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To: Road Walker who wrote (256794)	10/23/2005 12:10:31 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576882

Eighty-two percent of those polled said they were "strongly opposed" to the presence of the troops. Do you believe this? Do you think 82% of adult Iraqis want foreign troops to immediately withdraw from the country? At least that's the implication I take from the sentence above. Or do you think the writer transformed some poll result into an attention grabbing headline that mirrors his own view? My hunch is the latter, what do you think? The question might have been "Are you opposed to military operations designed to root out insurgents a la Fallujah?, etc.?" and that would get (perhaps) an 82% opposed rating. Would have been better journalism if the writer had given us the actual question. I find it hard to believe that the Kurds want an immediate coalition withdrawal followed by an anarchic free for all. I think they are 20% of the population right there.... I mean, given that most of the autrocities appear to be committed by Sunni (~15% of the population), do you think that most Kurds, Shias and whomever else is in Iraq also want an immediate coalition troop withdrawal?

To: Road Walker who wrote (256794)	10/23/2005 12:40:09 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576882

I can not tell you how disturbing I find these people. They bring a whole new meaning to elitism. This guy desperately tried to get someone's attention and was ignored....all while M. Brown was saying that everything is fine in NO! It breaks my heart that people had to suffer because of this grossest example of indifference. And then M. Brown didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong. Instead, he had the unmitigated gall to defend his behavior and instead condemn others. From David Ray to M. Brown to Bush, this are who these people are.......the lowest of the low; the weakest of us all. They have no principles, no morés........they are barely human. E-mail excerpts Marty Bahamonde, regional director for New England, to David Passey, regional director for the Gulf Coast, Aug. 28, 4:46 p.m. "Issues developing at the Superdome. 2000 already in and more standing in line. ... The medical staff at the dome says they will run out of oxygen in about 2 hours and are looking for alternative oxygen." Bahamonde to Deborah Wing, FEMA response specialist, Aug 28, 5:28 p.m. "Everyone is soaked. This is going to get ugly real fast." Passey to group, Aug 28, 7:16 p.m. "The current population at the Superdome in New Orleans is 25,000. That's a large crowd during a normal event. Among the shelter population are 400 special needs evacuees and 45-50 sick individuals who require hospitalization. The on-hand oxygen supply will likely run out in the next few hours. According to the ... [health and medical services] folks, the local health officials have struggled to put meaningful resource requests together." Passey to Bahamonde, Aug. 28, 9:58 p.m. "Our intel is that neither the ... [Oklahoma medical-disaster team] nor the public health officers staged in Memphis will make it to the Superdome tonight. Oxygen supply issue has not been solved yet either." Bahamonde to Michael Heath, FEMA official, Aug. 29, 7:33 a.m. "Some pumping stations failed but no widespread flooding yet. The reall worry will be in the next 3 hours when he storm passes and we get the northerly winds blowing thwe lake into the city Bahamonde to Nicole Andrews, FEMA spokeswoman, Aug. 30, 7:02 a.m. "The area around the Superdome is filling up with water, now waist deep." Bahamonde to Taylor, Sept. 3, 1:06 a.m. "The leadership from top down in our agency is unprepared and out of touch. ... But while I am horrified at some of the cluelessness and self concern that persists, I try to focus on those that have put their lives on hold to help people that they have never met and never will. And while I sometimes think that I can't work in this arena, I can't get out of my head the visions of children and babies I saw sitting there, helpless, looking at me and hoping I could make a difference and so I will and you must to." The Associated Press archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com