Tag: Iraqi Politicians

Master Bullsh*ter Is Dead

Do you remember the days prior to our ill informed invasion of Iraq in 2003?  One name should stick in your head…Chalabi.

This person spread more misinformation than WND has ever thought about spreading…….

Ahmad Chalabi was once a US darling who was supposed to lead Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. But with his death of a heart attack Tuesday at the age of 71, Chalabi’s legacy is a much different one: He’s now known mostly as the Iraqi figure who used faulty information about weapons of mass destruction to persuade the US to topple Saddam, reports the Wall Street Journal. It’s unclear whether Chalabi himself knew the information was bogus. Here’s how the New York Times puts it: “As it became clear that the evidence he promoted as proving that Mr. Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction was, if not fabricated, then manipulated and exaggerated, the Bush administration distanced itself from him.”

The split became even more pronounced a year after the invasion when US forces invaded his home looking to prove accusations that he was spying for Iran. The only charges that resulted, however, involved forged bank notes, reports the Guardian. “There are some people who will remember him in a good way, and there are others, to be honest, do not like and did not want his politics,” former prime minister Ayad Allawi tells Reuters. “But regardless, Iraq lost a man who had an important contribution, important commitments towards the nation and he tried to offer what he could to this country.” Chalabi was a member of parliament at the time of his death.

Reports of his death makes him seem like some sort of hero to the world…..which is total crap!

Years before the invasion he was tried in absentia in Jordan for bank fraud among other crimes and sentenced….so not only was he a liar but a crook and felon…..and on the lamb from the Jordanian authorities…..

The media seems to be trying to pad his contribution to the “new” Iraq…..well goody….his lies did as much to destroy the old Iraq as the planes and tanks of the US and her allies……

Sorry but I refuse to be one of those idiots that well say nothing bad about the dead……a fucking crook and liar is all he will ever be….at least in my book.

Never Ask What Else Could Go Wrong!

Iraq had Saddam to deal with…..then along came Gulf War 1…….and Iraq had to deal with war and then more od Saddam……and then came Iraqi Freedom (which is the most preposterous title ever!)……then there was the occupation and the violence……along came Obama and the troops went home…..enter more violence and a political system that was so screwed up that it was nothing more than a bunch of dudes making money off the US…..and the violence returned……and one morning Iraqis woke up with ISIS breathing down their necks……and the army went on the lame and ISIS started committing crimes against Iraqis unchallenged…..now the Kurds ride in to become the savior of the country from the monsters in ISIS……now the airstrikes return and the fighting is a reminder of days gone by…..and all the time there has been a steady flow of refugees going in one direction or the other…….and someone some where just had to ask the question…..what else could go wrong?

And the answer is………

Newser) – Tense times in Baghdad: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki deployed troops at strategic locations in the Iraqi capital amid a power struggle with newly elected President Fouad Massoum. Maliki accuses Massoum of carrying out “a coup against the constitution and the political process” by failing to nominate him for a third term, despite having the largest bloc in parliament. The New York Times says Massoum will most likely appoint someone from Maliki’s bloc, but not Maliki himself. (Update: He did just that.) “The risk is, if he clings to power, he will control the country by force,” says an unnamed Iraqi politician of Maliki. “This would be a military coup.” More:

  • Maliki is facing many calls to step down, but “it’s not in his DNA to go without a fight,” a CNN analyst says. “This is a man who’s really feeling besieged at the moment. He’s cornered on all sides, if you like. He’s got ISIS on his doorstep, in a military sense. He even had the Grand Ayatollah the other day saying politicians should not cling to their posts. But this is a guy who seizes onto power. He holds it.”
  • John Kerry says the US stands with Massoum and urges the people of Iraq to stay calm amid the political crisis. “We believe that the government formation process is critical in terms of sustaining the stability and calm in Iraq,” he said in a statement. “And our hope is that Mr. Maliki will not stir those waters.”
  • In the north of the country, meanwhile, some 20,000 of the Yazidis trapped on a mountain by fighting have managed to escape as the effects of American airstrikes on ISIS militants became apparent. Kurdish fighters supported by American drones and fighter jets went on the offensive against the militants and managed to recapture two towns, the New York Times reports.
  • Beyond air power, the US has also started directly supplying Kurdish forces with weapons instead of merely aiding deliveries from the Iraqi government, officials tell the AP. It’s not clear which US agency is supplying the weapons.

More agony for the Iraqi people…..something they do not deserve.

Will Maliki go or will Maliki stay?  If he fights this political swing….things will get messy.

My thought is he can be bought…..and that is what the US does best…..buy politicians.

The moral of this post is…..never ask what else could possibly go wrong?

Iraq’s Biggest Problem

Iraqi parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani said in Tehran that the presence of foreign forces in the country is the biggest problem facing Iraq, while Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani reiterated his country’s support to Iraq.

“Iraq’s problems would not be solved as long as alien forces are in the country, he said, adding that the presence of foreign forces in the country is the biggest problem facing Iraq,” Iranian news agency quoted al-Mashhadani as saying on Wednesday during his meeting with Larijani.
The Iraqi parliament speaker termed the two sides’ relations as very important and said consolidation of relations between Iran and Iraq would lead to prosperity and stability of the entire region.

I guess he will just have to get over it, huh?