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To: Road Walker who wrote (268915)	1/17/2006 8:41:27 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1573096

"Increasingly, the US is throwing its weight in Iraq behind Sunni Arabs," What a bunch of morons. Not only will this bring the civil war into the open, it makes our people targets. For the military, it won't be so bad, but it is extremely bad news for the contractors.

To: Road Walker who wrote (268915)	1/17/2006 10:18:30 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1573096

Nagin proves he is a crazy bigot...Will he be held responsible for his words? Will ANY newspapers call him out on this? I doubt it...Why do Liberals and the national media hold blacks to lower standards? New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S. Jan 16 4:51 PM US/Eastern Email this story By BRETT MARTEL Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting. "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country," Nagin, who is black, said as he and other city leaders marked Martin Luther King Day. "Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves." Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a "chocolate" city again. Many of the city's black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina. "It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans _ the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans." Nagin described an imaginary conversation with King, the late civil rights leader. "I said, `What is it going to take for us to move on and live your dream and make it a reality?' He said, `I don't think that we need to pay attention any more as much about other folks and racists on the other side.' He said, `The thing we need to focus on as a community _ black folks I'm talking about _ is ourselves.'" Nagin said he also asked: "Why is black-on-black crime such an issue? Why do our young men hate each other so much that they look their brother in the face and they will take a gun and kill him in cold blood?" The reply, Nagin said, was: "We as a people need to fix ourselves first." Nagin also said King would have been dismayed with black leaders who are "most of the time tearing each other down publicly for the delight of many." A day earlier, gunfire erupted at a parade to commemorate King's birthday. Three people were wounded in the daylight shooting amid a throng of mostly black spectators, but police said there were no immediate suspects or witnesses.

To: Road Walker who wrote (268915)	1/18/2006 2:34:09 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573096

One month after Iraq's Dec. 15 election, a shift is afoot that will probably weaken Shiite political clout as the country's factions enter serious negotiations to form a new government. Increasingly, the US is throwing its weight in Iraq behind Sunni Arabs, about 20 percent of the country, to ensure they are part of a new coalition government. Here we are meddling, meddling, meddling.......like we always have........doing the very thing that helped to estrange Iran from the US in the first place. We claim we want democracy in Iraq but we won't go along with the results of an election that we heralded and that everyone is claiming was fair. Then twenty years from now......when some extremist Shia terrorists fly jets into Congress, the supporters of this rather inconsistent foreign policy will scream bloody murder and demand revenge. Then we will invade Iraq a second time........only this time it will be to level the place. Since Reagan first messed with Iraq and Iran, we have learned absolutely nothing. ted