And thanks also for watching over the precious people that accompanied you to Free Iraq.
Gold Star Mother Jan Johnson consoles those who suffered under Saddam’s Anfal genocide.
What a great healing process for both of them
Posted on 11/09/2006 5:35:59 PM PST by Impeach98
And I hope they all write about their trip.
I hope that their story will be told across this country.
And to all the Gold Star family members who are on this trip, God Bless you for doing this!
Bump for Kristin!!
And thanks also for watching over the precious people that accompanied you to Free Iraq.
What a great healing process for both of them
A 1gig memory card can hold several thousand pictures.
And is the size of a postage stamp, and about as thick as a dime.
But sketches would be nice too!
BTTT!
Get the Iraqis addresses and send it to them. You might want to get in touch with Operation Iraqi Children, the foundation that actor Gary Sinese co-founded.
Well said! Bump!
It is pretty common knowledge that the Kurdish areas of Iraq were and remain apart from Persian and/or Arab Iraq;
Kurds are neat people, willing and able to sacrifice and to fight back. Willing and able to meet with the press and to rebuild before others would consider attempting it.
But, entirely apart from Kurd/Turk/Iraqi issues, this is not Iraq.
Are there any parallel reports from the south?
Will the tour include the south?
(Sorry if this sounds negative: but we just dumped an election because of 'faulty intelligence' - or maybe 'failure to communicate').
PS: "faulty intelligence"; The Pubbies:
Assumed middle class hispanics would vote conservative
Assumed middle class Jews would vote conservative
Assumed middle class Blacks would vote conservative
Assumed that "war time" still had some meaning in a post Vietnam America
and,
Assumed that the utter lack of a message would doom any left wing effort at repeating its late sixties successes
[That, in turn] ignored the attraction that socialism holds for 'youth', especially educated youth...
Compassionate Conservatism then ignored its conservative base
Which allowed...
Some Republicans to stay home (I'd bet a SMALL percent)
some Republicans to cast protest votes for libertarians, democrats, or space aliens
And, finally; they
Ignored the border issues that might embarrass GWB and Senor Faux
Failed to admit that the cutting edge of Dem policy makers is and remains a socialist conspiracy
Failed to use even remotely similar tactics against a dirty fighter
and,
Allowed the dirty fighter/socialist/antiwar and anti-troops/democrat left to selectively arsenate otherwise viable conservative personalities....
We lost by being nice, by believing that the economy mattered to the way people vote when the key really is manufactured perception & entirely apart from technical reality,
And,
By trying to make nice with the "moderate" fringe of a socialist (Bolshevik) opposition.
I'm no longer in the mood for comforting answers and it has been 33 years since I assumed the other side was in any manner honorable.
Rant completed. I'll be nice now.
I now have time to go back and see the first 2 reports.
I can't imagine how exciting and at the same time emotionally draining this trip is for all of them. Can't wait to see ALL the photos!
It would make a perfect book!
God bless the Iraqis!
Whooo hooo! bttt
Is there any other kind of RAT???
Keep shining the lights on the herd! Isn't it funny how they make one point and change it to something else after the first one falls apart! After sparring with these loones for awhile you know what their next switch up is going to be! So predictable.
Keep up the great work, lone voice!
You know the old saying, "it begins with one voice".
But be careful lest the wrath of the moonbat heirarchy vist you.
Latenight bump.
God Bless the Gold Star Families!!!! They and their family members are my heros.
free dixie,sw
Pinging those who can talk to you about the history of this area, how the people define themselves, and what Saddam (remember him? He used to rule Iraq) did in this region.
Thanks for bumping the thread.
bump
God help our troops and the Iraqi people.
See you Friday?
BUMP!
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