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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (47147)9/5/2004 8:07:26 PM
From: ChinuSFORead Replies (1) of 81568
 
You think this story in the NYT is Bush bashing or is it a reporting of the facts. Besides, why is criticizing the President considered Bush bashing. When you get hired and you are being criticized for not doing a good job is it called bashing?

September 5, 2004
One by One, Iraqi Cities Become No-Go Zones
By DEXTER FILKINS
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BAGHDAD, Iraq — At a recent meeting with a group of tribal sheiks, an American general spoke with evident frustration about the latest Iraqi city to fall into the hands of insurgents.

"Not one dime of American taxpayers' money will come into your city until you help us drive out the terrorists," Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste said in his base in Tikrit, tapping the table to make sure he was understood.

The sheiks nodded, smiled and withdrew, back to the city that neither they, nor the American military, any longer control.

<more>..http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/weekinreview/05filk.html?ex=1095048000&en=5a409493574a262d&ei=5053&partner=NYTHEADLINES_HP
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