I mean, don't you find it a bit disturbng that the US government doesn't know who's on which side in a war we are currently fighting??
On 12/13/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mmyeah well, I am not going to try to defend this. I still don't > understand what the problem was with Harman. I can only hope that the > man hadn't been briefed yet. > > However what about the percentage of Arabic speakers? This would go a > long way toward explaining the reality gap we seem to be experiencing > in Iraq....and has nothing to do with Nancy. > > Dana > > On 12/13/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's nice to see Nancy living up to her billing. Maybe I'll stop by her > > district office before I go home and give a high-five for a job well done > > (as in she's well done already and her Speakership hasn't even started yet). > > > > On 12/13/06, Dana wrote: > > > > > > what is there to say? Pelosi seems determined to validate everyone's > > > concerns about her. What really bothers me though it this part right > > > at the end... > > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2501237,00.html > > > > > > Stein has defended his use of such questions: "To me, its like asking > > > about Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland who's on what > > > side? Its been five years since these Muslim extremists flew hijacked > > > airliners into the World Trade Centre. Is it too much to ask that our > > > intelligence overseers know who they are?" Indeed, Trent Lott, No 2 in > > > the Republican Senate leadership, said recently: "It's hard for > > > Americans, all of us, to understand what's wrong with these people . . > > > .. They all look the same to me." > > > > > > The report from the Iraq Study Group expressed amazement that more was > > > not being done to "understand the people who explode roadside bombs". > > > Only six people in the US Embassy in Baghdad are fluent in Arabic, > > > about two dozen of its 1,000 employees having some familiarity with > > > the language. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------- > > Robert Munn > > www.funkymojo.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222240 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
