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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has taken us 200 years to get our nation this
far and a few additional changes to our constitution. And we still don't have it
right according to many people. So, are we asking these people to start where we
are or are we going to have patience and give them some time to work it out. I
am encouraged by where they are and how much they are working. I am disappointed
in some things but the more I hear the more encouraged I am becoming. There are
centuries long problems there and you want us to clean them up in a few years
time...My goodness you have high expectations! This soldier is well aware of his
surrendings and who he is talking to and with. You seem to be so sure that the
soldiers know nothing about where they are and the problems that were there
before. They are educated before they are sent, ya know!</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pkraut@moscow.com
href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">pkraut@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:22
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Just info</DIV>
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<P>Pat,</P>
<P>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
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<P>I don't think that was our goal when we invaded, no matter what the
pretext.<BR><BR>Sunil</P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Pat Kraut"
<pkraut@moscow.com></I><BR>To: <I>"vision2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>[Vision2020]
Just info</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:05:56
-0700</I><BR>>I had a fascinating talk with a soldier who is home from
Iraq on Saturday<BR>>about how things really are in Iraq. I had heard a
talk show host quote the<BR>>Brookings institute stats and found them to
see how they correlate with the<BR>>soldier experience.<BR>>One of the
things the soldier told me was that there are mud homes in Iraq<BR>>that
look like they've been there 400 years and recently they have
satillite<BR>>dishes on them. I found this good news. Not that they may
just be watching<BR>>reruns of Dallas but that they may be watching the
BBC, CNN, Fox or anything<BR>>other than Al Jezera(spelling?). I was
informed that they are and that in<BR>>Kirkuk where he is working the
people are very aware of why we are there and<BR>>have no desire for us
to leave soon. But, the children and the teens are the<BR>>most
encouraging part of his interworking with the people. The
zealot<BR>>muslums are oppresive to everyone and the children and teens
know it. They<BR>>want freedom and they know that the strict muslums
don't offer it. I have<BR>>also heard this about children and teens in
Iran from people who work there.<BR>>I don't know if any of you have had
a chance to talk to soldiers or those<BR>>who work for NGO's that are
actually working in the area but I have learned<BR>>a lot from them that
you never see in the major news. But, blogs and other<BR>>sites have the
truth.<BR>>As an example: how many of you know that the counter rally in
Crawford was<BR>>attended by many parents of dead soldiers. Did anyone
read in any news<BR>>report or see any photo of the father removing the
cross that Sheehan and<BR>>Moveon.org have put up in Crawford?<BR>>I
bet not!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>I can't be a
Republican...I have always been gainfully
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