Fresh off a contentious visit to Pakistan, Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Iraq on the latest unannounced visit of his tour with an eye towards serious talks about the continuation of the US war beyond the December deadline specified in the Status of Forces Agreement.
Iraqi officials have confirmed that Biden’s talks will center around the possibility of keeping American troops in the nation in 2012 and beyond, with meetings planned with President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki and Kurdish President Barzani.
Just weeks ago Prime Minister Maliki insisted that the US would absolutely have to leave on time, but whether such comments will stand up to a meeting with US officials, a number of whom have expressed determination to remain in Iraq for years to come, remains to be seen.
But for Maliki backing off may not be an option either, as influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has made his current support for the government predicated on keeping the US withdrawal on schedule. Though Sadr seems keen at the moment to set himself up as a political power-broker and not a commander of militias, this could change at any time if he perceived the US, which openly opposed his bloc being in the government, were to remain.
I wonder how many nice goats biden planz to offer Moqtada………….. Hows that "I am a Zionist" youtube vid doin theez dayz Joe..?? WTF…. Jus go an see Moqtada…. tellem t'hat ya jus wanna stay ………jus a lil bit longa……"Pleez….Pleez….Pleez….!!!! Say I will stay…!!!!!
Now the Sunis don’t mind And the Kurds don’t mind …If we take a little time ….like to three thousand nine And we all stay here behind ……and sing…….jus one more line if Iran don mine………..Play…..hey say we stay……so ho much longer……Nay day theyn rich ……..till it's oh so much stronger…..way, lay, say you be……… oh so far asunder……
Biden and George W. must surely be twins! Not in looks, of course, but in intellect.
Biden has the looks and personality of a store dummy. I can't remember anything he's ever said or done that was praiseworthy. He wanders around the place like a lost Jew, an American Prince Charles.
Give him a job sharpening pencils. He'd probably love it!
http://www.dangerouscreation.com
Biden and George W. must surely be twins! Not in looks, of course, but in intellect.
Biden has the looks and personality of a store dummy. I can't remember anything he's ever said or done that was praiseworthy. He wanders around the place like a lost Jew, an American Prince Charles.
Give him a job sharpening pencils. He'd probably love it!
http://www.dangerouscreation.com
he hopes to be the leader in 2016. Biden against Palin, great fodder for cartoonists and comedians late night talk shows.
These clowns kill me. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing. One of them announces it will be 2011, the other one comes out and says it will be 2014. Don't these people talk to each other? But, seriously, I think that all this 2014 and beyond talk may be more of a self-reassuring rhetoric than anything else. They have to continue telling themselves – while bobbing their heads – that the US will still be an empire in 2014 and that the empire will still be ruling supreme not only in Afghanistan but over the universe passed its 2012 expiration deadline.