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Iraq-Jordan
Letters Re pres. Bush’s Arab media interview
2004-05-06
I found an attempted post by AF Lady in the sink trap.
It linked to iraqthemodel’s Thursday post and contains some interesting letters regarding GW’s interview on Arab TV. Note the Iraqis’ attitude on the situation. It’s worth attempting to re-post. (Lady what did you do to Fred to deserve the drain?)
Posted by:GK

#10  Yeap,AF.I gave-up on the Main Stream news a long time ago.
Posted by: raptor   2004-05-07 9:54:02 AM  

#9  I just got back on after losing power at the house for over an hour! I just wish that more people would read the blogs from Iraq. I'd rather hear from them than what the media is telling us. The comments were absolutely great. I think I'll direct my boss to them. Of course, since I send her Kerry jokes constantly she'll probably take them as a joke.
Posted by: AF Lady   2004-05-06 11:17:25 PM  

#8  If I am the SH from the Sink Trap, I don't mind. Usually it's just a delay in the posting and works out in the end. It's actually helpful in some cases when the trap gets cleaned out just after midnight so a post is on the board for a longer period.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-05-06 11:03:32 PM  

#7  AF Lady, an alternate explanation (although a bit conspiratorial) is that the MBD TROLL was trying to post with your handle, and got zapped into the sink trap based on his true IP “identity” . . . I wouldn’t worry about it. In any case, aren’t those some cool comments posted by Arabs over at iraqthemodel?
Posted by: cingold   2004-05-06 9:40:46 PM  

#6  Okay, now I'm concerned. I never attempted to post from iraqthemodel. (Things may be somewhat hazy at this point, but I definitely don't remember reading it). I read the blog but haven't seen the post. It is worth reading though. My boss was lamenting yesterday about how the Iraqi's would just hate us more. I told her that the Iraqi bloggers I read were not echoing her words. She, of course, didn't believe me...after all I'm not a liberal.
Posted by: AF Lady   2004-05-06 9:29:39 PM  

#5  And "Botox" Kerry. See Kerry Says He Would Demand Accountability (Kerry also renewed his call for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation. . . .)
Posted by: cingold   2004-05-06 8:57:55 PM  

#4  I don't remember attempting to post an article, but then its the end of the semester and all those papers to grade are beginning to merge into one, so its possible I did and can't remember it. I hope I didn't do anything to deserve the drain!
Posted by: AF Lady   2004-05-06 8:56:59 PM  

#3  Don't forget Nancy "Botox" Pelosi!
Posted by: Jen   2004-05-06 8:47:32 PM  

#2  Dimmy wits - Harkin and Biden resemble that remark
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-06 8:18:45 PM  

#1  GK, my guess is that AF Lady’s IP, or other address info must be close to that of the Man Bites Dog TROLL (MBD being a vicious creature, that’s for sure). I see the same thing happening with posts from MS, SOT, and SH -- I imagine an automated script is zapping one and all.

I agree with you about the profound nature of the response of the “Arab Street.” It bears repeating that President Bush is a gentleman, and quintessential statesman. The “Arab Street” quite clearly realized his comments in the Arab TV interview were an apology -- even if that point was missed by the Dimmy wits. The reaction of the “Arab Street” (also missed by American media?) is telling, as reported by IRAQ THE MODEL blogspot. An excerpt:
here we have the president of the greatest nation on earth apologizes for what a small group of pervert soldiers did. And here, the American press proves that it's free to show the truth. We lived with similar pictures for years until they became the basics of every prison's daily life and we never heard an Arabic paper point them out. These are lessons from the western culture entering the hearts of Arabs, whether the Arab leaders liked or not.
They “get it,” even if the Dimmy wits do not.
Posted by: cingold   2004-05-06 8:13:23 PM  

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