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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (13865)4/10/2004 8:33:53 PM
From: ChinuSFORead Replies (1) of 81568
 
I have maintained that when Kennedy said that Iraq is Bush's Vietnam, he did so from some knowledge he is privy to by virtue of his being a Senator. The news item in "The Scotsman" also points in that direction. An excerpt:

...US military officials have repeatedly insisted that the insurgency is limited to a minority of Iraqis who want to undermine efforts to build a new Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime exactly one year ago.

But the dynamics of Abu Ghraib, which is set just beyond the view of US troops passing on the road, suggest otherwise.

Here, guerrillas and civilians seem to have a bond as they move around on the few streets with any activity.

The young men with RPGs and AK-47 assault rifles who rule the streets do not seem like diehard Saddam loyalists or followers of al-Qaeda. They mingle with the locals, standing out in the open until they rush to attack. Others ride in groups of four or five in cars, within sight of the Americans.

Elsewhere in Iraq, signs are increasing that opposition to the US-led coalition is broadening, with civilians and militants from Sunni and Shiite communities joining forces.

In Basra, Sunni and Shiite Muslims prayed together in a show of solidarity. In Baghdad, Sunni mosques called for blood donors to help the victims of US attacks.

Friction is even emerging between the coalition and Iraqi leaders over what are seen as US strong-arm tactics, particularly in the Sunni city of Fallujah, north of Baghdad, which was still surrounded by US marines yesterday.....

<more> at thescotsman.scotsman.com
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