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2007-01-04 Iraq

Wood; Time to forgive and forget if Iraq is to rebuild

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Posted by Threns Crineque4808 2007-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He doesn't understand Sunni politics or dynamics in Iraq. They were spoilers before there was anything to spoil (i.e., elected sovereign government). They ain't gonna play nice with the other kids, ever. That's Cause One in Iraq ever since we invaded, and by now we've about exhausted all the obvious dodges and other ways to avoid facing that fact. Even Wood thinks the problems started with the upsurge in Shi'a death squads. Effect, not cause.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-01-04 00:46|| 2007-01-04 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Okay, I'll bite, iff I'm reading this article correctly Woods is indir affirming that DESPOTISM =XTREMISM BY ONE SIDE, as represented by Organz Terror and on-going sectarian Violence, is the greatest problem for Iraqi Muslims, NOT THE AMERICAN OR WESTERN INFLUENCE/PRESENCE IN IRAQ OR ME, NOR US-WESTERN ATTEMPTS TO ALLEGEDLY CONTROL ME = WORLD OIL.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-01-04 01:25|| 2007-01-04 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Word, Verlaine. The writer, like all libs, makes an emotional investment in a particular individual or sub-groups, then projects the good characteristics of his selection on an arbitrarily larger group as innate instead of chosen behavior: I would agree with him if ALL Sunnis in the army had refused to carry out orders to commit crimes against humanity. They do not, choosing to support terrorists in their midst.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-01-04 07:32|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-01-04 07:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Once thing is true:

things changed when Nuri al-Maliki was elected Prime Minister of Iraq

Posted by Spomort Greling4204 2007-01-04 07:51|| 2007-01-04 07:51|| Front Page Top

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