XPost: ny.general, alt.culture.ny-upstate, ny.politics 
 XPost: nyc.politics 
 From: ob110ob@att.net 
  
 On Thu, 13 May 2004 15:02:45 GMT, "Jeremy Thurber" 
  wrote: 
  
 > 
 >> Except that they are two different groups of people, just like most of the 
 >> Americans in Iraq are NOT abusing prisoners. 
 >> 
 >> Woods 
 >> 
 > 
 > 
 >Doesn't seem to matter to them ....they would kill all americans 
 >alike...they aren't descriminating why should we. 
 >Our soldiers are over there acting as police over the iraqi's who aren't 
 >responsible for violence...at this point we need to get over trying to be 
 >polite and act like a military instead of the local sheriff's 
 >department......humanitarianism is great until the next time they decide to 
 >attack target's in the U.S. 
 > 
  
    But that's one of the problems exactly...  We are a 
 military occupation force in Iraq.  But, while we're 
 supposed to be attempting to restore the national 
 gov't, we're getting involved in petty local civil 
 struggles. 
  
   BushCo's man in Iraq appointed some Iraqi judges. 
 One of those judges issued a warrant for a local Iraqi 
 for the murder of another Iraqi citizen.   Now, for 
 some strange reason, we've undertaken to enforce that 
 warrant,  putting our own troops in needless danger, 
 and alienating the very people we need to trust the 
 occupation. 
  
    Now, it is into this dreadful mix that the prison 
 scandals have broken.  And with 300 Iraqi's being 
 released from that same prison,  there are now 300 
 people with stories to tell,  some true, some false, 
 but which can get them attention,  make the coalition 
 look bad,  and add to the already growing Al Qaida 
 recruitment campaigns. 
  
    Is this the vision Bush was having when he said 
 "Bring'em On?"   His reactions are saying anything but 
 "Bring'em on", now.  So what is a voter to do? 
  
    Obwon 
  
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