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| Iraq Descending Into Civil War | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 3 2006, 02:55 PM (315 Views) | |
| QuirtEvans | Aug 3 2006, 02:55 PM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...277.html?sub=AR |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 3 2006, 03:01 PM Post #2 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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From the NY Times:
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| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| AlbertaCrude | Aug 3 2006, 03:14 PM Post #3 |
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Bull-Carp
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As I wrote in the UK Ambassador's assessment thread:
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| apple | Aug 3 2006, 03:52 PM Post #4 |
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one of the angels
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you know.. Iraq seems to have been in a civil war of one shape or another for years now.. (previously, of course the dictator just executed his enemies... shoot, the whole middle east cannot get along,, never has (at least since after WW II. but seriously, the situation does look bleak.. poor people. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Aug 3 2006, 04:07 PM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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Let me edit that: On the otherhand, it could be argued that since its inception in 1919, Iraq has been in a state of civil war |
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| Axtremus | Aug 3 2006, 04:20 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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BBC's article on this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5243042.stm |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 4 2006, 07:06 AM Post #7 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Fair enough. But it does put ol' W's efforts at democracy-building in doubt. And it lends another view to the rose-colored outlook constantly coming out of the White House and from Rummy. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| OperaTenor | Aug 4 2006, 07:14 AM Post #8 |
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Pisa-Carp
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That's the bottom line. The innocents who suffer needlessly. |
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