The following quotes are from a BBC News article on the suggested redeployment of UK troops to take up US positions in the Sunni triangle, freeing up US Divisions in Iraq for action in Fallujah and other terrorist/insurgent hotspots.
As the election neared, Mr (Charles) Kennedy said, the Bush administration would be “looking for some major breakthrough in terms of their Iraq campaign, and that they want to divert forces accordingly” .
You’re bloody right it is! What the hell is Charles Kennedy on!?
Oh no! Not ‘some major breakthroughs’ in Iraq! Anything but that!!
If anything the quote does nothing more than highlight a truly imbecilic undercurrent of the Lib Dems Iraq policy. They want us to loose. As over-the-top as it might sound, you look at that sentence - a politician decrying the possibility of ‘major breakthroughs’ being made in the fight against terrorists in Iraq - and tell me that ANY other conclusion can be drawn from it.
But most anger was felt on Labour’s backbenches, with Glenda Jackson MP accusing the government of providing “mercenaries for a Republican army”.
Nice to see someone who treats the Anglo-American alliance with the dignity that it deserves after fighting two world wars side-by-side.
Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner said the government was handing President Bush a “lifeline” and an “oxygen cylinder” by freeing up American troops for a pre-election offensive.
Aaargh!! We’re HELPING OUR ALLIES!! Dear god no! We can’t achieve anything in Iraq because it would be beneficial to the president’s re-election! Better to let things stagnate till after the elections.
What an absolute joke. As if their arguments against redeployment weren’t tenuous enough the Anti-War league has taken a step into the ridiculous.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at October 19, 2004 01:19 AM | TrackBack