Situation in.................................. Iraq

[thespian]

Hold your horses tiddles... The whole middle east is not your enemy.
But now I can understand how high some of the Americans get with the power of nukes. Well done m8. I really hope u will be US President one day.

[mylexicon]

but I think most of [the Iraqis] have already put fear of Saddam behind them. I mean there is no chance, that Sadam or the Baathist could get back to (absolute) power.

Half right. There is no chance Saddam will ever return to power. He is too old
and their are too many people who want to rule Iraq.

However, the Baathists are far from eliminated. There are none in Iraq now
but it is believed that many vanished by escaping to the surrounding regions
before the war.

[NokturnaL]

if i was in charge, the middle east would be a radioactive crater as of 12.9.01
no more situation there

right on man..

[brakada]

Please! Abraham Lincoln and JFK were both assassinated.......yet most of us
still want democracy. That's the problem....regular Iraqi citizens don't know
how to get involved....they are used to maintaining a low profile to avoid
Baathists and Saddam. They still fear him and his people even after they are dead or captured. Iraqis show up all the time to protest our troops because they know they won't leave in a body bag. They never start picketing around
terrorists because they'd end up dead!!!!

Although I agree, that Iraqis don't really know how to get involved in democracy (nor they are really encouraged or allowed to invlove), but I think most of them have already put fear of Saddam behind them. I mean there is no chance, that Sadam or the Baathist could get back to (absolute) power.

[mylexicon]

15 more days till the $hit really starts to hit the fan...

(or gets delayed, take your pick)

Yeah no kidding. They blew up their first president... and you still think they want a democracy?

Please! Abraham Lincoln and JFK were both assassinated.......yet most of us
still want democracy. That's the problem....regular Iraqi citizens don't know
how to get involved....they are used to maintaining a low profile to avoid
Baathists and Saddam. They still fear him and his people even after they are
dead or captured. Iraqis show up all the time to protest our troops because
they know they won't leave in a body bag. They never start picketing around
terrorists because they'd end up dead!!!! And the media just dumbs this
revalation down into one simple doctrine: "the iraqis hate us and we have the
one-sided, unsupported anecdotal evidence to prove it!.....and we like Michael Moore"

Why people only listen to the ramblings of politicians and idiotic media
moguls is beyond me. If you want true unbaised opinions on the subject
read what corporate officers have to say. They are split 50/50 and most of them
have intelligent relatively non-political things to say.

[Galapidate]

Re: situation in Iraq

Who cares what happens in Iraq?

There aren't any weapons of mass destruction there. That's why we went there in the first place and we found out that there wasn't any, so mission accomplished.

If it were only that simple

[superdave]

situation in Iraq

Who cares what happens in Iraq?

There aren't any weapons of mass destruction there. That's why we went there in the first place and we found out that there wasn't any, so mission accomplished.

[neoee]

15 more days till the $hit really starts to hit the fan...

(or gets delayed, take your pick)

Yeah no kidding. They blew up their first president... and you still think they want a democracy?

[razvan]

[Galapidate]

I wanna see what happens June 30 when they turn over power...

[brakada]

I'm not sure whether this was posted on the old MS, but since it's a new start I guess I can do it.



quality work

[MJDub]

if i was in charge, the middle east would be a radioactive crater as of 12.9.01
no more situation there

[devon]

maybe my opinion would sound weird for you, but i think Saddam at least had a power there, now it's coplete chaos. NO DEMOCRACY can build now there, they are too young for it, there should be a strong leader that has a power

Hitler had power too.

[tiddles]

if i was in charge, the middle east would be a radioactive crater as of 12.9.01
no more situation there

[Alpinevpr]

Changes should come from inside the country ( revolution or anything like that ) ... What USA did brought only chaos to that region, and it will take many many years for the situation to come back to normal.

The people over there wanted Saddam out, they just couldn't stand against him. My brother-in-law has spent about 6 of the last 12 months "aiding" in the effort. Countless times has he come back with stories of the Iraqi citizens thanking him and the US for being there. I think people need to pull their head out of their ass and stop watching the news.