02-28-2005, 10:03
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Sobering Thought for the Day.
The first news I heard this a.m. was of over 100 killed in a bombing in Iraq. I was wondering if it will ever stop and what it will take.
Then I heard of bombings in Isreal. These have been going on for fifty years. Even when opposing factions and goverments agree to stop, the extremists continue. IMO it may never stop, Anything we can do to keep the terrorism out of our own homeland is worth it to me.
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02-28-2005, 10:08
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Originally Posted by QRQ 30
The first news I heard this a.m. was of over 100 killed in a bombing in Iraq. I was wondering if it will ever stop and what it will take.
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it only underlines the deep divisions that have long prevailed in Iraqi society...during the Ba'athist era, Sunnis held sway over a Shi'a majority...and i suspect, given the target (a clinic in a Shi'a area), there are Sunnis trying to hold on...i suspect they (the Sunnis) are worried about payback...
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02-28-2005, 11:37
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If you think for a second..."Payback ain't a bitch", then I'm a billionaire in disguise!
25+ years of oppression by the Saddam regime will not be forgotten in a few years. The culture itself believes in retribution.
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02-28-2005, 11:56
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25+ years of oppression by the Saddam regime will not be forgotten in a few years. The culture itself believes in retribution.
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there will be hell to pay, for sure...if the liberal press and those who oppose the war could equate Saddam's regime to South African apartheid...naw, that'd require intelligent thought...
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02-28-2005, 12:31
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there will be hell to pay, for sure...if the liberal press and those who oppose the war could equate Saddam's regime to South African apartheid...naw, that'd require intelligent thought...
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I read that somewhere and was astounded by the comparison.
T-Totally different culture. The thing that has me thinking...are the Kurds!
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02-28-2005, 12:36
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T-Totally different culture. The thing that has me thinking...are the Kurds!
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which is an equally sticky wicket...a major concern is that the Kurds will attempt to unite with Kurds in SE Turkey, Syria, Iran and elsewhere...
the road ahead in Iraq is neither safe nor sure...by assuring majority rule in Iraq, there are several other balls now in play...
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