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To: KLP who wrote (9198)	6/8/2006 2:16:01 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

I couldn't get some of your links to work, but you know you're preaching to the choir. For anyone to think that the U.S. is the bad guy in this whole thing is telling and ridiculous. I haven't seen or read of the reaction of the kook left on this....pelosi, reid, dean, kennedy, michael moore (what ever happened to mm?? too busy spending all that money?) etc... but I read the article you posted on PfP about how the press focuses on the negative as far as this admin goes. I don't know why, but the first thing that came to my mind was Bore walking into the rose garden and telling a reporter that slick was the greatest president ever right before the cameras showcased all the support slick had after he admitted he was a liar. THAT is the kind of behaviour the msm is willing to support.....as long as the perp isn't a Bush. I wonder if RMF is sad about the butcher?

To: KLP who wrote (9198)	6/9/2006 12:55:12 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Two million Iraqis have left the country, (which is like 1 14th of the entire population. So I think you can say that those people didn't think things were "much" better. The way it breaks down is the Kurds are ecstatic because they have essentially gotten the autonomy that they've always wanted. It's been a great deal for them....so far... The Sunnis are screwed...cause they're getting killed by the insurgents AND by the Shiite militias. They also know that if the Shiites ever consolidate their power, the Sunnis will be pushed aside and won't get any jobs or say in the government. They aren't happy about how things are going and they will probably NEVER be. Then you've got the Shiites. The very religious Shiites are happy, except some of the women who object to being treated like property. They'll just have to get used to it, because education, mobility in society, etc. will be gone for them. The more secular Shiites are watching their backs, because they know they have targets on them from the likes of Al Sadr and his boys. The million or so Christians are kinda "sh*t outta luck because they aren't gonna have the protection they were afforded under Saddam. Now...if the U.S. pulls out, the Kurds will find themselves squeezed between the Turks in the north and the Iranian Shiites and the Iraqi Shiites running things in the south. They too may find that things haven't worked out so well after all.