. It faces a country that came very recently to the brink of an all-out civil war -- about which the U.S. military could do nothing. It is a bleak picture. |
I just cannot understand this sort of argument. |
My gut tells me the letter is a forgery. |
Perhaps that's why he was given such a good reception. |
So when it says you are not to worship graven idols, that's what scholars call iconoclastic -- it's against images. The fear was, both in Judaism and Islam, that if you represented a holy figure like a prophet who had discussions with the divine, there would be a danger of people worshipping the image. |
The question is how you reduce the number of bases [the terrorists have] and the size of the sea in which they swim. What something like the Iraq war does is increase the number of bases you have to deal with and the sea they have to swim in. |
They are like lobbyists. They're spreading the money around, so whoever wins owes them. |
They began to see some advantages to federalism - one of them being that the parties would control the resources. |
This could be a tipping point. At some point, the Shiite street is going to be so fed up that they're not going to listen any more to calls for restraint. |
This thing is an enormous fiasco, ... really undermines its legitimacy, and this result guarantees the guerrilla war will go on. |
This vote is sort of a national vote of confidence for that leadership. |