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To: KLP who wrote (229297)	5/1/2007 3:05:03 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

"....that the Media isn't telling actual real news." Its really absurd for me to chat with you. Go be a survivalist. I cant believe you are still producing this nonsense about all the good news. Sure there is good news. Sure we do good when conditions permit. Thats not news.

To: KLP who wrote (229297)	5/1/2007 3:09:07 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

The 'Media' isn't reporting much from Iraq because...drum roll...it is too bloody dangerous. Do you remember that there was a suicide bomber inside the Green Zone? Do you? Do you remember that there were mortar attacks against the Green Zone? Do you? Even McCain had to have a massive military presence when he made the Potemkin Village visit to a Baghdad 'store' which closed up its facade soon after his visit. The 'Media' failed to show how many troops it took to protect McCain while he was making his 'the surge is working' tour. There is MUCH LESS electricity in Baghdad under you rightwing Bushies than there was under Saddam. The oil industry is likewise pumping less. There is even less potable water than under Saddam and women are having an even tougher time than under Saddam as the fundamentalists take over. Beyond the obvious military problem is a gargantuan humanitarian crisis in the making. Some 15% of the population is displaced either internally or externally with many going to Syria and Jordan. Those in neighboring countries are running out of money and will soon be heading back into the chaos of Iraq. 2-3 million displaced people...where will they go? How will they survive? The professional class of Iraq has fled or been murdered...who will rebuild the country into a modern state? In the meantime, you rightwingers have made a narco state out of Afghanistan. Aside from the Taliban which may or may not be making a comeback, what are you going to do about the heroin? Do you know anything about anything? Do you?