FOLLOWING A MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION, U.S. NAVY REAR ADMIRAL JOHN RING HAS BEEN FIRED AS THE COMMANDER AT JOINT TASK FORCE - GUANTANAMO.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, TARAJI P. HENSON, TV ACTRESS WHO KEEPS FAILING IN THE MOVIES, ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE CALLING FOR JOHN RING TO JOIN THE CAST OF THE SIXTH SEASON OF EMPIRE. "YOU ARE MY BROTHER," TARAJI DECLARED, "AND YOU ARE MY FAMILY. YOUR ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU ARE EMPIRE PEOPLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU."
REACHED BY THESE REPORTERS, HENSON ADMITTED SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOHN RING BUT "IF HE'S SCREWED UP, HE'S MY KIND OF PEOPLE."
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
In October, the CIA's long beloved choice for prime minister, Adil
Abdul-Mahdi, was finally made prime minister of Iraq. He was one of
their top candidates in 2006 and, since 2010, had been their top
candidate. Apparently, as if further proof was needed, the CIA can't
even handle basic analysis. Adil is an utter failure as prime
minister.
Had the Iraqi Constitution been followed -- it's never followed -- is
that because the US government wrote it? Had the Iraqi people been
allowed to write their own Constitution and select their own leadership,
how different would things be today?
At any rate, after the election, per the Constitution, the president of
Iraq is declared. She or he then names someone the prime minister
designate and he or she then has 30 days to form a Cabinet. If they can
do that, they are named prime minister. If they can't, a new person is
supposed to be selected and given 30 days to form a Cabinet. (Due to
the wording, it's also true that the same candidate who failed could be
given a second thirty day period to try to form a Cabinet.)
Adil failed at forming a Cabinet. But he was moved on to prime minister
anyway -- and he promised he'd have that Cabinet filled in a matter of
weeks.
In less than a week, it will be May. Adil still does not have a
Minister of Interior (over the country's police forces) or a Minister of
Defense (over the country's military). He has still not filled those
positions. We are mere days away from seven months -- seven months
where he has failed to fill those positions.
Now Nouri al-Maliki, former prime minister and forever thug, did not
fill those positions in his second term. He didn't fail at it, he just
didn't want them filled. Why? Because, with the help of a whorish
international press, he could pretend he did. He would name someone the
Defense Minister and the US and European press wold then refer to that
person as the Minister of Defense. But they weren't. The way it works
is that the prime minister nominates someone and the Parliament confirms
them. That's how it works. And then if the person must be removed, it
requires Parliament to do so. This is how the minister remains
independent (in theory). By refusing to nominate anyone for those
posts, nominate to Parliament, Nouri controlled them. The 'minister'
had no power because Parliament didn't confirm them. They did what
Nouri told them or they were out of a job -- one they really didn't
hold.
This was not an accident on Nouri's part, he did not want the security ministries filled because he wanted to control them.
For those who have forgotten, Nouri's second term (the one we're talking
about) saw Iraq lose control over a number of areas -- including its
second most populated city, Mosul -- to ISIS. ISIS rose because of
Nouri al-Maliki's actions.
When ISIS rose, there was no real Minister of Interior or Minister of Defense. Do we pretend that never happened?
Apparently, we do pretend that because nearly seven months after Adil
became prime minister, Iraq once again has no Minister of Defense and
has no Minister of Interior. US troops remain on the ground in Iraq --
supposedly to fight ISIS. (Supposedly? US forces have remained in Iraq
-- including during the drawdown that the media painted as a withdrawal
-- US military leaders never called it a "withdrawal" because it was
not -- and the reason they remain in Iraq is because these puppet
governments and leaders the US government keeps trying to graft onto
Iraq refuse to take. But it's also true that the press coverage --
limited though it was -- of Spc Ryan Dennis Orin Riley's death last
Saturday in Iraq included outlets that insisted he was stationed there
to fight ISIS and outlets that insisted he was there to fight al Qaeda.
They are two different groups. And, for the record, US troops are
supposed to be there to fight ISIS.) So you have US troops on the
ground in Iraq to fight ISIS at the same time that the Iraqi government
can't find people to head the security ministries? We're wasting time
and money and human lives defending a country whose own prime minister
feels no need to have a Minister of Defense, for example?
Yet again, the Iraqi people have had the US impose another 'exile' to be
prime minister of their country. For the US government, the chief
trait you must possess to be prime minister? You have to have fled Iraq
like a coward and stayed hidden for years and years, not returning to
Iraq until after the 2003 US-led invasion.
These cowards have been very good at nursing their personal grudges --
which helps to keep Iraq trapped in a pattern of violence -- but really
poor at governance.
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