tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post8811330222615230257..comments2007-10-05T21:22:04.775-04:00Juan Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794922740548563607jricole@gmail.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-92114019606170481322007-10-05T19:34:00.000-04:002007-10-05T19:34:00.000-04:00Who is in charge, allowing Rush to be on Armed Forces Radio, and how do we stop him or her?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-76154703212382728052007-10-05T02:59:00.000-04:002007-10-05T02:59:00.000-04:00Juan,<BR/><BR/>You should really go to Rush's website and look at the full context of his remarks. I think you'll see that the "phony soldiers" remark was in reference to a convicted fake soldier who had accused US rangers of atrocities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-51309683748433942262007-10-04T09:55:00.000-04:002007-10-04T09:55:00.000-04:00"Atwan can't see much difference between the US occupation of Iraq and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,"<BR/><BR/>That makes (at least) two of us...<BR/><BR/>Would anyone care to state the difference in re natural resources, regional foothold, or hegemonic intent?The Buffalo In The Midsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05684009263201263978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-48458083109770196282007-10-04T08:01:00.000-04:002007-10-04T08:01:00.000-04:00A list of 500 names, eh? Sounds a little like McCarthy's "I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department." Why the MSM and the American people believe any information disseminated by the US military is beyond me.Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17112565425383452313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-80560427698049759122007-10-04T07:56:00.000-04:002007-10-04T07:56:00.000-04:00Why is Blackwater not loading out to leave Iraq? After all if Iraq is a sovereign nation and their leader wants them to leave, why are they still there? Again we are shown who really is in charge of things. (And it ain't the Iraqis).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-69703991386903317052007-10-04T06:56:00.000-04:002007-10-04T06:56:00.000-04:00The Kurdish deals take advantage of the ambiguities in the Iraqi (Zalmay Khalilzad) Constitution.<BR/><BR/>But they cement the interpretation that revenues from new fields go to the Regions. The Kurds have already secured a law which gives them 17% of Iraq's income, so the proceeds from the new oil will be extra for them.<BR/><BR/>This is in fact better for Iraq proper! The Kurds will not have any share of the new oil in the rest of Iraq which may reach ten or even twenty million barrels a day. Contrary to popular US "news" the Kurdish mountains are the only part of Iraq which does NOT have any significant oil: it is in the geology. The oil in Kirkuk and Erbil, and now in Duhok, is found in the flats not the mountains which make up most of Kurdistan.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, Kurdistan is land-locked and they plan to export their oil via a new pipeline which goes directly to Turkey (unlike the existing one which passes through hostile Arab areas in Iraq.) This will put them under the mercy of the Turks and they will surely have to compromise with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com