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To: i-node who wrote (382878)	5/6/2008 4:18:03 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1575583

Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation ( Spouting unsupported crap as usual, with no link, right Dave? ) alternet.org "On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected the continuing occupation of their country. 144 lawmakers signed onto a legislative petition calling on the United States to set a timetable for withdrawal, according to Nassar Al-Rubaie, a spokesman for the Al Sadr movement, the nationalist Shia group that sponsored the petition."

To: i-node who wrote (382878)	5/6/2008 4:24:45 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575583

But with competent leadership, this war could end with the Iraqi people far better off, the United States far better off, and AQ significantly impaired as a result of it. AQ has more members than ever (AQ in Iraq didn't exist before the war), the majority of Iraqi people will be Talibanized (see the current rights of women in Iraq), and the US gains a prime ally, for Iran and together they will control the largest oil reserves in the world. And we've invested $3 Trillion (yes that is a good estimate of what this war will eventually cost), over 4K soldiers lives, unknown other US casualties and a really unknown number of families and individuals psychologically torn apart. You Neo's and your "Pleasant Valley, Iraq" fictions make me sick. Been listening to this complete bull shit for six years now.

To: i-node who wrote (382878)	5/6/2008 4:34:17 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575583

>Suggesting that the Iraq War is nothing more than a means for "killing people" is over the top. The inference is that Bush is pursuing this war because he wants more dead Iraqis, more dead Americans, wants to spend more money, all is a crock of shit -- And anyone who makes such a posts knows it, regardless of how young and naive he may be. Except that's not what I said. I did not say that we're just at war to kill people. But it's what's happening. -Z

To: i-node who wrote (382878)	5/9/2008 3:10:22 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575583

As of March, 49% of Iraqis say it was right for the US to have invaded, up from 37% six months before. Like all polls, these polls are fickle and fluctuate with conditions. That in the midst of the violence, the US occupation, and all that is going on, half of Iraqis support what the US is doing, is a big deal. As US forces are able to draw down, violence subsides, and life becomes "normal" for these people, it is likely we'll see the kind of support from them that even Rumsfeld anticipated (although, way belatedly). Who the hell cares what the Iraqis think? I am an American......I am much more concerned about my country than Iraq. If you like Iraq so much, why don't you emigrate?