Al-Masri, leader of Al-Quida in Iraq is delighted with the political change in America, is that a wakeup call?
921055
Masri meant  "Murtha".\n\nThe dems are more concerned about global warming.
979736
Even Republicans realized we needed a change. We have a power crazed president who has become a liability and an embarassment to the US and we are failing miserably in Iraq (not our troops fault, but a oil blinded government). America has spoken!
843952
The reaction is just as many of us predicted. Al-Queda in Iraq is now claiming they are winning the war because of the democrat victory. Iran will now step up it's own rhetoric. People we are in for a bumpy ride. Are the democrats up for this challenge? Think of Murtha, Kerry, Clinton and Kennedy.....do they inspire trust with you in the realm of National Security?
711754
I believe the quote from al-Maliki was: \n\n"I am a friend of the United States, but I am not America's man in Iraq."\n\nI wonder if he is all of sudden showing criticism of the Americans raiding Shiite militias as a way of showing that he is his own man with his own country making his own decisions?? Orrrrrrr is this his insecurity coming out as he realizes he alone doesn't have the ability to defeat them?
919198
IT IS AN AL QUEDA PLOT TO DESTABILIZE THE COUNTRY AND TO GET THE REST OF THE WORLD TO BLAME THE US FOR THE PROBLEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE TROUBLE MAKERS ARE NOT EVEN FROM IRAQ. THE PROBLEMS IS THAT THE IRAQI FACTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE INSURGENTS TO KILL THEM WITH OUT A FIGHT. IT SEEM LIKE A CIVIL WAR BUT IT IS AN INTRICATE PLOT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN PROCESS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO STICK IT OUT. IF WE RUN WE WILL BE ASKING FOR FURTHER PROBLEMS ON OUR HOMELAND.
910466
Have you heard of Iraq?\n\nWesterners are still trying to enforce their will on Arabs.\n\nLittle has changed.\n\nlove and blessings Don
926893
Mav sweetie take it from a man who knows what he's talking about.\n\nregardless of the (minor) religious difference Sunnis and Shiites lived together in peace for centuries.\nit wasn't until the invasion of Iraq when hell broke loose. at first, the Iraqis rejoiced when the US military over thrown the Ba'th regime of Saddam Hussein.\n\nnow we have the Iraqi people (Sunnis and Shiites) and Al Qaida (foreign fighters from all over the Mideast and mostly Sunnis) in Iraq right.\nAl Qaida in Iraq are committed to fight the Americans in Iraq to the bitter end until we either get out or get killed. that's how they think.\n\nafter the first few months the majority of the Iraqis who "rejoiced" when Saddam was caught, started to get tired of the US occupation and the militias started to grow. \nin the beginning there was no fighting between Shiites and Sunnis at all. all the fighting was basically against the US and UK. Sunni  Iraqis who wanted to get involved in this joined Al Qaida (foreign Arabs) and Shiites Iraqis joined Al Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Sadr city.\nnow this Mahdi militia was showing our troops hell until the US Army had to make a truce with their leader Muqtada Al Sadr and promised him that the new regime will be controlled by Shiites instead Sunnis who ruled Iraq for many many years under Saddam's regime.\n\nSunnis see this as treason and therefore justify killing the "traitors". they started bombing Shiite neighborhoods, mosques, and markets.\nbottom line is our military is some what responsible for all the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites. \n\nin my opinion both Shiites and Sunnis who do kill innocent people for no reason other than being Sunni or Shiites (civilians) are vicious animals and don't deserve to breath. \nunfortunately the civil war has erupted and there's nothing we can do to stop it. \nmark my words. this current regime will not last for too long.\n\nit's a sad sad situation Mav :o(
927284
I will be very honest with you. I do not know what will happen-I don't even know their plan. I do know that I do not like the way things are going now in Iraq, with our border and port security, with general fear mongering, with the "family values" the Reps have been shoving down my throat for the past several years, the dirty politics, the gas price fluctuations right before elections, and the "stay the course" mentality. All of these things caused me to vote for somebody different. The Reps' have had 5 years of practically absolute control over all 3 branches of government, and I believe a change is in order. I am very happy with the results of last night's elections.
696572
Yes. I'm surprised to hear that he made such a common sense suggestion, but yes, I totally agree. We've been told repeatedly by this administration that the Iraqis want and need us there and are thankful for what we're doing, so why not find out straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak?
37334
I'm freaking speechless...How does an armed militant faction become the most powerful party in Iraq??? the world is coming to an end as we know it...I think there is going to be a lot more chaos down in the middle east.
780030
No one was obviously. The economy ISN'T that great, the war in Iraq is a mismanaged fiasco, the partisans in the house and senate was sickening so overall I would say a change was and still is needed. Hope they can all kinda work together to take care of what is most important... US CITIZENS!!
1062224
Screw liberals!  The Bush administration has made big mistakes in Iraq but things are going to get better once:  Iraqi forces increase, the iraqi parliament works together, and when the Iraqis start to realize that their destiny is in their hands and the U.S. is just their to support them.  A terror-free Iraq is beter for the U.S. and the world.  We can't just leave now.  We need to finish the job and in the long run it will benefit the U.S.
676255
No. Iraqis are falling into abyss and the Americans are nowhere in getting order to that country. So what if the new government was form. It's just America's system of assuring to the world that they've got things under control in Iraq. There's still suicide bombers in Iraq more frequent than it is in Palestine territories.\n\nIraqis are also not better off under Saddam. Saddam did lots of nasty things but not featured on the news so you don't know what had happened in Iraq under Saddam regime.\n\nSolution. It would be better if the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) step in Iraq and dispel the US.
1076712
Yes, but what is more important is who turned him in.  Sunni's,  this an extremely big deal.  Sunni support for terrorism within their own country is coming to an end.
165832
They have stopped the mass murders.They have ended the United Nations oil for food program that was for the most part really really nice extortion.Most importantly the iraqis now have freedom to vote for their own government.Freedom is usually expensive and paid for in blood.It is just as pricless as the lives lost in securing it.
117024
He is Sunni, part of the minority group in Iraq. Now that Sadaam is no longer in power, Sunni's are having trouble adjusting to not having things their way. Some keep insisting that they're the majority group in Iraq.
556985
Not anytime soon.  People in the west need to understand that Iraq and much of the ME region has been heavily factionalized and controlled by local political groups with divergent agendas for thousands of years.  As such, a move to democracy will require a protracted period of time to change the thinking of the general populace.\n\nThe older generations are not likely to welcome any change.  It will take time for them to die off while signifiant continuous effort will be needed to pursuade the younger generations that there is a different way.\n\nLook how long it has taken in the US for anything approaching racial equality and harmony to evolve.  The slaves were freed in the 1860s, yet were not guaranteed suffrage until 100 years later.  Although progress has been made, we still have a LONG way to go.\n\nA meaningful long-term change in Iraq will take a US & UN presence of 50 - 100 years in order to stabilize the political system.  Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply blind to the realities of human nature at best, and an abject fool at worst.