[Vision2020] Just info

[David M. Budge]

Just for your edification.  Osama is Sunni as is Mullah Omar.  As I 
recall they both have lobbies for strict adherence to the tenets of 
Islam. No?

db

Sunil Ramalingam wrote:

> Pat,
>
> I'm not surprised that people in Kirkuk don't want strict Muslims in 
> charge; they're Sunnis, not Shiites.  But the version of the 
> constitution that is being pushed by the Shiites will give the mullahs 
> far more control than they ever had under Hussein.  They're going to 
> look more like Iran than anything else. 
>
> I don't think that was our goal when we invaded, no matter what the 
> pretext.
>
> Sunil
>
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>     From:  "Pat Kraut" <pkraut at moscow.com>
>     To:  "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>     Subject:  [Vision2020] Just info
>     Date:  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:05:56 -0700
>     >I had a fascinating talk with a soldier who is home from Iraq on
>     Saturday
>     >about how things really are in Iraq. I had heard a talk show host
>     quote the
>     >Brookings institute stats and found them to see how they
>     correlate with the
>     >soldier experience.
>     >One of the things the soldier told me was that there are mud
>     homes in Iraq
>     >that look like they've been there 400 years and recently they
>     have satillite
>     >dishes on them. I found this good news. Not that they may just be
>     watching
>     >reruns of Dallas but that they may be watching the BBC, CNN, Fox
>     or anything
>     >other than Al Jezera(spelling?). I was informed that they are and
>     that in
>     >Kirkuk where he is working the people are very aware of why we
>     are there and
>     >have no desire for us to leave soon. But, the children and the
>     teens are the
>     >most encouraging part of his interworking with the people. The zealot
>     >muslums are oppresive to everyone and the children and teens know
>     it. They
>     >want freedom and they know that the strict muslums don't offer
>     it. I have
>     >also heard this about children and teens in Iran from people who
>     work there.
>     >I don't know if any of you have had a chance to talk to soldiers
>     or those
>     >who work for NGO's that are actually working in the area but I
>     have learned
>     >a lot from them that you never see in the major news. But, blogs
>     and other
>     >sites have the truth.
>     >As an example: how many of you know that the counter rally in
>     Crawford was
>     >attended by many parents of dead soldiers. Did anyone read in any
>     news
>     >report or see any photo of the father removing the cross that
>     Sheehan and
>     >Moveon.org have put up in Crawford?
>     >I bet not!
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >I can't be a Republican...I have always been gainfully employed!
>     >
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