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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 2 2010, 06:30 AM (245 Views) | |
| John Galt | Feb 2 2010, 06:30 AM Post #1 |
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Fulla-Carp
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/12/life_in_hell?obref=obinsite |
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| kathyk | Feb 2 2010, 09:30 AM Post #2 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Wow, is that a sobering read. Forty percent of Iraq's middle class exiled! I wish that anyone still hanging on to the idea that our invasion of Iraq was a good idea would read it.
Edited by kathyk, Feb 2 2010, 09:31 AM.
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| ivorythumper | Feb 2 2010, 11:58 AM Post #3 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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So are you saying it is better to live in a country where violence is predictable because it is permanent governmental policy over a country where the violence is not predictable because the country is in temporary transition and lawlessness occurs while the US and Iraqi forces are working to restore civil order? IF so, I think you sell your sense of security too cheaply. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| The 89th Key | Feb 2 2010, 12:22 PM Post #4 |
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FIFY |
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| kathyk | Feb 2 2010, 12:26 PM Post #5 |
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Pisa-Carp
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That seems to be what an awful lot of Iraqis are saying. We'll see how long this "temporary transition" lasts. |
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| Mikhailoh | Feb 2 2010, 01:00 PM Post #6 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I bet the Kurds and Shiites aren't saying that. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| kathyk | Feb 2 2010, 02:00 PM Post #7 |
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I'm sure a lot of them aren't. But, in terms of sheer numbers, it looks like many, many more times people are dead and suffering as a result of the aftermath of the toppling of the government there than did under Saddam. Even if the invasion had been a magnanimous humanitarian operation, it would have proved to be a huge mistake. Knowing what we know now (and a lot of us knew before the invasion) that it was based on trumped up allegations (to put it mildly) makes it all the more despicable. |
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| ivorythumper | Feb 2 2010, 02:01 PM Post #8 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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what "trumped up allegations" are you talking about? and what specifically did *you* *know* before the invasion. |
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| Luke's Dad | Feb 2 2010, 02:15 PM Post #9 |
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Emperor Pengin
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You've got to be freaking kidding me. Hussein's gulags alone were responsible for over 200,000 deaths. Then there was all the suffering and starvation when Hussein was spending the Oil for Food moneys on palaces. That's before we even get nto the gassing of the Kurds, the war with Iran and more. |
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| Luke's Dad | Feb 2 2010, 02:26 PM Post #10 |
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Emperor Pengin
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Here's a lovely PDF from www.usaid.gov that you may find interesting. It even has pictures. http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/pdf/iraq_mass_graves.pdf I'm going to go through up now. |
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