Franca dhe Gjermania, a duhet te perzjehen ne Irak?
Pasi Amerikanet e bene corben ne Irak me gjithe rezistencen e ashper te komunitetit boteror, tani shija e corbes se gatuar me duart e tyre spo u pelqen. A mendoni se kete corbe duhet ta hane tani edhe shtete te tjera? A mendoni se do te arrijne qe te vriten dhe ushtare franceze dhe gjermane per te nxjerre geshtenjat amerikane nga zjarri Irakian?
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A mund te arrihet kjo me kercenime?
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U.S. senators urge Paris and Berlin to help Iraq
AP
Monday, June 21, 2004
WASHINGTON France and Germany came under strong criticism Sunday by senators who say more international help, including the support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, will be needed to provide security in Iraq after the transfer of political control at month's end.
"If we don't hand over the capacity for this sovereign government to be secure within its own borders and to be at peace with itself, then we're going to inherit a circumstance in Iraq that is equally as dangerous to us" as having ousted President Saddam Hussein in power, said Senator Joseph Biden, a Democrat of Delaware.
"It's time for NATO, and particularly the French and the Germans, to act more responsibly now," Biden said, notwithstanding their frustration with President George W. Bush.
Biden was one of three senators who met with Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, in Baghdad on Saturday.
France and Germany have said repeatedly that they will not send troops to Iraq.
The Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee, was asked about the refusal so far by France and Germany to make new troops available and to help address Iraq's large foreign debt.
"It's really time that they do step up," Frist said.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, who joined Biden on the trip to Iraq, said he agreed with Biden's call for more involvement by France and Germany and an active role for the military alliance.
Graham said that after being in Iraq he learned that "this is a world problem if we fail."
"It could be a world success if we succeed," Graham continued. "But the international community has a chance to be helpful at a time when Iraq needs it the most," said Graham, who appeared with Biden on ABC News's "This Week."
Graham said the U.S.-led coalition made mistakes after the war that deposed Saddam, among them underestimating the number of people needed and the difficulty of securing international aid.
"We have made it difficult at times to get international cooperation. But that's in the past. It is now time for NATO to help where NATO can," Graham said. "We need so many services, the Iraqi people do, that could turn this thing on a dime."
Frist, who also visited Iraq recently, said on Fox television, "I'd like to see NATO come forward somewhat more aggressively."
Bush, at an economic summit this month on Sea Island, Georgia, discussed the possibility of an expanded role for NATO in Iraq, and the issue is to resurface at an alliance summit June 28 and 29 in Turkey.
Sixteen of the 26 NATO members have troops in Iraq and the alliance provides logistical help for a Polish-led division in the country.
The Bush administration wants the alliance to take on more duties, like training Iraq's new army and sending more troops.
Biden, top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he thought that U.S. forces would have to stay in Iraq well through December 2005. American military commanders, he said, "are aware that there is going to have to be a surge of forces" as elections approach in January.
He said that more time, energy and money would be needed to get allies to help train Iraqi forces.
"The idea that we're going to have an Iraqi police force that's competent and an Iraqi military that's competent to take care of their own security in the next six months to a year is totally unrealistic," Biden said.
The coalition should reach out to the major world powers to entice them "to participate in various ways into the deal here," Biden said.
As for the U.S. presence, Biden said, "We cannot have additional American troops. But we're not going to be in a position where we have fewer American troops."
Pasi Amerikanet e bene corben ne Irak me gjithe rezistencen e ashper te komunitetit boteror, tani shija e corbes se gatuar me duart e tyre spo u pelqen. A mendoni se kete corbe duhet ta hane tani edhe shtete te tjera? A mendoni se do te arrijne qe te vriten dhe ushtare franceze dhe gjermane per te nxjerre geshtenjat amerikane nga zjarri Irakian?
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A mund te arrihet kjo me kercenime?
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U.S. senators urge Paris and Berlin to help Iraq
AP
Monday, June 21, 2004
WASHINGTON France and Germany came under strong criticism Sunday by senators who say more international help, including the support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, will be needed to provide security in Iraq after the transfer of political control at month's end.
"If we don't hand over the capacity for this sovereign government to be secure within its own borders and to be at peace with itself, then we're going to inherit a circumstance in Iraq that is equally as dangerous to us" as having ousted President Saddam Hussein in power, said Senator Joseph Biden, a Democrat of Delaware.
"It's time for NATO, and particularly the French and the Germans, to act more responsibly now," Biden said, notwithstanding their frustration with President George W. Bush.
Biden was one of three senators who met with Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, in Baghdad on Saturday.
France and Germany have said repeatedly that they will not send troops to Iraq.
The Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee, was asked about the refusal so far by France and Germany to make new troops available and to help address Iraq's large foreign debt.
"It's really time that they do step up," Frist said.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, who joined Biden on the trip to Iraq, said he agreed with Biden's call for more involvement by France and Germany and an active role for the military alliance.
Graham said that after being in Iraq he learned that "this is a world problem if we fail."
"It could be a world success if we succeed," Graham continued. "But the international community has a chance to be helpful at a time when Iraq needs it the most," said Graham, who appeared with Biden on ABC News's "This Week."
Graham said the U.S.-led coalition made mistakes after the war that deposed Saddam, among them underestimating the number of people needed and the difficulty of securing international aid.
"We have made it difficult at times to get international cooperation. But that's in the past. It is now time for NATO to help where NATO can," Graham said. "We need so many services, the Iraqi people do, that could turn this thing on a dime."
Frist, who also visited Iraq recently, said on Fox television, "I'd like to see NATO come forward somewhat more aggressively."
Bush, at an economic summit this month on Sea Island, Georgia, discussed the possibility of an expanded role for NATO in Iraq, and the issue is to resurface at an alliance summit June 28 and 29 in Turkey.
Sixteen of the 26 NATO members have troops in Iraq and the alliance provides logistical help for a Polish-led division in the country.
The Bush administration wants the alliance to take on more duties, like training Iraq's new army and sending more troops.
Biden, top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he thought that U.S. forces would have to stay in Iraq well through December 2005. American military commanders, he said, "are aware that there is going to have to be a surge of forces" as elections approach in January.
He said that more time, energy and money would be needed to get allies to help train Iraqi forces.
"The idea that we're going to have an Iraqi police force that's competent and an Iraqi military that's competent to take care of their own security in the next six months to a year is totally unrealistic," Biden said.
The coalition should reach out to the major world powers to entice them "to participate in various ways into the deal here," Biden said.
As for the U.S. presence, Biden said, "We cannot have additional American troops. But we're not going to be in a position where we have fewer American troops."