thinkprogress.org— MSNBC and NBC News have decided to begin referring to the civil war raging in Iraq as a "civil war," despite White House objections. ThinkProgress has the video.
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War by proxy is more like it, with superpowers backing all sides.Kurdistan, being squeezed out so Turkey can gobble it up, supported by the EU.Arabs backing Sunnis, supported by the US.Iranians backing Shias, supported by the Russians.It's just a land grab... Ok, ok, an oil, water, and land grab.We all know it's coming. Except of course the current government coalition.Calling it civil war is pretty shallow considering the global power blocks involved.
This 'government' is not able to provide basic service or offer protection for it's people. It's a government that is not willing to attempt to disarm the militias that are the source of so much of the violence over there. This Iraqi government is all but defunct and once US forces leave, be it now or 2 years from now, it will be. The different warring factions in Iraq are acting with this knowledge right now.
"Asskey, you can imagine the conflict FOX News had..."Don't Fox news still show images of Iraqi children throwing flowers at the troops feet wherever they walk?
Titor's main prediction/future theory is that in 2008 the majority of the people will be able to see a plainly obvious event or series of events that would send the US into a downward spiral of it's own civil war starting in 2011 and ending in Russia nuking the "main" US cities in 2015.His "facts" are supposedly variable by a slight bit of time but that on any given timeline 2008 would be the latest year at which these events would happen. He said basically things may have a 1 year leeway time plus or minus but things in "our" timeline are generally on course.I had to google it...sounds pretty odd to me.
p3st4Nov 28, 2006
John Titor anyone???
freffNov 28, 2006
Since that news term is vehemently and adamantly denied by the President and his administration.
simongrayNov 28, 2006
Neither of the factions are in government. There's a difference between Shiiti/Sunni and Shiiti/Sunni insurgent.
hiscityNov 28, 2006
War by proxy is more like it, with superpowers backing all sides.Kurdistan, being squeezed out so Turkey can gobble it up, supported by the EU.Arabs backing Sunnis, supported by the US.Iranians backing Shias, supported by the Russians.It's just a land grab... Ok, ok, an oil, water, and land grab.We all know it's coming. Except of course the current government coalition.Calling it civil war is pretty shallow considering the global power blocks involved.
kirashiraNov 28, 2006
They shouldn't call it just "Civil War" but "Civil War ( caused by Bush ) ".
corytrevorNov 28, 2006
Wow. It looks like the press is finally getting it's balls back.
freffNov 28, 2006
This 'government' is not able to provide basic service or offer protection for it's people. It's a government that is not willing to attempt to disarm the militias that are the source of so much of the violence over there. This Iraqi government is all but defunct and once US forces leave, be it now or 2 years from now, it will be. The different warring factions in Iraq are acting with this knowledge right now.
raid517Nov 28, 2006
"Asskey, you can imagine the conflict FOX News had..."Don't Fox news still show images of Iraqi children throwing flowers at the troops feet wherever they walk?
moocatNov 28, 2006
Titor's main prediction/future theory is that in 2008 the majority of the people will be able to see a plainly obvious event or series of events that would send the US into a downward spiral of it's own civil war starting in 2011 and ending in Russia nuking the "main" US cities in 2015.His "facts" are supposedly variable by a slight bit of time but that on any given timeline 2008 would be the latest year at which these events would happen. He said basically things may have a 1 year leeway time plus or minus but things in "our" timeline are generally on course.I had to google it...sounds pretty odd to me.
matrix_primeNov 29, 2006
@Ajajadude Based on US law....but the US Government keeps breaking that anyways, so I guess it doesn't really matter.