In a Poll, Baghdad Residents Call Freedom Worth the Price

NYTIMES ^ | AGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 23 | PATRICK E. TYLER

[Coop]

Me too. Too bad the Air Force in its infinite wisdom has decided to ground the A-10 fleet. The Army is very unhappy with that decision.

So is this ol' Jarhead.

[Arkie2]

I agree. Spent 20 years in the Air Force and this decision really pi$$es me off. The Air Force says the F-16 will provide ground support in the future. It's a good plane but it can't root around in the dirt like the Hog.

[geedee]

I have a feeling that the Ivory Coast would have a different rating of the French though.

As will the Iraqis once they get their "own" free and independent media going. Remember, most still only have access to Arab newspapers and TV and France has been on a kissing-ass tour to all the Arab countries for more than a year.

France under Jacques ChIRAQ is evil and duplicitous. Some don't believe it but they only have one foreign policy . . . the opposite view of ours.

The Iraqis know evil better than any other people. They've had 30+ years of it. It might take awhile but when they see that it was France that caused them to be enslaved under Saddam's thumb for far too many years, the worm will turn.

[Coop]

Bump

[Conservomax]

Double Bump.