tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post115929992118026441..comments2023-09-05T08:21:27.204-06:00Comments on Serving the People of Iraq: Fifteen December Two-Thousand FiveFrank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-67332935546164357972006-12-07T20:20:00.000-07:002006-12-07T20:20:00.000-07:00I'm afraid the Iraqi elections don't mean what mos...I'm afraid the Iraqi elections don't mean what most Americans have been led to believe.<br /><br />Please check out this long but detailed first-hand report: "Anatomy of a Civil War: Iraq’s descent into chaos"<br />http://bostonreview.net/BR31.6/rosen.html<br /><br />Sample:<br /><br />"Following the success of Shia parties in the January 2005 elections, Muqtada’s representatives in the Iraqi National Assembly demanded a timetable for U.S. withdrawal, a demand also made by Sunni rejectionists, who refused to participate in the new government or rein in the resistance until the Americans committed to leaving Iraq. The vote on the initiative fell short of the needed majority, but Muqtada’s championing of a nationalist and anti-American agenda shared by Sunni leaders suggested a fragile alliance."<br /><br />This was before the civil war broke out, however to this day the one thing almost all Arab Iraqis agree about is that they want an end to the occupation.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1159428303350562472006-09-28T01:25:00.000-06:002006-09-28T01:25:00.000-06:00Frank~I can't imaine the emotions you must have fe...Frank~<BR/>I can't imaine the emotions you must have felt that day! I stayed up all night here watching the reports on the news channels and reading some of the Iraqi blogs. I admit it - I cried!<BR/><BR/>And, I don't think Americans have EVER turned out in those numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-1159416228045123872006-09-27T22:03:00.000-06:002006-09-27T22:03:00.000-06:00And now we have democrats, liberals, and leftover ...And now we have democrats, liberals, and leftover hippies treating Hugo Chavez like a hero instead of like the dictator that he is.<BR/>He supports the current extremist regime in Iran as well as the governments of mainland China [where blogging anything but the official party line gets people thrown in prison], North Korea,and Cuba. He wanted to send troops to help the Taliban but was told to send money instead.<BR/><BR/>Many people here truly do not understand the vast depth of freedom that we have. And we have that because people like you gave their best so that way the rest of us can have those freedoms.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for serving our great country!<BR/>Best Wishes for you and yours always.<BR/>sapphoqsapphoqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568663706406638643noreply@blogger.com