Vanity: CHECK THIS OUT! Iraqi Communist Party website links directly to Free Republic thread!

[Qwinn]

http://www.iraqcp.org/

Scroll down (for me the slider comes up on the left) until you see the bit in English that says:

"Iraq's Communist Party says it wants U.S. troops out soon, plans political comeback"

Click on it.

Holy crap, huh?

Qwinn

[Lauren BaRecall]

They could used some good web designers. That's the problem with many of these political sites - no visual appeal.

[Qwinn]

Of -course-. Trust me, you won't find too many people as hard-core anti-communist as me. It scares me though. What's really bizarre is there -are- people in Iraq who are cooperating with and seem quite pro-U.S. who... for lack of a better phrase, "have contacts" with the Iraq CP.

For example, the big demonstration in Iraq that we talked about for days and how the media was covering it up? That was partly organized by the Iraqi CP.

That whole story was broken by an Iraqi blogger named Zeyad. He seems to be pretty pro-U.S. Note this passage in the blog:

http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/

"Anyway, Dr. Ali, Omar's brother, contacted someone from the Communist party, and they informed him that the demos would be on 10 December if everything went right, otherwise they would be on the 15th."

Among other passages of note I've seen is this, concerning Bush's visit on Thanksgiving:

"I have mixed feelings myself. The fact that he is the first American president to set foot on Iraqi soil is a huge event in itself, and a three hour visit to Baghdad Airport definitely wouldn't be the same as a tour in the country and most importantly meeting Iraqi citizens, Iraqis who would be grateful for this visit. But I understand the security considerations and this gesture alone would be sufficient to send a message to whoever it may concern that Iraq is safe enough for an American president to visit. To tell the truth I'm still shocked to this moment that he took the risk to come here. I used to like him before, but now I admire the guy."

There was also an Iraqi blog I was reading recently that talked about how Bush would be the heroes of Iraqis forever when he caught Saddam. Given how hugely relevant that is today I'm still digging and trying to find it.

Qwinn

[Lazamataz]

Knock it off. Everybody here knows you're a mod.

Shush, you. I prefer the Clark Kent costume. ;^)

[Admin Moderator]

lol

[Qwinn]

*chuckle* Awesome job on that other thread! I certainly hope your sentiment is accurate!

What bugs me is how many seem to be distinguishing between Baathists and Communists. I don't think there's a whole lot of distinction to be made. I hope they realize that Communists will only be pro-democracy until they win their first election.

Qwinn

[Desron13]

As I was watching the celebrations in Iraq over the capture of his arseholiness, I noticed a bunch of people waving red flags with the hammer and cycle of the old Soviet Union. I was thinking, "What in the world is up with that?" I guess now I know.

[headsonpikes]

Knock it off. Everybody here knows you're a mod.

Hey! Are you trying to incite violence?

[Admin Moderator]

heh!

[Qwinn]

Found that bit from another Iraqi blog that is hugely relevant today.

http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/

"Lastly it is enough for Mr George W Bush to have these mass graves as an evidence of the weapons of mass destruction of Saddam. It's really not all that complicated. Kay's report, along with the continuing reports of thousands of bodies found in mass graves in Iraq should be sufficient to convince the world that we are all a lot better off without Saddam Hussein. There is no need to search for more evidence but for the head which created these weapons and committed these crimes. If you get him (God will soon) you will be the hero at least in the eyes of the Iraqi people and you will be the victorious leader of the coalitions. You may need to increase the reward to 100 millions dollars for any one who catch Saddam and then pay the money from Saddam accounts in the Arabs and other banks."

I hope he means it about being a hero. I fear he's wrong about not having to search for WMD anymore - this will of course change nothing in the eyes of leftists, who will continue to screech that capturing Saddam means nothing, only WMD matter. I do note with pleasure that he was wrong about having to up the reward ;)

Qwinn

[Tijeras_Slim]

Quick... spread disinformation!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Knock it off. Everybody here knows you're a mod.

I have long suspected this... Laz is perfect Moderator material. You would have been wasteful not to make use of such talent.;)

[Qwinn]

Heh. I actually recommend spreading some truth. I'm thinking about writing a serious essay to post to that thread to any Iraqi fencesitters who visit that site, on just how glad Cubans who supported the Cuban Communist Party are today.

Qwinn

[Tijeras_Slim]

Just remind them what a big fan of Stalin Saddam was.

[Qwinn]

Actually, I have to retract that, I'm repeating a bogus version of history. The majority of the Cuban population had no idea that Castro was Communist when Baptista was overthrown and he came into power. They would never have supported him if they'd known. Believe it or not, he waged the revolution on a pro-U.S. platform. Cubans were slowly woken up to the fact that Castro (and now Cuba) was communist and pro-Soviet between 1959 and 1961.

Qwinn

[Tijeras_Slim]

Smart move on Castro's part. If the people had seen him for what he was early on, they could have squashed his ragtag bunch of losers like a bug.

[The UnVeiled Lady]

Of -course-. Trust me, you won't find too many people as hard-core anti-communist as me.

You should check out this thread about the League of women's Voters and THIER link on CPUSA.

and of course the Dem party site, but not Green, Lib. or Republican

[arasina]

The real Mods.

[tallhappy]

In the coverage of the capture I have been struck by the overrepresentation of red hammer and sickle flags on the streets in Iraq.

[arasina]

I think Hillary distributed some of those flags when she was in Iraq recently. :o)

[EdReform]

"Laz is perfect Moderator material..."

Yeah, but does he possess the power of ZOT?! ;o)