[Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view

Tue Apr 4 16:48:18 PDT 2006

Matt,

Thank you for replying to the Democrats.  Since I am not a Democrat, I feel 
excluded.

However, the Democrats cannot help us fix Iraq.  The majority party (the 
Republicans) and their not so swift-minded leader got the world and all its 
sufferers into this horrendous, nauseating mess. The majority party is the 
only one in our country with the power currently to pass legislation to fix 
the broken or to at least try.

A secret:  I subscribe to breaking news.  So far today, I have not seen any 
Republican proposal to fix Iraq.  I don't remember one yesterday or the day 
before; but I am old/senile and have perhaps forgotten.  Perhaps you would 
be kind enough to refresh my memory if such a proposal has been made.

Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
To: <deco at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view

>
> Answer to Democrats,
>
> Its a country issue not a party line issue. We should try to figure out 
> how to get out of that hell hole.
>
> Matt
>
>>From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view
>>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:43:57 -0700
>>
>>Question to Republicans:
>>
>>Now that we have broken Iraq, how do we fix it?
>>
>>
>>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>>deco at moscow.com
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "James Reynolds" 
>><chapandmaize at hotmail.com>
>>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:41 PM
>>Subject: [Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view
>>
>>
>>>taken from the following  article in the Cristian Science Monitor
>>>
>>>Has public support against Iraq war reached 'tipping point' in US, 
>>>Britain?
>>>By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
>>>
>>>....one of President Bush's most often stated foreign policy goals is 
>>>helping to spread democracy, particularly throughout the Middle East. Yet 
>>>those surveyed ranked this as the least important policy.
>>>The US public holds a strikingly clear view of what Washington's foreign 
>>>policy priorities should be. The goals the public highlights range 
>>>widely. Those that receive the most public support are helping other 
>>>nations when they are struck by natural disasters (71 percent), 
>>>cooperating with other countries on problems such as the environment and 
>>>disease control (70 percent), and supporting UN peacekeeping (69 
>>>percent). A surprisingly high level of support shows up for goals that 
>>>represent the United States' humanitarian (as distinct from its 
>>>political) ideals, such as improving the treatment of women in other 
>>>countries (57 percent), helping people in poor countries get an education 
>>>(51 percent), and helping countries move out of poverty (40 percent). 
>>>Receiving less support are goals such as encouraging US businesses to 
>>>invest in poor countries (22 percent). And receiving the least support is 
>>>"actively creating democracies in other countries" (20 percent).
>>>The Lexington Herald-Leader at Kentucky.com recently juxtaposed polls 
>>>taken at the time of the original invasion of Iraq in March 2003, and 
>>>polls on the same issues today. Among the changes it found in public 
>>>opinion: In April 2003, 70 percent of respondents in an ABC-Washington 
>>>Post poll said the war in Iraq was worth fighting. In March 2006 only 29 
>>>percent in a CBS poll said results of the war were worth the cost. The 
>>>paper also looked at changes in statistics on Iraq and the US-led 
>>>coalition. For instance, when looking at the reconstruction of Iraq:
>>>Potable water: 50 percent of Iraqis had access before war; about 32 
>>>percent now.
>>>Electric power: Baghdad, with one-fifth of Iraq's 25 million people, had 
>>>power for 16 to 24 hours a day before war; just under 4 hours now.
>>>Crude oil production: Prewar peak was 2.5 million barrels a day; now 1.84 
>>>million.
>>>Unemployment: Estimates ranged from 50 percent to 60 percent in June 
>>>2003; now 28 percent to 40 percent.
>>>Finally, citizens of 30 communities in Wisconsin will get a chance to 
>>>vote Tuesday in a nonbinding referendum on the US presence in Iraq. The 
>>>measure asks whether Bush should bring American troops home now. The 
>>>Associated Press reports that peace activists pushed to have the 
>>>questions placed on the ballot, even though the referendums have no 
>>>bearing on federal policy.
>>>
>>>
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