Comments on: Iraq’s ‘National Sovereignty Day’ http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/30/iraqs-national-sovereignty-day/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Clint http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/30/iraqs-national-sovereignty-day/comment-page-1/#comment-155157 Clint Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:19 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/?p=17124#comment-155157 "it’s typical of the conservative mindset to think that the best way to maintain power and prestige is through the continued, open-ended projection of military force, rather than through the cultivation and support of legitimate domestic governance." This also happens to be typical of the Obama mindset. Withdrawal from the cities didn't even happen in some cases. Instead, the U.S. military and the Iraqi governments agreed to redraw the lines. Private contractors, 130,000 of them, still remain. Embassies and bases still remain. There is no sovereignty for Iraqis. Occupation prevents it, whether it's orchestrated by Bush or Obama. A longer analysis here: http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2009/07/06/the-iraq-show/ “it’s typical of the conservative mindset to think that the best way to maintain power and prestige is through the continued, open-ended projection of military force, rather than through the cultivation and support of legitimate domestic governance.”

This also happens to be typical of the Obama mindset. Withdrawal from the cities didn’t even happen in some cases. Instead, the U.S. military and the Iraqi governments agreed to redraw the lines.

Private contractors, 130,000 of them, still remain. Embassies and bases still remain.

There is no sovereignty for Iraqis. Occupation prevents it, whether it’s orchestrated by Bush or Obama.

A longer analysis here:
http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2009/07/06/the-iraq-show/

]]> By: mickster http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/30/iraqs-national-sovereignty-day/comment-page-1/#comment-154910 mickster Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:28:27 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/?p=17124#comment-154910 "patently ridiculous and misleading". I think we've got a catchy new slogan for the already-established brands of Fox News, EIB, etc. To be a neocon requires the difficult mental sleight-of-hand of holding two completely contraditory positions on a subject and being totally oblivious of the fact. Who was the character in HitchHikers Guide that occasionally had 1 or more additional heads? “patently ridiculous and misleading”. I think we’ve got a catchy new slogan for the already-established brands of Fox News, EIB, etc. To be a neocon requires the difficult mental sleight-of-hand of holding two completely contraditory positions on a subject and being totally oblivious of the fact. Who was the character in HitchHikers Guide that occasionally had 1 or more additional heads?

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