Disagreeable
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Red Robin said:That should tell a smart man (or woman) something. Either I am telling a lie, my cousin is telling a lie, or the liberal news media which you put so much faith in , which is a known liar, is telling a lie. My cousin gave an account of a incident where a couple commanders had to come in and identify a deceased soldier of theirs. They (if I remember correctly) told him in a somber fashion how much they appreciated the price the United States was paying and how they appreciated the work he had done on their soldier. They were in a rush to get back to their troops which were in a hot spot. It doesn't sound like something I have heard you recite which you pulled off CNN or something CBS reported. It sounds much more believable. Of course my cousin has so much to gain by telling these lies to his wife and she has so much to gain by telling me that there is the possibility that the money pressure made them distort this news.Disagreeable said:His contact with the Iraqi army is quite different than a lot of what I see on the 'net and in the news.
I don't doubt there are Iraqis who appreciate the overthrow of Saddam. Ahmad Chalabi was just at the White House and he thanked us profusely for overthrowing Saddam. Of course, he's still wanted in Jordan, maybe still under investigation for giving US military information to Iraq, and is in charge of Iraq's oil, but he is greatful for our help in making him a powerful figure in Iraq. :???:
But there are plenty of Iraqis who say things are no better than they were before the invasion. Thousands of doctors, lawyers, professional people have left the country because they're afraid of criminals and thugs roaming the streets, car bombs going off in their markets, being snatched off the streets and imprisoned for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
And I don't give a hoot what the Iraqis think. They didn't ask us to come into their country and destroy it. Their government has signed a statement that it's ok to kill members of an occupying army (US). So if your child or husband gets killed, that's no problem for the Iraqi government. There's no crime.
And I'm still waiting: Why is it ok for Bush to use the names, deaths of our soldiers in justifying that this war continue, yet it's not ok for me to use their names to get the killing stopped?
Do you have an answer, or is it just a knee jerk reaction when I post something to disagree and insult me?