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2006-11-26 Iraq

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Posted by .com 2006-11-26 01:34|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1
"I got four phone calls from friends telling me to change the channel to Iraqiya and see what's happening,"
Iraqiya, rhymes with taqqiya.
Either we start leveling large swaths of Sadr City and other militia strongholds, both Shiia and Sunni alike, or we must simply pull back and let this slaughter go on unabated until some sort of victor emerges. There is simply no use expending valuable Coalition lives trying to keep the peace amongst those whose very last desire is peace.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-26 02:13|| 2006-11-26 02:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds reasonable to me. I can imagine voicing the same concerns if what they say is true. Government authorities and US troops have been nurturing an environment that favors militias. I don't know WTF they were thinking when they didn't just go take them out as they stood up. Way too PC. Way too divorced fom reality due to oversensitivity to moonbats. I hope the coalition forces actually learn something from this. As long as in the end they don't end up feeling the need to form death squads or militias, I suspect that the net result will be positive. Too bad way more lives have to be lost this way than dealing with the problem in the first place, but it will be less expensive than allowing it to go further.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-26 02:44|| 2006-11-26 02:44|| Front Page Top

#3 in retrospect killing Tater early in OIF would probably have delayed but not prevented the effort by radical Shiites to carry out their own reign of terror

we simply underestimated the awfulness of that toxic brew of Islam and arab tribalism

Posted by mhw 2006-11-26 12:11|| 2006-11-26 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "This is live and, God willing, everyone will hear me:
Or it's back to small market beheadings.

Mo is my BFO I will not tune him

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-26 13:34|| 2006-11-26 13:34|| Front Page Top

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