[Vision2020] Just info

[Tom Hansen]

I agree 100%, Sunil.

 

It seems that the war in Iraq has evolved into a civil war between the
Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds.  We are stuck right in the middle of it and
still without any exit strategy.

 

Bush's strategy is to simply "Stay the course."  Send more troops.  Fill
more body bags.  And still nobody has answered the question, "Why?"

 

How deep is the hole, papa?  1,800 bodies and climbing.

 

And the beat goes on.

 

Take care, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown
  

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Sunil Ramalingam
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:22 PM
To: pkraut at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Just info

 

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!
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>I can't be a Republican...I have always been gainfully employed!
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