Maliki rejects “unity government”
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected a plan for a “unity government” in the face of the ISIS vanguard marching on Baghdad. Hiding behind the Iraqi constitution, Maliki calling the option a “coup:;
In his weekly address to the nation, Mr. Maliki gave what the Associated Press describes as a “vague call” for political forces to reconcile under the principles of Iraq’s constitution, without giving specific promises of inclusiveness for minority Sunnis.
Maliki firmly rejected calls for a “national salvation” government in the televised address, saying such calls amounted to “a coup against the constitution and the political process,” according to Agence France-Presse.
International observers, particularly in the US, have increasingly called upon Maliki to form a unity government in the face of the Sunni insurgency sweeping across Iraq. Iraq’s Sunnis have been marginalized by Maliki’s predominantly Shiite government, spurring them to join up with militants from the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) as they advanced into Iraq. US Secretary of State John Kerry in Baghdad on Monday urged Maliki to “be inclusive and share power” in order to boost Iraq’s defense.
Of course, Maliki worries that once the emergency is over, he’ll be out of a job. And, I’m sure he thinks that the tiny contingent of American troops forming up in Iraq will be like the cavalry and rescue him from the savages circling his wagons.
Meanwhile ISIS is on the verge of taking Balad airbase, Syria has sent airstrikes into Iraq against ISIS and three Iranian soldiers were killed by “an unspecified “terrorist group”” while they patrolled their side of the border with Iraq.
Category: Terror War
Of course Maliki doesn’t want an inclusive government and nation. He is Shiite. Period. Like all Muslims of any flavor, they hate all Muslims of any other flavor. Along with their bigger hatred of America, democracy, freedom, etc., etc. Things are going from bad to worse in Iraq and then they will go from worse to unbelievable terrible. And, in short order. I say again, Obama and Kerry, here is you chance to evacuate all Americans from Iraq NOW. Before ISIS takes Baghdad or even Maliki turns coat and takes over our Embassy for surety sake. Nothing is out of the realm of possibility there. Nothing. If even one American dies in Iraq because of Obama’s cowardice and ignorance, it will be on his head and like Pilate, he will never be able to wash that blood from his hands. He should be held personally accountable for every American in Iraq now.
To be blunt, Sparks – I can’t say I blame Maliki. He agrees to share power with ISIS at this point, IMO he’s signing his own death warrant. The only question will be the date of his execution.
He’s likely doing the same by staying there vice beating feet to Iran or elsewhere, but that’s a different discussion.
Hondo…I see your point. It is just my contention that Maliki, above all else, is self serving, rather than acting in the best interest of his nation and ALL his people.
Maliki should hurry up and ask for asylum here. I bet there’s a former South Vietnam General in the L.A. area that could sell him his liquor store. Unless Maliki has already grafted enough to live comfortably.
“Unless he has already grafted enough…”
Is that a trick question?
That’s it, I’ve fucking had it! Pull everyone out and let Iraq fall to ISIS. Give them enough time to cut off Maliki’s fucking ingrate head. Wait long enough that the few decent Iraqis that exist can refugee out somewhere and then bomb that shithole and everyone in it to dust. We did everything we could shortnpf that and we have no option left.
I second that!
I’m so angry I can barely type. I want Maliki hung upside down and shot like Mussolini.
Technically Mussolini was shot THEN hung upside down.
And after their corpses were taken down, people urinated all over them!
11B, from a former Infantryman (2nd BCT, 25th ID 2002-09), I’d like to say this is all a really good lesson for them to start playing nice within their borders. But we will see. It sucks to watch this from the outside, but hell, I knew there was not going to be a good solution when we started to pay the SOI to not blow us up. Them’s the breaks my man!
Take every American out and start NUKING…Iraq, then Afghanistan…then pause to get *everyone* else’s attention…and. don’t. say. a. word.
Just Stare.
ERWs were made for this very reason, remove the people and as little of the infrastructure as possible.
Ah….I get it…..
except we stopped working on them supposedly, courtesy of Jimmy “Almost the Worst President Evah” Carter. Sure hope we blew that directive off.
Yes, but Reagan started the program back up in 1981. Warheads were produced for both missile delivery, and artillery. All variants were supposedly dismantled by 2003 however.
France, Israel, China, and Russia all developed neutron bomb technology, the possibility exists that any of them may have them in their inventory.
VOV…Or use an EMP weapon and destroy their infrastructure and let them truly live in the seventh century they want to live under with Sharia Law.
3 Iranian troops?
Well that’s a start.
Finally something to cheer about.
We saw the same thing happen during vietnam war! AmeriKKKa buys these reprobates ;but they won’t stay bought!
VWP…What the heck are you talking about now???!!! In Vietnam, yes a lot of dollars went in the wrong pockets but Maliki is a Muslim who like other varieties of Muslims dislike, nay, hate, any Muslim unlike them. Pay for him or not, he’s a Muslim first. But as I type this I am asking myself, why am I trying to reason with you? Go play in traffic VWP.
Sparks, I have nothing but respect for you, but I feel you are wasting your time. This jack-wagon has been “On the peace side” since the viet-nam war, so there is no way to explain anything to him, he’s too far gone. He and his ilk hate the very country that gives them the right to be ignorant, and I can’t understand where their dislike and disrespect for their homeland comes from. They will never change. They finally have one of their own running this country, and look at where it’s getting us. It’s a shame that words like honor, integrity, respect, selfless service and duty are lost on them. So Sparks, while you have my respect, you are wasting your time with this POS.
This just in… Army clears Bergdahl (so far):
http://news.yahoo.com/army-clears-bergdahl-misconduct-during-captivity-204211047.html
Now that we have one of our own, american businesses don’t have to tell their american employees to tell people your canadian when you go abroad! Except of course for cheney bush and kissenger! One of these neo-con war criminals was arrested by citizens in england and the government had to get him out of the country I would have to look up his name.
Question for you, vwp: why was Nixon bad again?
I just answered this on his treason in the vietnam war on other post. Now we are allies with syria and iran is isis next ?
Basically, Hillary and Obama pretty much do the same bad stuff as Nixon.