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To: sandeep who wrote (43880)	3/27/2003 9:52:37 AM
From: Coz	Respond to of 50167

<< Why don't we see Iraqi Shias (an admittedly oppressed lot) revolt in larger numbers - especially, when we are supposed to have got at least some cities under control. >> I really think this is the price we are paying for Bush's father walking away from these people in Gulf War I. I also believe that the Shias see the US acting on it's own interest without any support from the rest of the world--except Great Britain. IMO if the US had sorted out the diplomatic differences and worked with the UN to get the world's support in this action, this would have done a great deal to remove the doubts about the intentions of the US in this war. It's simply a matter or trust, and it is very difficult to win the trust of people while at the same time, you are bombing and invading their country. At least that is how it appears to me. --Coz

To: sandeep who wrote (43880)	3/27/2003 9:53:27 AM
From: Pam Wooten	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

With all due respect, what was everyone expecting..Shock and awe in the expectation that the Coalition would level Baghdad and other major cities? Yes the southern cities' populations will have to endure the terror from their oppressors a while longer, but we are going for the head of the monster and once that is taken care of the rest will follow. I personally have been shocked by the perfidy of the regime and the brutality we are witnessing. The current reports from the embedded media are they are pulling young male children out of homes and forcing them to fight, putting civilian women and children in front of them as the shoot at the troops, chemical protection suits, atropine injectors, tanks and soldiers set up in hospitals, US and UK uniforms complete with name tags. I have also been awed by the care and expertise of the targeting of military targets. I have been awed by the sense of purpose, determination, and bravery of our soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines.

To: sandeep who wrote (43880)	3/27/2003 12:14:44 PM
From: Dr. Voodoo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Why don't we see Iraqi Shias (an admittedly oppressed lot) revolt in larger numbers - especially, when we are supposed to have got at least some cities under control. Errr... Last I checked there was a war going on. With respect to shock and awe not delivered--It wasn't delivered to you. With respect to fighting in other parts of the country. 1.) These are nothing but a bunch of thugs who know that when things turn around in Iraq their collective butts are going to be in a sling. 2.) The fights in my opinion further my belief that the Baath regime is intimidating it's own people by occupying schools, hospitals etc in an effort to terrorize people. I am going to be incredibly bold and submit that there is a collective strategy amongst the Iraqi's Baath Party, French and Russian governments, to draw out this war at the expense of the Iraqi people. I offer this question in proof: Who in their right mind would sell a GPS jammer to Iraq? That is the equivalent of bombing the Iraqi people OR legitimizing Sadaam's regime, OR, endorsing the Iraqi military, in a war that they cannot win. All this to in an effort to muddy the reputation of the U.S. and its allies.