Surge OK!
Moqtada Al-Sadr gives the surge a big vote of confidence … by packing up the wife and kids and bolting for Teheran!
Gateway’s got your closeup of Mookie’s dental work and a roundup.
In other developments, the Iraqis will be shutting down the Iranian and Syrian borders. Great moves, but I don’t get why they keep giving everyone advance notice.
Topics: Iraq
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:21 am Comments (12) on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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February 14th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Half the Iraqi Parliament is living in London and getting their $170,000 a year checks direct-deposited.
Is that a vote of confidence in the insurgency?
February 14th, 2007 at 2:50 am
Ahhh yes, alphie, Protein Wisdoms favorite dope.
February 14th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Mookie bugs out
Sadr Flees Iraq John Hinderaker Stunning news, I think: Moqtada al Sadr has bolted to Iran, apparently because he fears for his safety as more American troops pour into Baghdad. Sadr reportedly took the top command of his Mahdi army
February 14th, 2007 at 8:37 am
The latest is that the fat bearded one, is NOT in Iran
http://www.foxnews.com/
Also, the Prez will be holding a press conference today, at 11. Don’t let those people with the bulging jacket sbother you, people of the press. I mean, like it is St. Valentines Day and you know what happened on this day, in Chicago.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:39 am
“sbother”, is archaic Slavic for b-o-t-h-e-r.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:31 am
Whether he’s in Iran or not, the closing of the borders is significant. If he’s in Iran, he can’t come back. If he’s not in Iran, he can’t leave (and our forces may very well drop a JDAM on his head). Win-win.
February 14th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
alphie:
Why would anyone believe a word you said? Really?
February 14th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Why would anyone believe the administration clowns could “shut down” Iraq’s borders when they can’t even guard ours, Terrye?
February 14th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Is that what the mean by “voting with his feet”? Maybe he’ll go for a bus ride with Al Quds.
February 14th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Fat bearded one???? FAT BEARDED ONE!!!!
A plague on you, pesky infidels! May that infernal Marcotte creature recite the entire Hooha Monologue into your helpless eardrums! Moqtada has not run away!
No! He is… taking a… vacation!
Yes… that’s It! That’s the ticket. He is taking a *vacation* in sunny Iran.
February 14th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Looks like alphie is in favor of a aggressive border enforcement. He’s not so liberal after all!
February 14th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
Oh, also it would because there are no precision-guided munitions involved in our own border defense. Partly because of our hand-wringing over the “rights” of illegal aliens but mostly because Mexico, while craptacular, is not quite as disastrous a neighbor as Iran, so we can afford to punt that one for a while.
So I find it entirely credible that the US military has quite a bit more ability to secure Iraq’s borders than our own hamstrung border patrol has to secure our own. And lest you whip up a straw man to bludgeon – I do *not* advocate dropping JDAMs on Mexican border-jumpers.
Hmmm. Also, a news report tomorrow about some folks sneaking into Iraq is not proof that our border operations there are entirely ineffectual.