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2004-04-13 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Man Bites Dog 2004-04-13 2:24:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Re french media : I stopped (for now) watching tv news starting from the early beginning of the insurrection, relying instead on Rb and the internet to get some more balanced info - even though you are stone-hearted warmonging republicans(Tm) ; the chattering class is in full hysteria mode, same as during the Us invasion of Irak. Viet nam/Lebanon comparisons are the norm, we hear that the "iraqi trap has closed on the private Bush", it is "chaos" this, "quagmire "that", we hear repeatedly how a mosque was hit by bombs, one weekly has "The fault! The failure!" splatterd all over his frontpage to make well understand that going to Iraq was "the worst geopolitical mistake since the soviet invasion of Afghanistan", etc, etc... In short : anti-Us bias at their worst since last year...
Some links (in french, use babelfish or else) about the anti-Us tone of the public service channel, France 2 :
http://www.upjf.org/documents/showthread.php?threadid=6388
http://www.upjf.org/documents/showthread.php?threadid=6382
http://www.upjf.org/documents/showthread.php?threadid=6391

Posted by Anonymous4134 2004-04-13 12:35:19 PM|| 2004-04-13 12:35:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how the full destruction of Fallujah would go over in the world right now, especially the Muslim world. We could take it out - total destruction, non-nuclear, in about 18 hours of unremitting high-level bombing, building an impenetrable cordon of tough, mean, NASTY Marines around the city to stop all evacuations, and literally level the city down six stories below-ground. I'd hate to do that, but it may be a lesson we'll eventually need to impress upon these idiots: WE are the meanest, baddest, nastiest warriors on the earth, and we can crush you and your ancestors back six generations if you don't behave yourselves. It's either that or continue this slow grind for the next thirty years. I'm not sure Americans are up to a thirty-years war.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-04-13 1:03:54 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-04-13 1:03:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't see a 30 year war. I see a decade at the most if we keep it up.

During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the Saudi's sent their rabid wackos up there to Jihad. Afghanistan was the first fly-paper war. It got the radicals out of Arabia and hopefully killed. This took pressure off of the kingdom.

Right now there is heat on all of the Arabic leaders from the US and the radicals. I think many of them are choosing the secret third option of sending radicals off to Jihad and die again. This allows the US to kill the radicals, and allows the Arabic states to moderate their ways with less of a threat from the radical side.

Why send the US military to country after country if they can send their hard boys into the line of fire while reforming themselves.

Perhaps I'm overly optimistic.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-04-13 3:03:21 PM|| 2004-04-13 3:03:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I see a 50-year war, like the Cold War. Time enough to raise 2 generations of Arabs (a few at least) who have lived under a rule of law (not Shari'a) and who have learned to like governing themselves. Time enough for the fifth columnists to either die off or grow up and wise up.

Posted by Tresho 2004-04-13 5:56:34 PM|| 2004-04-13 5:56:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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