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2005-10-19 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-10-19 13:34|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So we continue to see articles that quote anonymous sources, in this case THE US and Britain (whole countries? why was I not asked?), US and British officials, one US official, Coalition officials, Some experts, State Department officials, US and British officials

This article is pure gossip.

Posted by john">john 2005-10-19 20:04|| 2005-10-19 20:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Excellent slam dunk, john, lol. I will confess I never had any confidence in Jaafari, ever. I thought he was a pale wannabee compared to Allawi, a man who took on Saddam's assassins armed with axes.

Coming from Rooters and The Age, no doubt this article has editorial axes to grind, political long knives, and cares not a whit for a successful Iraq - the opposite is far more likely, to serve its agenda. I find it sad that the few people who control the agendas of the various "news" outlets will never have to face the people they've striven so hard to keep imprisoned by corrupt thugs, just to score a few points in their derangement games. I still favor hunter / killer teams, of course, to rectify such oversights.

I hope Iraqis can, someday, step outside their indoctrination, shrug off the clan, tribe, flavor of Islam, et al and begin to see the bigger picture. Perhaps a successful Kurdistan is the model they need. Those are shoes the average Arab Iraqis can imagine themselves wearing. Should that happen, then indeed, they could serve as examples to all of the other Arabs in bondage to monarchs, thugs, and mullahs - who will be able to imagine themselves in Iraqi shoes...

But I doubt they will have the century or two it would take them to "get it" - they've allowed the worst among them to rise to the top, intimidate them, co-opt them, and make them their resource pool. Indistinguishable, they are, now, when the killing breaks out. Many branches of the tree have died off or been pruned by reality. More will follow.

Posted by .com 2005-10-19 20:27|| 2005-10-19 20:27|| Front Page Top

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