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2004-04-07 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi civilians offer cars and bus to US military to transport wounded

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Posted by Sherry 2004-04-07 5:28:14 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nex time call for SKerry to talk to them.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-04-07 5:36:25 PM|| 2004-04-07 5:36:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Whoa. Can't express enough respect to our guys.

Thankfully, some Iraqis also have true courage.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-04-07 5:44:25 PM|| 2004-04-07 5:44:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 As I keep saying . . . there's a lot of friendlies in Iraq. This is no "Intifada" or "general uprising" or "Tet offensive"--I don't give a bridge in Massachusetts what Ted Kennedy says.

To our boys in the thick of it: good luck, good hunting, and come home safe.

Posted by Mike 2004-04-07 5:46:57 PM|| 2004-04-07 5:46:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mike, in the Tet offensive the North Vietnamese thought the South would rise up, they did not. The Viet Cong were slaughtered and broken as a force. The only thing the North gained was a political victory.

This very well might be a replay of all of that, but the political victory is less likely. Still watch who goes wobbly and who stands firm.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-04-07 5:51:30 PM|| 2004-04-07 5:51:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I dunno, it is beginning to look like the Tet -- massive losses for the bad guys, no general uprising like they expected, and the press and traitorous politicians trying to turn it into a defeat.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-07 6:25:13 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-04-07 6:25:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 R.C. This is where the Administration needs to get out there in front of the public and tell them what is happening and tell the truth. (That is why they get the big bucks!)

I watched a little bit of Rummey's Q&A today and it looked like the press there was not very interested -- as if they had already made up their minds what to print and were only looking for 'spicy stuff' (hense the tone of their questions...).

Another difference is that there was no Internet (that we know of...) 30 years ago. The press no longer completely controls news content for a large segment of the population.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-04-07 6:40:23 PM|| 2004-04-07 6:40:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It's like Tet in another way. Some maintain that Giap wanted the VC beaten up good, to pave the way for the North to take over the South without the VC in the way.

Sistani is holding his militia in the wings, waiting for Sadr to get decimated, and leaving him the armed Shia power.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-04-07 7:24:10 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-04-07 7:24:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Chuck, after this, I'm not sure that any armed shia power is going to be tolerated. I just saw a Rasmussen poll that showed Bush dropping. Probably no big deal at this point. Nevertheless, W has to win this fight. He has about 2 months to get it done...for real this time.

Posted by remote man 2004-04-07 7:36:13 PM|| 2004-04-07 7:36:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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