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2005-02-25 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Bobby 2005-02-25 12:46:50 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 it can and will be said that they ventured into hell, and did not return with empty hands

Indeed, they passed the baton off to the other oppressed people of the region.

Posted by Mac Suirtain 2005-02-25 1:52:01 PM|| 2005-02-25 1:52:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Women cried as they walked out after voting. Both women and men walked up to and hugged the Marines as they walked out of our perimeter.

Hello, Peregrine? Would you look those people in the eyes and tell them what they did meant nothing?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-02-25 1:55:07 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-02-25 1:55:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I've been following your Peregrine comments, RC, and I suspect you have more experience - if not education - than the Columbia ...um, person. But, ya gotta remember - from Peregrine's perspective, these are adrenalin-crazed, video-game-playing, deluded wackos. Like my son, the Marine. He hopes to be able to tell his children that he was there for the historic elections in Iraq. And Prergrine - you'll just have to wait to see if history agrees with him - or you. I have my opinion.....

Posted by Bobby 2005-02-25 2:11:33 PM|| 2005-02-25 2:11:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Wow! And the other stories, about the brain surgeon from Chicago, and the brave Americans who tried to save an Iraqi woman...and were cheered by the Iraqis who witnessed it...

All worth reading, and all the TRUE face of America's military!

Posted by Justrand 2005-02-25 2:48:17 PM|| 2005-02-25 2:48:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 First, Bobby, thank your son for me.

Second, I dunno about the experienced part. I've got a few years on "Peregrine", but I've never been farther outside the US than Canada. I don't claim to be an expert on anything, though, just an amateur student of history. Despite his being a grad student in foreign affairs, I have no doubt I've read more -- at least more honest -- history.

I can recognize brainless cant when I read it, too. And that's what Peregrine was mouthing -- the same empty slogans we've been hearing since Sep. 12, 2001. Oh, the bit about peace between democracies being an "allusion" was a new, pseudo-scholarly spin, but it's still pure crap.

And let me say that if that's at all representative of what goes into the Foreign Service bureaucracy, we're in deep, deep trouble.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-02-25 2:52:34 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-02-25 2:52:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 His Mom and Dad, and the rest of the family are very proud of him. His grandfathers fought in the big one, but we are not a military family by any means. We are proud that he's making a difference, instead of making a mess!

In the late 60's two self-described radicals came to college (I didn't go to Columbia, however). When I got a chance to ask them a question, I asked, "If the government is run by the big corporations, why do they let the EPA make them install catalytic converters?" Having read the newspapers at that time, I knew the automakers were dead set against that â and fuel efficiency standards. The radicals only had hot air. Iâm not even sure they understood the question. I left the room, and havenât heard much intellectual from their ilk since. The beat goes on.

Posted by Bobby 2005-02-25 3:25:10 PM|| 2005-02-25 3:25:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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