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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: zonder who wrote (463950)9/24/2003 9:43:50 AM
From: JakeStraw  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
"Of course, this most recent charge of incompetence being leveled against the president by the leftist establishment is even easier for lazy-minded, ill-informed individuals to accept, because the popular media, with rare exception, has reported relatively little in the way of affirmative stories from Iraq in the past four months. The nasty nine, as I like to call them, are perfectly aware of this situation, in fact, they're counting on continued silence from the New York Times, CNN and the BBC concerning the incredibly successful reconstruction efforts currently underway in that long neglected and impoverished country. Judging by the way such media organizations have chosen to deal with the post-war narrative to date, I'd say their bet has been well placed.

Still, I shall attempt to enlighten whoever might read this article to the truth behind our recent renewal endeavors. if only for the sake of my own piece of mind. According to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, stated that roughly 15 incidents of violent confrontation occur in iraq every day, the majority of which last only a few minutes and result in no loss of life. Considering that we're talking about a country inhabited by 23 million people, I would hardly call that number worrisome. As a matter of fact, I'd call it downright infinitesimal.

Many people are not aware of the fact that only days before the U.S. invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein released over 110,000 violent criminals from prisons all over the country. Add that number to the tens of thousands of Iraqi army regulars who disappeared into the general population soon after the war began, and the hundreds, if not thousands of terrorists, mercenaries and foreign insurgents flooding into that country every month from every bordering nation, and you've got one formidable force of crazies to deal with. Still, a relatively small number of our troops and Iraqi citizens are dying there, something about which we should all be thanking our lucky stars."



To: zonder who wrote (463950)9/24/2003 10:08:10 AM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
You're a fund manager????

Wow....

I pity your clients.....your critical thinking skills are severely deficient...



To: zonder who wrote (463950)9/24/2003 10:17:15 AM
From: E. T.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
"What was the goal of the US?"

To bring stability to the region and depose a sh*t disturbing dictator. The U.S. presence has helped temper Iran's treatment of its antitheocratic student body and will bring further stability when the Saudi regime is deposed by internal forces. A flourishing and democratic Iraq will make the world and the middle east a better place.