In further evidence of how insanely desperate the administration is to project the appearance of victory irrespective of the reality reported - that only 40% of Baghdad is under control (let alone the rest of the country), now the Iraqi Prime Minister, Maliki, has openly appealed to the American commanders not to arm insurgent groups.

"Some field commanders make mistakes ... by arming tribes sometimes, and this is dangerous because this will create new militias," Maliki said in an interview put out on Newsweek magazine's website.

"I believe that the coalition forces do not know the backgrounds of the tribes. It is a job of the (Iraqi) government," he added.

The premier said his administration seeks "to arm some tribes that want to side with us, but on the condition that we should be well aware of the tribe's background and sure that it is not connected with terror."

He said arming such groups "should be under the control of the state and we should have guarantees that it will not turn into a militia."

Last week, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, commander of Multi-National Division North, went on record contending that precedents were set for such arming of insurgents as a strategy in Vietnam and Latin America (O, really? How did that work out?)

"We've seen this in previous counterinsurgency operations, using local nationals, arming them and forming them into scouts," Mixon told CNN. "That's the primary role we want to use them in. They know the territory. They know the enemy."

Well, General Mixon, here's another precedent for you. It's called the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and even Generals are subject to it.

904. ART. 104. AIDING THE ENEMY

Any person who--

(1) aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; ... shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial or military commission may direct.

908. ART. 108. MILITARY PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES-- LOSS, DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION, OR WRONGFUL DISPOSITION

Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority--

(1) sells or otherwise disposes of;

(2) willfully ore through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or

(3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, sold, or wrongfully disposed of;

any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Invested in defense stocks, General?

Treason is defined as "the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one's country or of assisting its enemies in war."

Article 3, Section III, of the US Constitution states: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

Or do you just think, like Alberto Gonzales, that the Constitution you swore to uphold is "quaint" and "outdated."

Arming the enemy with our weapons against our soldiers?

As I said before, Whoa!!!

IMPEACH NOW!  IMPEACH NOW!! IMPEACH NOW!!!

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