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We pressured Brahimi into appointing Allawi.
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"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Actually, from what I remember, both Brahimi and the U.S. wanted Shahristani to be appointed Prime Minister of Iraq. When he turned it down, however, they went with Plan B, which was Allawi. Good thing there are liberal talking points to correct my traitorous memory...
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The point again, was why Brahimi appointed Allawi. And that was largely because of US pressure."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Oh, so Allawi is a "thug only in power because the US put him there" even though he wasn't even the first choice of the US and only got to where he was due to pressure from Shia politicians that removed the real choice of the US from the picture. Interesting interpretation of events...KH FOR OWNER!
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I really wanted fillet mignon for lunch, but I settled for a sandwich. I guess that means I had absolutely no choice in what to have for lunch.
Oh yeah.
And who do you think appointed the Shia exiles to positions of power? Brahimi too?"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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"Only in power because the US put him there" implies that the US was solely responsible for Allawi's appointment, which is obvious bull****. Keep on spinning though, kid...
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What the hell was that?No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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He wouldn't have had power if it weren't for our preference for him. Period.
We appointed Allawi and the other Shia exiles to the IGC who objected to losing their power, and we appointed Brahimi to head the comission to choose the gov't. The IGC we appointed nominated Allawi, and we pressured Brahimi into accepting Allawi (who had strong ties to the CIA and State)."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Exactly. The IGC nominated Allawi, the same IGC that ****ed the US over on the appointment of Shahristani, showing just how much control the US actually had over them. Thanks for proving my point.
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Again, we pressured Brahimi (who objected to keeping power in the hands of the IGC) into appointing Allawi."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Yes, Bremer and Co. did put some pressure on Brahimi to accept Allawi's appointment. You can't show that Allawi is "only in power because the US put him there", however, since such a statement is blatantly untrue; the IGC is far more responsible for Allawi's appointment than the US is.
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We also appointed both Brahimi and the IGC.
Yes, class dismissed."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Good, we're in agreement on class being dismissed. Why don't we get back on-topic now, shall we? Want to take up the challenge?KH FOR OWNER!
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Not really since my gives a **** has been broken many times over."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Are you referring to the infamous Boland amendment? The few who were convicted on the dubious arguments that they violated it were aquitted on appeal.Originally posted by GePap
Which at that time was to illegally funnel funds against Congress's express wishes. If IIRC several Reagan admin. members were indicted for that.He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
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