[antimedia] antimedia: Work has been insane the past two days....

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Posted by antimedia:
Work has been insane the past two days....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1165385090.shtml


   ....but I didn't want to go to bed tonight without [1]pointing this
   out to you.

     A meeting of the highest significance and importance has just taken
     place. Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim, though much reviled and hated by the
     SodomoLadinists et al, is undoubtedly the highest Shiite figure
     ever to meet the American leadership at the highest level. This
     meeting has very profound meaning and is a very important message
     to the various factions in Iraq. I refer you to my previous post
     titled âFlirting with Sayid Aliâ. There are basically two camps in
     Iraq now. Not a Shiite Camp and A Sunni camp, but a camp for the
     new order including a majority of the Shiites, the Kurds, and many
     Sunnis (for example the tribes of the Anbar Salvation Council, and
     many, many other Sunnis), and another camp that is composed of
     sectarian factions totally opposed to Democracy and pluralism
     including anarchistic revenge groups and gangs of both sects. The
     first camp is by far the majority of the people.
     The strategic instinct of President Bush is guiding him in the
     right direction again despite all the confusion and pressures. I
     have always said that it is necessary not to lose site of the
     fundamentals of a situation, never to jeopardize the strategic base
     for the sake of any temporary tactical maneuvers. It is not a
     question of taking sides in a sectarian struggle. It is question of
     knowing where oneâs real popular base is; of knowing who has real
     interest in seeing the success of oneâs strategic goals and
     objectives. Nothing encourages the enemy like seeing confusion and
     disorientation of the Western leadership; and nothing discourages
     him more than seeing resolve and commitment otherwise. The enemies
     have be tackled one a time, and opening many fronts at the same
     time should be avoided, a fairly obvious axiom which is so often
     forgotten. If a fight is necessary, so be it; one side has to
     emerge victorious. This will only take place when the backbone of
     the enemy is broken thoroughly and definitively. History teaches us
     this. America itself would not be the Great nation that it is today
     had it not been for the victories of the American Revolution, and
     the American Civil War. This is the eighty percent strategy, this
     is right. We shall have more to say later Godâs willing.

   Pretty interesting take on what's going on in Iraq. Especially in
   light of [2]this news from Mohammed. Sunni terrorists threatening
   students and academics is nothing new, but it certainly places in
   stark contrast the two groups that Alaa describes above, doesn't it?
   And if [3]this news about Shiite sheiks working with the government to
   suppress violence in Baghdad is true, the contrast is even clearer,
   isn't it?

References

   1. http://messopotamian.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_messopotamian_archive.html#116526704067809217
   2. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/12/to-iraqi-teachers-and-students-with.html
   3. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-plan-for-security-in-sadr-city.html