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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 09:35 AM
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If Sunni and Shiite Iraqis are so busy having a civil war how do they find the time to kill GI's?
Does anyone have a good answer for this?

Don
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 09:42 AM
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1. Must be on their breaks and lunch hour.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 10:09 AM
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2. Collateral damage. In the words of an immortal diplomat who is greatly loved for
her fabulous taste in shoes - "You gotz to break a few eggs to make a shit omelet."


Ok. I riffed a little. But when the US army gets in the way of a civil war, what do you expect?
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 10:44 AM
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3. Because they are there.
A situation that needs to be corrected.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 11:05 AM
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4. Doing That Is Part Of the Civil War, Sir
Some factions consider the U.S. to be aligned with, or at least favoring and assisting, their domestic opponents.

Because the occupation is not popular, some factions feel that attacks on U.S. soldiers will increase their popularity, and enhance their standing relative to their domestic rivals.

Some factions appreciate that they would have greater freedom of operation to attack their domestic enemies were U.S. forces absent from the place.
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Middle finga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 02:05 PM
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5. They may dislike each other
but I guess they hate us even more
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-23-07 02:07 PM
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6. Quite easy actually
the GIs are just one set of targets

Look at Yugoslavia during WW II

Plently of Germans died, but there was a civil war on top of it
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