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Posted by: Alexia 2 years, 5 months agoThe number of Iraqis fleeing their homes has soared since the American troop increase began in February, according to data from two humanitarian groups, accelerating the partition of the country into sectarian enclaves.
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NelsonR
Aug. 24, 2007, 3:17 p.m.If only Americans would, "just think and act", then the Iraqi's would at least have a better world. When you hear Iraqi's saying they were better off under Saddam, doesn't it make you stop and think? How would Americans react if they were dispossessed through fear and intimidation? That is the present state of affairs in Iraq.
Bush/Cheney should be the people on the run in fear of their lives, why should it be citizens being subjugated to misery by your and my leader in the name of "American values". What is our "American values", greed and corruption by the American warmonger elitist.
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joeblowe
Aug. 24, 2007, 3:20 p.m.""It is a city of ghosts. The only people left there are terrorists."" - now THIS is good news. If only this were really true, we could simply bomb the city flat and go home.
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skyking2p
Aug. 24, 2007, 3:57 p.m.After all the Iraqies are gone we will have all the oil to ourself. Isn't that what it is all about?
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NelsonR
Aug. 24, 2007, 6:40 p.m.I am laughing hysterically by the suggestion that WE DO have neocons on this site who think OIL should be our motivating factor in continuing the aggressive (Hitler) type war in Iraq. Please, if you are concerned about oil and our longevity in the scheme of things, may I make one little suggestion, ride a bike in the future. Just maybe you will see Bush and Cheney on your bike ride and have the opportune time to spit on them.
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CORVIDIVS
Aug. 24, 2007, 7:55 p.m.Considering revelations of modern history[ie:let's say the last 300 years]man has shown a marked proclivity for the diversions of war.Huge amounts of economies, time & effort have been directed to more efficiently destroying larger parcels of real estate,and an end to warlike activity is not something that will be enjoyed in the near future should vested concerns realize their goals.
Since the addiction to violent conflict shows no dwindling on any horizon,since so much is invested in this game,why is it that only-a-few-casualties elicits huge outpourings of 'commisseration' from supposed combatant countries' populations that own to an undisputed winning edge in each instance... as if "we meant to go a warring, but THIS is really TOO MUCH'... look at the horrible tragedy of all our fallen...
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pcknowledge
Aug. 24, 2007, 8:09 p.m.Oil. Wouldn't it be cheaper for us if we pulled all our troops out of the entire Middle East region? And stopped interfering in their affairs? Then they would sell it to us at fair market value. That would save us billions our government spend on waging wars there, & propping up dictators like Saddam. And if our troops were not stationed in the ME, & we stopped interfering in their affairs, people there would stop seeing us as an enemy who wants their oil for free. As a result, American lifes would be safer here & abroad. I know, someone is going to ask what about Israel? Well, let Israel sort out their own business w/the Arabs. Without our government's support, they would be forced to come with a solution fair to both sides.
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pcknowledge
Aug. 24, 2007, 9:22 p.m.saintetienne
The CIA trained Saddam yrs ago when our government wanted Saddam to overthrow the democratically elected government in Iraq. Do you recall who our President was then? He thought Saddam would help our government control the oil market. Instead, Saddam used the weapons the CIA gave him to take control of Iraq & later invade Kuwait. That's when our government realized it was a mistake to train him. Any WMD's Saddam would have had (& he didn't have much if any) would have been given to him by the CIA.
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pcknowledge
Aug. 24, 2007, 9:29 p.m."Arabs HATE THE WEST. We are not MUSLIMS, therefore we must have our HEADS REMOVED, per Islamic law."
Gee, wonder why they didn't remove my head when I was working & travelling there. You don't understand foreign politics at all. They have sold their oil to us since time memorial. Oil is a commodity, they have more then they need for themselfes. They would keep selling it to us, if our troops pulled out entirely. Seriously saintetienne you need to travel outside of America to understand foreign politics, the players & dymamics involved. And do some research of your own on who exactly trained Saddam & BL.
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sheen7334
Aug. 25, 2007, 12:09 a.m.when nothing else will do, people vote with their feet. Get us out of Iraq. NOW!
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wallykhn
Aug. 25, 2007, 2:33 a.m.Wow! Bush should hold stalin's, mao's, and lenin's hand as they skip around and talk about killing innocents.
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nikkibabe
Aug. 25, 2007, 6:43 a.m.Worst war criminals in History who have brought death and destruction to innocent people:
Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, Shah of Iran, Yahya Khan, Musharaff, Bush, Cheney, Powel, Rice, Rumsfield, Gates.
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automan909
Aug. 25, 2007, 10:44 a.m.We killed the bad ones and Sadam killed the good ones. Sadam gave rewards for suicide bombers to their families. Sadam broke 17 UN resolutions so thats why we went in. The Democrats including Hillary voted to go in and take him out.
They found missles that could be used to fire chemical weapons. Now there are schools that even women can go to, Hospitals, People are not hangged from the goal posts at halftime of their soccer games. Hands are not chopped off in the streets for stupid stuff. And the people who liked Sadam's regime better are the Taliban.
You commies just don't like freedom. Face it.
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pcknowledge
Aug. 25, 2007, 10:58 a.m."Now there are schools that even women can go to,..."
Not exactly. This Bush led war entirely destroyed Iraq's infrastructure including hospitals, killed thousands of innocent people on both sides (ours & theirs), & led Iraq to fall into a civil war. Their oil fields are now controlled by Bush/Cheney. Neither the Iraqis nor we (citizens who live in America) will ever see a dime of the profit from those oil wells. The only ones who profited from this war are Bush/Cheney/Halliburton employees & maybe poodle Blair (unless he was blackmailed into agreeing to send his troops for this ridiculous & unnecessary war).
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pcknowledge
Aug. 25, 2007, 11:03 a.m.I am not a huge fan of Saddam either (just like I am not a Bush fan) but Saddam's wherabouts (unlike Bin Ladin's) were known. Saddam could have been taken out quietly by special US forces if he was such a "nuisance to Bush" because he threatended to kill Bush's Daddy yrs ago who was as incompetent as Son Bush. Saddam is only one of other brutal Dictators in this world; Bush only went after this one threatened to kill his Daddy and because his country has oil.
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smokeyhustler
Aug. 25, 2007, 11:45 a.m.From the article:
"There is no way we would go back," said the woman, 26, who gave her name only as Aswaidi. "It is a city of ghosts. The only people left there are terrorists."
So...they are leaving b/c of the American troops increase?
I call B.S.
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