{"id":89,"date":"2004-07-02T23:52:25","date_gmt":"2004-07-03T04:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=89"},"modified":"2005-07-10T05:04:16","modified_gmt":"2005-07-10T10:04:16","slug":"iraq-seeks-european-help-with-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Seeks European Help With Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq is <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;cid=540&#038;ncid=721&#038;e=7&#038;u=\/ap\/20040703\/ap_on_re_mi_ea\/iraq_europe\" target=\"_blank\">requesting training assistance from France and Germany<\/a> for its security forces.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Iraq (news &#8211; web sites)&#8217;s deputy foreign minister appealed Friday to France and Germany to help build and train the country&#8217;s security forces, saying the new Iraqi government wants to broaden its relations beyond Washington and London.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a very sharp move, if I&#8217;m reading this correctly.  By going straight to the heart of our erstwhile allies, the new Iraqi government can present an argument that it is not just a U.S. puppet while still getting a valuable commodity.  Also, if agreed that the training is in Europe, France and Germany have little ground on which to base a refusal.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> &#8220;We want balanced relations with all the countries of the world, and we are seeking the help of the international community to build a new Iraq built on democracy and respect for human rights,&#8221; al-Bayati said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This paints the Euros into a corner:  help the new Iraqi government find stability and thus strengthen the American chance of long-term success or look like schmucks on the world stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq is requesting training assistance from France and Germany for its security forces. Iraq (news &#8211; web sites)&#8217;s deputy foreign minister appealed Friday to France and Germany to help build and train the country&#8217;s security forces, saying the new Iraqi government wants to broaden its relations beyond Washington and London. This is a very sharp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-war-on-terror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}