Will we make the June 30 deadline?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-04-07 04:55pm

With the situation in Iraq actually deteriorating in the past couple of week (more and more attacks by insurgents, more soldiers dying), I have to wonder if Bush will be able to keep to the June 30 deadline for handing power over. Is he really going to just pull out of there if the situation continues to deteriorate the way it has? It seems to me that, if the trend continues, handing over power to the Iraqis on June 30 would be a sure recipe for a fundamentalist Islam government to pop up within the next few years and condemning the country to even more terrorism from Saddam's still-existing loyalists.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-04-07 05:00pm

We're damned if we do and damned if we don't, but Bush put us in that position. Whether we'll make the deadline or not, I'm undecided.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-04-07 05:06pm

We will not be able to legitimately hand over power on June 30. We may toss the potato and run, but I don't consider that handing over power. More like fucking Iraq up the ass unlubed.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-04-07 05:42pm

It depends. If you're talking about handing power over to fanatical Shiite gunmen, we could certainly pull that off. If you're talking about handing it over to a stable government which actually represents the Iraqi people... no. So I voted no.

I think that this will turn into a hot button issue for the last few months of the campaign. If they hand it over on time and fuck it up, Bush will look a complete ass. If they don't hand it over before November, he'll merely look stupid.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-04-07 07:23pm

Well, considering the Iraqi security forces are in shambles and there is open rebellion all over the country, any transfer of power would be a mere token action.

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » 2004-04-07 07:29pm

If the hand-off does go ahead on June 30, it will either be:

a) a farce (i.e. American puppet regime)

b) a disaster (e.g. civil war)

c) both

It will probably be a lot of A and a little bit of B.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-04-07 07:53pm

Noone's even enunciated what the hell they're supposed to be handing over. US troops will remain, Bremer has already written numerous laws that the Iraqi government won't be able to change- this is the status quo pretending to be something else. It'll be purely a cosmetic change- there will be no "pull out" of anything.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-04-07 11:32pm

The Dude wrote:If the hand-off does go ahead on June 30, it will either be:

a) a farce (i.e. American puppet regime)

b) a disaster (e.g. civil war)

c) both

It will probably be a lot of A and a little bit of B.

More it will be a lot of A and even more of B. This will all end in tears.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-04-07 11:37pm

Where's Axis Kast? Shouldn't he be pointing out how we're actually bringing joy and prosperity to the entire Middle East?

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-04-07 11:46pm

Darth Wong wrote:Where's Axis Kast? Shouldn't he be pointing out how we're actually bringing joy and prosperity to the entire Middle East?

Unless he's busy tracking tiger-stress incidents...

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