Not what Shrub wanted!

“Yet the top two winning parties — which together won more than 70 percent of the vote and are expected to name Iraq's new prime minister and president — are Iran's closest allies in Iraq.


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Thousands of members of the United Iraqi Alliance, a Shiite-dominated slate that won almost half of the 8.5 million votes and will name the prime minister, spent decades in exile in Iran. Most of the militia members in its largest faction were trained in Shiite-dominated Iran.

And the winning Kurdish alliance, whose co-leader Jalal Talabani is the top nominee for president, has roots in a province abutting Iran, which long served as its economic and political lifeline.

"This is a government that will have very good relations with Iran. The Kurdish victory reinforces this conclusion. Talabani is very close to Tehran," said Juan Cole, a University of Michigan expert on Iraq. "In terms of regional geopolitics, this is not the outcome that the United States was hoping for."”

“You can't always get what ya want.....
You can't always get what ya want.....

Sing it Mick!!!!”

“Geo, why can't you look at the positive?


Let me know when you find it.”

“Can we invade again and do another premptive smackdown? Maybe we should call it a revolution since we are already there?”

“The people of Iran are probably looking at the rubble left from the "Liberation" next door and saying, "Don't do us any favors."”

“From what I heard yesterday, Chalabi was one of the winners.

Hey, the vote is valid. That's what the Iraqi people want. Ayatullah so!”

“Wasn't Chalabi America's favorite thief until he got caught?”

“Hey Aero, that would be "next doorS". I know you didn't forget about Afganistan.



We've invaded countries either side of Iran just to prove to them that they don't need nuclear weapons.”

“The UIA will have to compromise with the Kurds in order to choose the presidential council. (Or Allawi, but he's viewed as an American puppet.) The Kurds will demand a certain level of autonomy. It's simply not clear yet whether this will all result in an Iranian-style theocracy.”

“Civil War, anyone?”

“Democracy can get messy.”

“I don’t know. This may have been the plan all along. That Bush is a tricky one.

The modern Republican Party has much more in common with the Islamists than they do with our traditional allies. They share a hatred of sexual expression, freedom of expression and science and are determined to bring about theocratic revolution.”

“Ha Ha!
That Vileman, such a funny clown! ;-)”

“oh... and they both hate America too!”

“Violin, I do think you are onto something.

We have the American Taliban, headed by Jerry Falwell, ...”

“Don't forget Pat Robberson!!”

“American and Iran aren't the same
Well in Iran they're run by a leader who is guided by god in his actions and efforts in creating a religious state and in American they're run by.....hmmmmm”

“Our god can beat the crap out of your god!”

“Just look at that look in his eye!

He's sayin', "Bring it on, you camel jockeys!"”