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To: LindyBill who wrote (40804)	4/25/2004 12:43:30 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793890

If today you asked the same Iraqis who threw stones whether they would like the Americans or British to leave, or regret that they came, they would tell you no. They still really want us to succeed Did Tom Friedman just tell us that Iraqis are mentally disturbed people unable to act in their own best interests or look ahead farther than their own noses?

To: LindyBill who wrote (40804)	4/25/2004 1:18:48 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793890

We have to be in this for the long haul — for that moment down the road, when, after we get out of their faces and they work through their issues, they invite us back. Only then might they want to name a street after an American president. "Get out of their faces"? "They work through their issues"? "Issues"? Ya know, it's only April, but I think we seriously need to consider whether this pre-emptively wins the prize as the dumbest comment by a journalist in a major newspaper in 2004. "Issues . . . . " Jeest.

To: LindyBill who wrote (40804)	4/25/2004 11:11:11 AM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793890

You don't get from Saddam to Jefferson without going through a little Khomeini and Nasser ? not in this neighborhood ? and we're going to have to let Iraqis find their own path through this maze. Let's see now. Nasser went to war against his neighbours, and gassed some Yemenis and Khomeini established an extremely nasty terrorist police state. Great stuff, Tom. Stupid. Stupid. We are now in the middle of a low-grade civil war in Iraq for who will control the place after we leave. Yes, Terrorists or democrats.