McCain: Iraq is a Peaceful, Stable Country
McCain: "Iraq is a peaceful, stable country now":
I'm hurt. I thought everyone who is anyone in Washington read IC. McCain seems to have missed these recent headlines here:
Wednesday, August 27, 2008: "45 Dead, 79 Wounded in Wave of Violence; Bombing in Jalawla' Raises Tensions with Baghdad"
Monday, August 25, 2008: "54 Killed in Bombings, attacks;
Water Crisis;Fixing the Intelligence Around the Policy"
Tuesday, August 19, 2008: "Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT;
Ramadi Bombing Targets Police"
"Monday, August 18, 2008: "Bombing Kills 15, Including AC Leader in Baghdad; Al-Sadr Calls for Blood Pledge of Holy Struggle Against Occupation"
Friday, August 15, 2008: "Bombing Kills 26 Pilgrims;
Iraq Seeks Regional Security Network with Iran, Turkey"
Monday, August 11, 2008: "Wave of Attacks Kills over a Dozen;US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded at Tarmiyah; Zebari insists on Withdrawal Timeline"
Saturday, August 09, 2008: "2000 Georgian Troops Leaving;
Huge Blast at Tal Afar Kills 21; Arab-Kurdish Tensions in Kirkuk; Mahdi Army to Disarm if US Leaves"
Labels: Iraq
posted by Juan Cole @ 8/29/2008 12:04:00 AM
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A soldier who just returned described how peaceful it was. His vehicle was only blown up once and he merely said that it was not safe if you left camp. Maybe that's what John means -- our military installations in Iraq are peaceful and stable.
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Dear Professor Cole
I suspect that the true indicator of whether Iraq is a "peaceful stable country" is if the refugees in Syria, Jordan and the Displaced Persons camps in Iraq are able to return home.
The hidden problem in this is that those who left areas of the cities which have been ethnically cleansed will have problems reclaiming their flats and houses.
As the refugees are said to have a large number of the professional and middle class, their willingness to return is probably the bellwether of the state of Iraq.
Recent attacks on US backed Sunni Forces and the slowness of the integation of the Sunni into the Iraqi Army may indicate that there is no future for the Sunni Middle Class in Iraq.
Which leaves the World with an enormous problem.
I kept noting these incidents when checking stories in HuffPo and also noted that they were getting scant coverage elsewhere.
The very notion that all is on-track in Iraq, as some believers try to put out is simply deluded. But then McCain doesn't need any help in that department - this is a guy who in a 2007 interview forgot the make of his own car and had to be reminded by an aide that it was a Cadillac CTS.
What McCain doesn't know is truly frightening.
Lest we not forget that McCain also said, twice mind you, that al qaeda was getting its training in Iran, has twice recently referred to czechoslovakia, and has insisted that gen. Petraeus can ride around Baghdad in an 'unarmored' hummer....good god, and that's the short list....
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