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2005-04-05 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Bobby 2005-04-05 2:59:00 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh man, what a load...
We have only had to pull europe's butt out of the fire 3 times last century. Violence is going down in Iraq and democracy is spreading. I take great pride in not being "european" enough.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-04-05 3:30:25 PM|| 2005-04-05 3:30:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 "... compared with British soldiers, who often patrol on foot and in berets instead of helmets in an effort to win the trust of local Iraqis."

It sure helps when you do that in Basra as opposed to the Sunni Triangle. IIRC some Marine units took very few casualties while doing occupation duty in the Shia south - all that changed when they took over some Sunni Triangle areas.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-04-05 3:40:25 PM|| 2005-04-05 3:40:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hit job by gutless wankers. Ignore, as usual.

Posted by .com 2005-04-05 3:53:52 PM|| 2005-04-05 3:53:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 You have to remember that the Brits have pulled out of every single one of the possessions won with British blood in the past 200 years. Uncle Sam still has most of his. If there's one thing the Brits know, it's how to govern a place so that it becomes an ex-possession in a minimum amount of time. They even lost Ireland. How the heck does one do that? Given their disastrous record at keeping their empire, I don't think they should presume to tell us how it's done.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-04-05 4:24:12 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-04-05 4:24:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Criticize, criticize, criticize - until we get it perfect! That's the job of the press. Ask them what they'd do, and they'll tell you what you did wrong. I'll bet this study was comissioned by Al Guardian!

Posted by Bobby 2005-04-05 4:35:39 PM|| 2005-04-05 4:35:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This propaganda is what, six months old at best?

Geez, these clowns aren't even competent. Pathetic. Truly pathetic. Is Howard backing this BS?

Posted by someone 2005-04-05 10:52:40 PM|| 2005-04-05 10:52:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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