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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Arnold</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> quipped:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>“When US troops leave, mark my
words, Shiites will be dominated by <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>
and running 2/3 of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>,
including <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:place></st1:City>.
There will also be a war between the Kurds and Turks in the north. Many people
are going to die when US troops leave and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> will be unstoppable.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Shiites dominated by <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>?
Fascinating concept, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City>.
You suggest that a religious sect will be dominated by a geographical location,
instead of vice-versa.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You further suggest that there will be war
between the Kurds and the Turks. NEWS FLASH, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City>! There has been a war between
the Kurds and Turks ever since Turkish Kurdistan “dissolved” back
in the late-80s/early-90s. Iraqi Kurdistan is the only region inhabited
by Kurds that is globally recognized.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>See map at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2rwagt">http://tinyurl.com/2rwagt</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Remember back in 1991 when the US’s
King George The Senior promised the Kurds that he would help them regain <st1:place
w:st="on">Kurdistan</st1:place> if they fought the Iraqi guard from the north?
To make a long story short, they did and he didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As far as <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>
overtaking <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> if/when <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> troops
deploy home, what evidence have you got to substantiate such a claim?
Just for the heck of it, say your suspicions are correct. If US troops
were to vacate <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>, lots of
people will die as <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>
marches on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
What’s the option? Leaving US troops there and continue to send
more and more troops as many of them return home in flag-draped coffins? To
cover up the fact that Bush never had an exit strategy or a plan to win the
peace in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
we should simply continue to “feed the monster”? BULL SH*T!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bring our troops home NOW!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>"The Muslim world has been killing each other for centuries
over sectarian stupidity. I doubt anythng will ever change that."<br>
<br>
- dick Sherwin (October 5, 2006) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Donovan Arnold<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:45
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Andreas Schou<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Carl Westberg</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Follow
up - Islam the religion of peace!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Andreas,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What was true in 2005 is not also true in 2007. I also question the
credibility of CSIS and the Christan Science Monitor as your sources. And you
misunderstand the difference between insurgents and terrorists targeting US
Soldiers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>There are Sunni's afraid of a Shiite government, and there are
terrorists shooting at US Soldiers. They are not the same and do not have the
same cause or objectives. The majority of people targeting US troops are not
Sunnis, Sunnis are targeting Shiites. The foreigners are targeting US troops.
The only reason a Sunni would hit a <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
soldier is because they are either don't understand the political situation and
Sunni movement, or they are afraid the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> is empowering the Shiites.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Iran</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region>
is also giving arms to the Shiites. When US troops leave, mark my words,
Shiites will be dominated by <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>
and running 2/3 of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region>,
including <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:place></st1:City>.
There will also be a war between the Kurds and Turks in the north. Many people
are going to die when US troops leave and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> will be unstoppable.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Donovan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<br>
<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Andreas Schou
<ophite@gmail.com></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> I also suggest that saying, "The remainder of your post is
right-wing<br>
> blather; nonsense that's been refuted so many times I don't need to bother<br>
> with it*." is not from someone that wishes for mature productive
dialog. You<br>
> are saying that you wish only to discuss your points while blanketly<br>
> dismissing others points of view. Do you wish someone to address your
points<br>
> by saying, "That is just left-wing blather: nonsense that has been
refuted<br>
> so many times I don't need to bother with it" ? See how that comes
across.<br>
<br>
It's not my job to catch you up two-year-old news.<br>
<br>
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0923/dailyUpdate.html<br>
<br>
This is from 2005. 2005. Since then, even the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> military has admitted<br>
that there are few foreign fighters in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and those few that are<br>
are largely from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Algeria</st1:country-region>,
rather than <st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region> or <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>. There's
little<br>
evidence that <st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region> -- <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region> especially -- are involved in<br>
the ongoing civil war in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>
does have a substantial amount of influence over the Shi'a<br>
militias, but I don't think we can complain, as there's virtually a<br>
1:1 overlap between the Iraqi police force and Shi'a sectarians.<br>
<br>
-- ACS<br>
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