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To: Road Walker who wrote (238283)	6/21/2005 9:39:22 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572373

We are becoming the people we have spent generations fighting against. We share the low moral ground with the despotic regimes of the past. All our ideals ring hollow in the face of our actions, approved by our elected politicians. I still like the US and think we're pretty great. The poor people where I live (the ME) would move to the US in a heartbeat if they had the opportunity, so they still like the US. They greatly prefer it to where they live (its a desert out here, ya know). But you go on thinking whatever you want if it makes you happy.

To: Road Walker who wrote (238283)	6/21/2005 10:56:50 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572373

US envoy to Iraq vows to crush insurgency 58 minutes ago BAGHDAD (AFP) - The man chosen as the next US ambassador to Iraq said he would work with the population to crush the ruthless insurgency that has killed thousands across the country. "I will work with Iraqis to break the back of the insurgency," said Zalmay Khalilzad, who stopped off for a protocol visit with President Jalal Talabani on the way to Brussels for an international conference on rebuilding Iraq. "Foreign terrorists and hardline Baathists want Iraq to be in a civil war," Khalilzad told reporters, referring to members of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. "Foreign terrorists are using Iraqis as cannon fodder." A relentless insurgency believed to be led by Sunni Arabs and Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi kills scores of Iraqis almost daily, targeting members of the country's security forces in particular. "I'm horrified by the daily suffering of the Iraqi people," said Khalilzad, who was born in Afghanistan and just left his post as US ambassador there. "Terrorists attack ordinary people, teachers, doctors, newly trained police and others." The US envoy reportedly came close to being attacked himself last week while inaugurating reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, where authorities arrested three Pakistanis suspected of plotting an assassination. On Tuesday, Khalilzad briefly outlined plans for a partnership with Iraqis and regional partners to create a unified vision for the war-torn country. "This will be enshrined in an enlightened constitution that includes democracy, pluralism and individual rights," he said. "We're going to work with the UN ( United Nations) regarding the constitution and the election" scheduled for December.