Meyers: "I think the worst fear the Iraqis have is that we would leave."

[thebigidea]

Funny, I thought it was rape/murder/torture/etc.

Ah, Gen. Meyers. What a card!

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Is it possible to make more of an idiotic statement?

Every day they outdo themselves.

[livetohike]

2. Has he asked them?

There is no plan. There are 40 days to go until June 30 and we have heard no details of a plan.

[thebigidea]

3. what I found most amusing...

... is that he was asked that if the Iraqi "govt" DID ask us to leave, HOW would we.

His response: a longwinded "they won't!"

[Wind Dancer]

4. Unbelievable!

[Mandate My Ass]

5. "they won't"

because we would revoke their sovereignty if they did.

Oh how I love irony.

[thebigidea]

10. limited sovereignty... its magically ficticious!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. It's just a regurgitation of what Paul Bremer said on May 14th...

...his "We will leave if they ask us to leave, but they're not going to do that, so we're not leaving" speech. Inspirational, timely, and inspirational...wait, I already said that.

"Bremer says U.S. will leave Iraq if new government asks
Rulers not likely to seek quick exit, administrator says"



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4978361/

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. administrator of Iraq told regional officials Friday that the United States would leave Iraq if requested to do so by the new Iraqi government — although he thinks such a move is unlikely.

L. Paul Bremer told a delegation from Iraq’s Diyala province that American forces would not stay where they were unwelcome.

“If the provisional government asks us to leave we will leave,” Bremer said, referring to an Iraqi administration due to take power June 30. “I don’t think that will happen, but obviously we don’t stay in countries where we’re not welcome.”

[thebigidea]

8. meanwhile, Bremer hastens a well-timed retreat himself

funny, seems like the great love story didn't work out too well for either of them:

[Jacobin]

7. He must mean the 18% in the last Iraqi poll who want us to stay

Guess they are on the payroll.

The other 82% want us gone.

Who does he think he's fooling?

[thebigidea]

9. the great silent minority. or the synthetic minority. suckered minority?

[Burma Jones]

11. Well, a FEW Iraqis will be VERY afraid

When we do leave, as happens everywhere else we mess up, those that supported us will be killed.

Now, we haven't always messed up, but it's been about, what, 55-60 years since the Marshall Plan?

[thebigidea]

14. somewhere, they're sealing a deal for a Chalabi biopic

[rock]

12. "... bushsucks* in charge come this election"

Perhaps that is how he meant to complete his statement.

[Wind Dancer]

13. Oh wonderful

now we aren't responsible for the drug problem in Afghanistan? Let's blame it on the UK! Is this for real!

[thebigidea]

15. Meyers lives a bit through the looking glass.

He's been at the Mad Hatter's tea party for several years.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

16. I guess 90% of Iraq's are wrong after all

when they said recently it feels like an occupation

[thebigidea]

17. MEYERS: "No, I don't think we're on the brink of failure... I think..."

"... we're on the brink of SUCCESS!"



Figure 4353453. Bush at the Brink of Success.

[Wind Dancer]

18. It's amazing the words that come out of Meyer's mouth!

I think they are all high!

[DaveSZ]

19. US soldiers gun down wedding party guests:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1640282

[thebigidea]

20. he's turning into Buck Turgidson: "Now I'm not sayin' we're not gonna get

our hair mussed!"