Letters to the Editor
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Typo
You have a typographical error in your entry.
The sentence "Crocker said he was answering, then didn't: 'Fighting al-Qaida is important,' he said, 'whatever front their on.'" should read "Crocker said he was answering, then didn't: 'Fighting al-Qaida is important,' he said, 'whatever front they're on.'"
They're, not their.
Thanks.
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Right On, Russ!!
That's the way to do it. The second they state a blatant lie as fact, cut them off and call bullshit. Otherwise, it sets them up for the next lie.
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How can it be that
Feingold can rebuke Betrayus's comments with facts that are available to colleagues ,like Mitch McConnell, and yet it falls on "deaf ears" to these GOP lemmings. Are they that nihilistic that they can ignore fatcs about dead american soldiers and show no conscience or want to try to end the maddness? Are they that meanspirited or disconnected?
Do these neocons stay up at night thinking of ways to pitch the truth into darker corners to rot? Is America that tuned-out? Nauseating...
Impeach. The rest is just a colossal waste of time.
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Another question:
If the recent reports about the newly gained strength of al Qadea are to be considered as fact, then how can the dismemberment of that group in Anbar, and the forseable "trend" of the same moving throughout Iraq (if Betrayus is telling the truth...) not be seen as a sign that al Qaeda in Iraq poses no real threat to the USA, but al Qaeda in Pakastan and Africa and Indonesia and perhaps in England, and even here is where our focus should be?
If Crocker was an honest man, he'd have answered Fengold truthfully. Iraq is a distraction. A distraction of our wealth and human resourses. It is a lie that keeps on giving and these two guys are facilitators of that lie.
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Pointless
I find myself left with one question at this point and that is what do we owe the Iraqi people?
It was in the interest of relatively few people in the US to invade Iraq - the same people who think-tanked themselves into a delusion of applying simplicity to a complex situation and came up unbelievably short.
I'm struck each time I watch the names and ages of our fallen and note that, more often than not, they tend to be from small towns. I wonder if they felt they were making a difference, or if they felt tired and betrayed. I imagine years down the road how loved ones left behind will frame the cost in their lives. I don't know how to let them know that I think about them.
I listen to interpreters translating the frustration and anger of displaced Iraqi citizens and learn how, for many of them, their lives have become a living hell. I don't know how to let them know that I think about them, too.
I lost my sister to cancer two years ago and her absence is ever present. I know it isn't any different for Americans or Iraquis who've lost loved ones in this war.
George Bush and Dick Cheney were never the right people to force a democracy in Iraq. They lacked the experience, intellect and wisdom to properly execute such an ambitious undertaking. They're making it up as they go along, running out the clock and praying for a break.
As much as find both of them beneath contempt, I keep hoping for the best in Iraq.
So, what do we owe the Iraqi people and who will pay the cost?
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Debts
So, what do we owe the Iraqi people and who will pay the cost?
We owe them a speedy departure and as much material and diplomatic assistance as we are able to provide. It's their country, they don't want us there, and we owe 'em for what we broke and can compensate for.
Since you ask.
We and our future generations will pay the cost.
I believe that what's described above is the MINIMUM cost. We'll pay a lot more in lives, integrity, and reputation after we fail miserably to pay on any of the above debts.