Iraq - Thousands of Shiites gathering in Baghdad for pro-Hezbollah demonstration

AFP via Babelfish translation | August 4, 2006

[Uncle Vlad]

It's still not too late--they haven't executed him yet.

[Frances_Marion]

I dare ya to say that in Tahreer Square in Baghdad. Or any number of other similar locations.
I dare you to say ANYTHING there. Maybe you haven't noticed....2,000+ American troops killed during this occupation...hundreds of American and international civilians killed or kidnapped. Over 300 billion in taxpayer dollars spent with a projection of 1 trillion. No wmds. Oh, wait, it wasn't the WMDs, it was because of the Kurds. Nevermind our friends Turkey massacre Kurds as well. Oh wait, it's because Saddam was a danger to his neighbors...like Kuwait, who was slant-drilling Iraqi oil fields...Saddam asked our ambassador in 1990 what our reaction would be if he invaded Kuwait, and was told ""We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait." The US State Dept said this in 1990: "We do not have any defense treaties with Kuwait and there are no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait." PSYCHE! Looks like a huge setup to me.

[Allegra]

I dare you to say ANYTHING there.

I say pretty much anything I want here. I get into political discussions with the Iraqis on an almost daily basis. And my head is still attached just fine, after nearly three years.

Then again, I'm not some DU leftie who thinks stupid things like Saddam was a nice guy who was just misunderstood. If I wanted to read the sort of stuff you're ranting, I could pick up a copy of the New York Times.

Are you sure you didn't accidentally take a right when you meant to take a left on your way over to DU?