I would use the word ?ignorant? rather than ?idiot? but idiot fits when it?s all about partisan agenda
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Whatever we're doing in Iraq
Dan
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is if you did not wish that things were going better in Iraq.
That you might wish that is just idiotic and sick.
Dan
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And who crow over every percieved failure. How does this incident reflect on the US in any way? Or are you among those who think that things under Saddam were hunky-dory?
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I suggest you counter attack by posting all the successes the US has had and the wonderful things they accomplished in Iraq. And I think it would be best to make it real successes and accomplishments and not just what Bush claims.
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the elections, thats the best there is
and thats not just bushes claim or was afaganistans elections a lie, or saudis changing the vote.
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I suggest you look them up instead of believing the steady drumbeat of negativity and likes served up by the media and liberals.
And of course stipulating that they NOT be things claimed by Bush is bogus. Naturally he cites real successes such as the elections, rebuilding of schools, bringing infrastructure services to areas that never had them or in which they had become inoperable in the Saddam years,teh starting of new businesses, closing the rape rooms and torture chambers. etc.
But it's your assignment. Educate yourself.
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Google around and you'll find more.
by the way, American deaths down in February to lowest amount in 17 months.
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The U.S.-backed interim government has set up a new Iraqi police force, army and security service, often trained by foreign instructors. But many say insurgents bent on bringing down the U.S.-backed government can easily penetrate their ranks.
Violence rages as Iraqi politicians struggle to form a new government after Jan. 30 elections which gave Shi'ites power after decades of Sunni domination under Saddam Hussein.
A proposed alliance between a Shi'ite bloc and Kurdish parties to form Iraq's next government may be in jeopardy with the most sensitive issues still unresolved, politicians involved in the talks said on Thursday.
The two parliamentary groups have between them two thirds of the seats needed to form a government, but disagreements over which sect receives what have stalled negotiations, leaving the country in limbo since the polls.
Mosul, Iraq's third largest city, with a mixed population of mostly Sunni Arabs and Kurds, has seen a surge in violence since last November when coordinated guerrilla attacks on police forced them to desert.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-world-12-l10&flok=FF-RTO-roitz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20050310%2F1333877853.htm&sc=roitz
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and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. 
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I would like to see some real positive results believe me. However taking on a pollyanna attitude is silly and pointless.
I'm thinking maybe in 5 to 10 years there may actually be some good come out of this. Have to hold on to some hope, otherwise it would be far too depressing. As it is I hate to think of how many Americans and innocent Iraqis will die in the next 5 years.
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from saddams seems to say maybe we did right but then its your call
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Any of our soldiers' deaths is a tragedy but I must point out that our casualty rate in Iraq has been breathtakingly small compared to other wars. In WW2 it was not uncommon for a day's toll to be in the hundreds and often thousands. Sometimes a troop ship would go down killing as many in minutes as have died in the entire Iraq war. Many many more die on US highways every year.
Strange how this is NEVER mentioned in the media.
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A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF
Monday, February 28, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST
The End of the Beginning
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF
Monday, February 14, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST
Happy Birthday
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF
Monday, January 31, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST
You'll find MANY more links at these links. Should keep you busy enough not to spread pessimism here.
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A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF
Monday, February 28, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST
The End of the Beginning
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF
Monday, February 14, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST
Happy Birthday
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
BY ARTHUR CHRENKOFF
Monday, January 31, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST
For starters.
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an excellent suggestion.
An opinion is an opinion, without the proof to support it is a "RANT" which can either be taken seriously, grin at, raise the eyebrows or entertain an elf.
I have room for all when time permits.
cl
got seven red dots lighted today
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I was stating a wish, Ed.
Are you among those who think we're done in Iraq and should pull out immediately?
Dan
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How does that incident in Mosul reflect on what we are doing in Iraq? Why is your "wish" linked to it?
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is our responsibility. I do not believe it is turning out the way most would have wished it. This incident struck me because of the tragedy heaped upon sorrow.
Dan
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A fanatic heaps explosives in his car and sets it off near a mosque and that is OUR responsibility? Not the bombers, OURS? That's just plain BS.
Look, nothing ever turns out exactly as one wants but the situation is nowhere near as bad as you and others have been trying to paint it.
Did Japan ever recover from the War? Did Europe? Hmm, maybe give things a little time to work out? Amazing progress has been made.
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... we are responsible for that ricin attack in the subways a while back.
Evie
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