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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (172502)	10/14/2005 11:42:46 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Not everyone who wields a gun is an insurgent or a jihadist. Some of them are just people out to make a buck, exact revenge, steal something because they can or maybe even deal drugs coming out of Afghanistan. Remember the looting? Those were jihadists? Nope. They were looters. Remember the original plans? There was a viceroy, American military governors, privatization of the oil fields, etc. etc. There were all kinds of grand plans which never went anywhere since there have never been enough troops. The Shiites wanted immediate elections and the US said no way. The entire thing is a mess because the government was toppled and a power vacuum resulted. Even if everyone put down their guns tomorrow, there's still massive Iraqi government corruption. Do you trust Chalabi? For that matter, do you trust Halliburton and Bechtel? Where is the $8.8 BILLION missing from under Bremmer? Where is the $1 BILLION missing in the Defense Ministry? What happens to the rights of women in a fundamentalist society? This: corruption, theft, fundamentalism is what the US is paying for? Is it any wonder why the majority of Americans do not support this war?

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