"I spent $400 billion and all I got was this lousy 'fuck you'"
There was an AP news report on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meeting today in Tehran to discuss border security- specifically to prevent any Al Qaeda infiltration into Iraq from Iran.
Background- Iran is and has been a Shiite country. Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was at least nominally Sunni, although it was very much a secular society. Now the new Iraqi government is dominated by Shiites, and they are reaching out to their Shiite brothers in Iran, seeking to repair the damage to their relations caused by years of Hussein's rule. There have already been other meetings as well, including ones on possible petroleum/fuel deals, since we destroyed most of Iraqi oil production facilities when we invaded and turned them from a country with $.40/gallon gas to a country suffering horrendous fuel shortages...
Now this is where it grows interesting. Hussein has got to be laughing his fucking ass off at this, because Way Back When, the US backed Iraq- and him- as a bulwark against the religious fundamentalism of Iran. Now the US took him out of the picture, and what happens? Iraq is cozying up to one of the founding members of the Axis Of Evil.
I am wondering how this is playing in the bowels of the White House right now? I imagine Dubya's having one of his Nixonian meltdowns and is kicking the dog and leaving angry messages on Condee Rice's voicemail demanding to know who the fuck let al-Maliki off his leash. This was not in The Plan. What the hell happened to the throngs of grateful Iraqis laying down beds of rose petals for our troops and Halliburton? Instead, those ungrateful bastards are now playing footsie with Iran???
DOH!!!!
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Background- Iran is and has been a Shiite country. Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was at least nominally Sunni, although it was very much a secular society. Now the new Iraqi government is dominated by Shiites, and they are reaching out to their Shiite brothers in Iran, seeking to repair the damage to their relations caused by years of Hussein's rule. There have already been other meetings as well, including ones on possible petroleum/fuel deals, since we destroyed most of Iraqi oil production facilities when we invaded and turned them from a country with $.40/gallon gas to a country suffering horrendous fuel shortages...
Now this is where it grows interesting. Hussein has got to be laughing his fucking ass off at this, because Way Back When, the US backed Iraq- and him- as a bulwark against the religious fundamentalism of Iran. Now the US took him out of the picture, and what happens? Iraq is cozying up to one of the founding members of the Axis Of Evil.
I am wondering how this is playing in the bowels of the White House right now? I imagine Dubya's having one of his Nixonian meltdowns and is kicking the dog and leaving angry messages on Condee Rice's voicemail demanding to know who the fuck let al-Maliki off his leash. This was not in The Plan. What the hell happened to the throngs of grateful Iraqis laying down beds of rose petals for our troops and Halliburton? Instead, those ungrateful bastards are now playing footsie with Iran???
DOH!!!!
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