Posted on 11/18/2004 8:52:16 PM PST by PajamaTruthMafia
I think it was AP.
hidden message? Good question,, can you imagine how many thousands of shots have been taken but none quite like this that I have seen?
It caught my eye as sort of a ghostly observer of the aftermath of the goings on... even as it is a product of them as well.
OOps, AFP not AP.
What this goober never bothers to note is that it's woefully easy to kill innocent people. Does he ever condemn this abhorrent practice? No. He comes across in my view as expressing near admiration for this terrorism.
I found out long ago. But exactly how many times will military commanders need to say "No" before you're satisfied?
"Iraqis instead are resisting against terrorism and are not carrying out attacks, which instead are the work of foreign infiltrators. I have stressed this before: Saudis, Jordanians, Syrians and Sudanese have entered Iraq. Prime Minister Allawi has said this as well. And clearly, there are also Iraqi collaborators who, for money, help the terrorist hide."
--Archbishop of of Kirkuk Louis Sako
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283688/posts
No. He said major combat operations were concluded, but that the mission continues.
Do you actually read, or do you just repeat Dem talking points?
I read the article as being pretty square and upfront.
I think that some of you guys let your predjudices against the NYT and this guy distort your views. I thought the article was good. And I've been to Falluja.
So be it. I have no prejudices against Friedman, but I admittedly despise the anti American NY Times.
And I stand by my comment. Explicit or implicit admiration for terrorist tactics is unacceptable.
This, of course, is the major risk of our present course.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is an "Iraqi people", much less that they are capable of self-government.
We wish that it were so, and in the absence of a heavy occupation force we pray that it is so, but it probably is not so.
You have invented that totally. It is not there.
Failure to condmen or condemn strongly enough is not admiration in any sort.
Baloney.
But another thing remains impressively strong: The insurgents will go to any lengths to intimidate Iraqis away from joining the new government. Too many people, from cleaning women to deputy ministers, are being shot. The insurgents' strategy is intimidation. The U.S. strategy is Iraqification. This is the struggle - and the intimidators are doing way too well.
You don't have to agree with me, but don't accuse me of making stuff up. Trips to Fallujah or not.
Memo to self : NEVER read Friedman,Ivins,Cohen,Dowd,et al, while trying to eat.
Wow. Here I am dealing with that stuff on a daily basis and you sit at home reading about it. I don't take offense and you do. What gives?
Can you say "Reading into it"?
Yeah, some of their intimidation is impressively effective. So does that mean I now admire them, too?
Death To all Islamofascist terrorists ~ Bump!
Only you can answer that one, Partner.
Since you are over there, I would trust your judgement.....a reporter from the NY Times is not to be trusted.
Like just about everything coming from the New York Times, this is opinion, not news.
Pssst... Hey Freidman, your team lost the election.
Fasten your seatbelts.
and I don't mean to sound negative about this - I think we will pull it off too. but we need to work at it. these iraqi forces can't just be out there loading relief supplies into trucks and directing traffic. they have to be willing to fight, and die, like our soldiers are, every day. and while our forces have to abide by these sometimes insane rules of engagement, these iraqi forces need to instill fear in these insurgents.
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