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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: DixieBelle on August 24, 2008, 11:27:14 AM
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Reuters is reporting that Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden is not popular among Iraqis, who very much dislike Biden's proposal to partition their country.
Senator Joe Biden may be one of the only U.S. politicians that can get Iraq's feuding Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish politicians to agree. But not in a good way.
Across racial and religious boundaries, Iraqi politicians on Saturday bemoaned Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's choice of running mate, known in Iraq as the author of a 2006 plan to divide the country into ethnic and sectarian enclaves.
"This choice of Biden is disappointing, because he is the creator of the idea of dividing Iraq," Salih al-Mutlaq, head of National Dialogue, one of the main Sunni Arab blocs in parliament, told Reuters.
"We rejected his proposal when he announced it, and we still reject it. Dividing the communities and land in such a way would only lead to new fighting between people over resources and borders. Iraq cannot survive unless it is unified, and dividing it would keep the problems alive for a long time."
SNIP - http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-wonder-joe-biden-is-unpopular-in.html
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How is Biden an idiot? Let me count the ways...
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Wow, does this mean the rest of the world might not vote for Obama? The DUmp will be so upset!! :fuelfire:
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Wow, does this mean the rest of the world might not vote for Obama? The DUmp will be so upset!! :fuelfire:
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Yes, and they've been counting on the Iraqi and European vote.
Seriously, it wouldn't shock me if they had. :banghead: