I don't really care about the downers....that was a refreshing and uplifting read. Americans aren't the evil bastards that some would want us to believe, and Iraqi's aren't the mindless barbarians that others would have us think.
On 8/22/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Ramadi is an irritating contradiction of almost everything the world > thinks > it knows about Iraq -- it is proof that the US military is more successful > than the world wants to believe. Ramadi demonstrates that large parts of > Iraq -- not just Anbar Province, but also many other rural areas along the > Tigris and Euphrates Rivers -- are essentially pacified today. This is > news > the world doesn't hear: Ramadi, long a hotbed of unrest, a city that once > formed the southwestern tip of the notorious "Sunni Triangle," is now > telling a different story, a story of Americans who came here as > liberators, > became hated occupiers and are now the protectors of Iraqi > reconstruction." > > F-ing A Airborne. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:14 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: article in der spiegel about iraq > > > > http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,499154,00.html > > > > i haven't read the whole nine page article, but it looks really good. > > the > > reporter just spent several weeks in iraq, traveling the country with > > the us > > military to report on the situation. it looks like a very well- > > researched, > > complex story- exactly what i would expect from someone trying to > > report on > > the situation there. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
