[PAA-Discuss] hutchison backs democratic plan

[A. Artemis]

Reading between the lines, here's what it seems to propose.   

"Give regions of Iraq local control over (a bunch of stuff)."   Well, isn't Iraq supposed to be its own country???  Why would one "give" control?   So it looks like local dictators will be put into place, to make it easier for Halliburton/KBR et al to control that individual.   

"A central government" (would do a bunch of stuff).  Hummm.   Why not say "The Iraqi government???"   Unless by "central," the authors behind this proposal truly meant Centralized Global Aristocracy."

"protect" pretty always means "war."

"Distribute oil revenues" . . . to whom?   Ah, yes, that Central Government.

This whole proposal is an amendment to "the defense authorization bill."   OK, so  the point is to authorize something that is illegal to begin with:  The Iraq war.

"Ortiz said. "We may never see traditional  democracy in Iraq as it stands now, ..."

Uh, with proposals like this, Ya think?

Lee Loe <leeloe at igc.org> wrote:     

Hutchison backs Democrat on Iraq plan 
  
 05:39 PM CDT on Friday,  September 21, 2007 
Associated Press  
 WASHINGTON – Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a longtime backer of  President Bush's Iraq policies, on Friday joined with a prominent Democrat to  push a war proposal the Bush administration opposes. 
 She joined with Sen. Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate from  Delaware, on a proposal that would give regions of Iraq local control over  police, jobs, education and government services. A central government would  protect Iraq's borders and distribute oil revenues. 
 Biden's proposal, an amendment to the defense authorization bill, could get a  vote next week. 
 Hutchison said her backing of the amendment doesn't mean she has changed her  position on the war. She echoed the administration view that the buildup of  troops has succeeded in reducing violence and given troops time to begin  training Iraqis to take more control of the country. 
 "I don't think you are going to have some political stability if you don't  have economic progress. People are going to have to work, have a job," Hutchison  said. "Obviously security is a major part of that, but I also think the ethnic  strife is going to hurt the capability to create that economic opportunity."  
 Hutchison said Iraqis already have envisioned a similar plan and included a  way to do it in their constitution. 
 The plan would be a political settlement that would allow troops to leave  Iraq without leaving chaos behind, Biden said. 
 "We have to deal with getting our troops home soon, we have to protect the  readiness of our troops while they are there, and we have to have a plan to  leave behind a stable Iraq so our grandkids don't have to go back a generation  from now," Biden said in a news release. 
 Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified this month  that violence had decreased in Iraq but acknowledged the country is largely  dysfunctional. 
 The administration has backed Petraeus' recommendation to keep some 130,000  U.S. troops in Iraq until next summer. Democrats want to order troops home by  next spring. 
 Along with Hutchison, Republican Sens. Sam Brownback of Missouri, also a  presidential candidate; Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania; and Gordon Smith of  Oregon are co-sponsoring the bill. 
 Democrats supporting Biden's measure are Sens. Barbara Boxer of California,  John Kerry of Massachusetts, Bill Nelson of Florida, Chuck Schumer of New York,  Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. 
 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, said the  proposal merits further investigation. 
 "I have long emphasized that the problem of Iraq requires a political  solution, not a military one," Reyes said. 
 Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, said Biden's proposal warrants  discussion. 
 "Our goal in Iraq, at this point, is to leave the people with as much  security and stability as possible," Ortiz said. "We may never see traditional  democracy in Iraq as it stands now, and unfortunately there are no easy answers and no simple solutions."
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