Let President Bush declare victory. That’ll put the cat among the pigeons
and the talking heads of our elitist media will gag for words, but
the cat will then be well and truly amongst the pigeons and the
American people who still want to think for themselves, (not including
Daly Kos folk) will figure it out.

The President was in London yesterday. The BBC* couldn’t figure it out.
They had a split screen showing the President and the bigger portion
showing protesters outside the entrance to the street leading to
Parliament and No. 10. Only there were so few they barely filled the street. There were more police than protesters. Embarrassing TV.
I think there were about 1500, organizers were hoping for tens of thousands.

You’ll not get these people to voluntarily report the good news of Iraq.
Man oh man, did you get the excitement when some Taleban blew
up a prison in Kandahar and the inmates escaped? Within hours
UN “leader” Ban-ki Moon was calling for the international community (sic)
to negotiate with the Taleban. “The time has come” said Mr. Moon.

I wonder what Churchill thought about the British Army trapped at Dunkirk.

President Bush – Declare victory Sir.

The extraction and service contracts should add 1.5 million bpd to output once they were in place, Shahristani added.

Combined with the additional flows from the technical support contracts, Iraq’s output would hopefully rise to 4.5 million bpd in five years, he said. Of this total, 3.5 million bpd would be exported and the rest kept for domestic use.

Shahristani said technical support contracts did not entitle companies to any share in production.

“The benefit is that they will show interest in co-operating with Iraq and supporting us technically. They will have knowledge of the parameters of the fields and then they can … make us an offer which is better than others,” he said.

The service and extraction contracts are also seen as a stop-gap until a crucial oil law is passed, and will not provide the long-term involvement big oil companies crave.

That was back in March but there are some newer articles on the subject. I believe Iraq wants to let contracts by the end of June.

Vince – per your previous comment in this thread – that’ll teach ‘em to trust anything our Congress says! LOL!

I know, the COST.

The problem with talking about the financial aspects of this war lies in the fact that soon, Iraqi oil is going to (almost) single-handedly bust the oil bubble. By the end of the year, Iraq extraction, now at roughly 2.4 million barrels per day, will move up 500,000 to 2.9 million per day. The Saudis have announced they too will increase their production by the same amount. A crude price reduction of say, 30 or 40 dollars per barrel will represent a huge pay-back for the billions spent on Iraq. Both of these announcements occurred Friday, it will be interesting to see what effect it will have on the oil markets tomorrow.

Iraqi Shi’ites to Iran: Stop interfering (2million Iraqi Shi’ites, demand it)
06/15/2008 12:04:57 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 3+ views
Jerusalem Post ^ | Jun. 15, 2008
Iraqi Shi’ites to Iran: Stop interfering Jun. 15, 2008 The Media Line News Agency , THE JERUSALEM POST The signatures of more than two million Iraqi Shi’ites, demanding that Iran cease its interference in Iraq, were presented on Saturday during a convention in Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, the London-based daily A-Sharq Al-Awsat reported. Representatives of more than 135 parties and organizations, as well as 1,000 tribal elders from Iraq’s southern and central regions, attended the conference, titled “Solidarity with the Iraqi People.” Also attending the event were representatives from the Iranian opposition group, Mujahidin Khalq. “We have gathered over two…

“Ok.. they are leaving in two months now”…. then two months pass “Damn! I thoguht they were leaving.. now they’re sending more!!”

Then after a year

“Ok Dick Durban said it’s over…we just have to wait a few more months”

Then that passes ,, and we send more..

that would be funny

if we kept sending more and more while congress says we’re leaving.

And now with Bush leaving office and candidates talking about withdrawal, the Iranians were probably feeling the same thing. The Shiite militias had control of many districts in Baghdad in addition to Sadr City, the entire city of Basrah, and several of the border provinces adjoining Iran. Suddenly Maliki takes control of Basrah and Sadr City and is taking control in the border provinces. Nothing is working out according to their plans.

While our media were reporting a Sadr victory in Basrah, Iran was pushing Hezbollah into an uprising in Beirut in order to create the appearance of a larger regional victory for Shiite militias … and while that one succeeded to some extent, it was at the expense of nearly ALL of Hezbollah’s political capital with the people of Lebanon. Iran took one step forward and two steps back.

The enemies of Iraq must be completely perplexed and are maybe understanding that we are more complex and less predictable than they thought we are.

Tells me Maliki is bugging the crap out of the Iranians!

A big what if…….see what you think! Found at “FREEREPUBLIC”
Give peace with friends a chance
06/13/2008 8:10:12 PM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 1 replies · 47+ views
CarolineGlick.com ^ | 6/13/08 | Caroline Glick
There’s one thing you have to admire about the Iranians – they always tell you just what they think of you. They never beat around the bush. On Tuesday, the day after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki completed his three-day visit to Iran, his envoy to the Islamic Republic received a care package – delivered to his front door. When Iraqi Ambassador Muhammad Majid al-Sheikh’s driver opened the package, he discovered it was a bomb. In their best Farsi imitation of the Godfather, Iranian police spokesmen claimed that the package was not a bomb – but aquarium equipment. And in…

Right on AJ! Zap! I really feel for those who “don’t get it”.

Thank you George W. Bush! Thank you so very much for all you have done and endured. We owe you lifetimes of gratitude.