In-car view of a Humvee driving through Iraq.
02-03-2007, 01:06 AM
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Re: In-car view of a Humvee driving through Iraq.
Originally Posted by random-strike
so the iraqi government which was voted in by iraqis... isnt legitimate?
02-03-2007, 01:42 AM
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Re: In-car view of a Humvee driving through Iraq.
Originally Posted by random-strike
02-03-2007, 02:01 AM
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Re: In-car view of a Humvee driving through Iraq.
Originally Posted by ossBASHA
Fact of the matter is they are allies to their own occupier, that's treason as far as I'm concerned. Elected or not, I'd like to know how many Iraqis want the US to stay in Iraq.
ask someone who has been there
02-03-2007, 07:59 AM
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Re: In-car view of a Humvee driving through Iraq.
yes it is, just not in any paper that the average american sees.
if you want to know whats going on in your country, read the foreign papers.
london times poll i read a few weeks ago said something like 80% of iraqis think they were better off before the war, because at least he kept the different groups in check and you could go to work or school without worrying about getting shot/kidnapped, whatever.
if you want to know whats going on in your country, read the foreign papers.
london times poll i read a few weeks ago said something like 80% of iraqis think they were better off before the war, because at least he kept the different groups in check and you could go to work or school without worrying about getting shot/kidnapped, whatever.
02-03-2007, 10:56 AM
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Re: In-car view of a Humvee driving through Iraq.
One of my old high-school friends was in Iraq for 6 months. He was telling me that the US still goes "mostly" according to the rules of engagement while we're there, and the Iraqi insurgents (or whatever they are being called these days) like to take advantage of that. He was telling me of his frequent Humvee patrols and how the Iraqi's would take their guns and shoot over top of walls at them...but because they couldn't actually "see" them shooting at them, they were not allowed to return fire according to the rules of engagement.
All in all it's a very messy situation in the middle east right now. The US has this hardon for being the "world police" for some reason, regardless of it's direct impact on our own country. I can understand wanting to protect our nation, but I'm willing to bet most Iraqi's feel the same way. It's pretty much turning into a 21st century version of the crusades, and it's like we're stuck in the middle of their holy war. All this pretty much was supposed to start out as a "war on terror", and it's escalated further than I think most of the American population wanted it to go. Almost like the US got caught with it's hand in the cookie jar, and now it's trying to justify itself my saying it's trying to "reshape" the "misformed" cookies...when in the end the cookie will just crumble. :P Flame me for that if you want, my job unfortunately thrives on war...without war I would be another fool unemployed.
All in all it's a very messy situation in the middle east right now. The US has this hardon for being the "world police" for some reason, regardless of it's direct impact on our own country. I can understand wanting to protect our nation, but I'm willing to bet most Iraqi's feel the same way. It's pretty much turning into a 21st century version of the crusades, and it's like we're stuck in the middle of their holy war. All this pretty much was supposed to start out as a "war on terror", and it's escalated further than I think most of the American population wanted it to go. Almost like the US got caught with it's hand in the cookie jar, and now it's trying to justify itself my saying it's trying to "reshape" the "misformed" cookies...when in the end the cookie will just crumble. :P Flame me for that if you want, my job unfortunately thrives on war...without war I would be another fool unemployed.
