What IRAQIS think of the occupation - Democratic Underground

NYC Liberal

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:05 PM
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What IRAQIS think of the occupation

Betchya you won't see these pictures on the corporate media! All the Iraqis love us! They wants us there!

Or not.

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agitpropagent9

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:15 PM
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1. glad to see it

and i hope that they can continue to bring public opinion pressure to bear, and encourage participation in a stable government, so we can bring our soldiers home.

as if that won't get me flamed enough, i'll also add that this is what democracy looks like.

one would be hard-pressed to find such crowds openly protesting saddam.

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PsN2Wind

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:25 PM
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4. Considering what would appear to be

a rather warped view of what constitutes democracy. I would have to say that you've picked a very appropriate screen name. My idea of democracy doesn't require a heavily armed occupation force with a tendency to shoot a lot of the wrong people.

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beam me up scottie

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:37 PM
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7. Dang it!

And here I thought rich fat stoopid republicans with purple band-aids and purple fingers were what democracy looked like.

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DemonFighterLives

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:44 PM
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10. Doesn't look like a democracy to me

Looks like some po'ed people who have been wronged badly.

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beam me up scottie

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:21 PM
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2. Wow. Those pictures are intense.

Where did you get those? They look like a citizen took them.

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ourbluenation

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:24 PM
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3. bumping up

when were those pictures taken?

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NYC Liberal

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Thu Mar-17-05 10:22 PM
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13. I had a bunch bookmarked. They're from various sites. n/t

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:32 PM
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5. hey, i'll bet they won't even care if the US leaves w/o 'fixing it'

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Arkana

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:34 PM
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6. How dare you expose the truth! You must hate America!

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proud2BlibKansan

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:40 PM
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8. But where are the pictures of Iraqis

enjoying their freedoms? LOL

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Lone Pawn

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:42 PM
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9. When and where were those taken?

Not denying the truth they represent, but they're somewhat less powerful if it turns out that they were taken, say, before, during, or right after the invasion, or even as photo-ops in, say, Iran or Syria.

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bpilgrim

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:48 PM
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11. They Want THEIR Country BACK!

FOREIGN DESK | March 9, 2005, Wednesday

For Bush, No Boasts, but a Taste of Vindication

By TODD S. PURDUM (NYT) News Analysis 990 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 10 , Column 1

Mr. Clinton was more ebullient, noting that the Iraqi elections "went better than anyone could have imagined." In Lebanon, he said, "the Syrians are going to have to get out of there and give the Lebanese their country back, and I think the fact that the Lebanese are in the street demanding it is wonderful."

Asked about huge demonstrations on Tuesday, sponsored by Hezbollah, that demanded just the opposite, Mr. Clinton said: "I find it inconceivable that most Lebanese wouldn't like it if they had their country back. You know, they want their country back and they ought to get it."

source...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30715FE3D580C7A8CDDAA0894DD404482

peace

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Is It Fascism Yet

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Thu Mar-17-05 09:53 PM
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12. Shrub & Company have created a more convincing hell than Dante! n/t

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