Posted on 01/29/2004 6:25:11 AM PST by Pikamax
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_01_iraqthemodel_archive.html#107531043172272357
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Ambition that blinds. "You can say that it's great that Saddam is gone and I'm sure that a lot of Iraqis feel it is great that Saddam is gone. But a lot of them gave their lives. And their living standard is a whole lot worse now than it was before."
What did Mr. Dean meant by this statement? I didnt want to write about it from the beginning despite what I felt and the questions asked by some of the readers. I said, this is an American affair and I might offend some of my American friends through expressing my opinion. But the statement was too irritating and insulting and as I said before theres no such thing as an internal affair anywhere in the world, not to mention the USA, the country in which the tiniest change in policy might well have a great impact elsewhere in the world. Anything that happens in America concerns everyone on this planet, and moreover as an Iraqi who his whole countrys future relies considerably on how the things go on in America I have additional reasons to care about such things.
To summarize my response I was not surprised, but it added to my confusion about the justification of the position of some Americans regarding this issue. To have such approach from some Arabs and Muslims, its more than expected, still nauseating though. To have such an approach from some European countries is also (natural). But to come from Americans? Well, this is just more than I can understand. Id like to (debate with) Mr. Dean and his supporters on few points.
Im not going to comment about the rightness of the statement with more than saying that only a (blind) man would believe it and only a man blinded by his ambitions would dare to say it, but when you say such words, dont you mean in other words that the sacrifices made by the American soldiers are all in vain? And that these soldiers are not doing a service to the world, nor to Iraqis and not to America. In fact you are saying that since they didnt do the world, America or us a favour then theyre only doing a favour to GWB and his administration.
Dont you agree that by saying those words you accuse the American soldiers of one of two charges each of which is worse than the other; You are saying that, either they are stupid enough to sacrifice their lives for the sake of GWB political future, or they are evil people who love fighting and killing and they are doing this only for money, in other words theyre no more than mercenaries. Saying that you only disagree with the way this issue is handled will also not change the fact that you are only harming your men and women on the battlefield.
By statements like these you deny any honourable motives for the great job your people are doing here. How in your opinion will this affect the morality of your soldiers? Feeling that their people back at home dont support them and that theyre abandoned to fight alone in the battlefield.
And all of this for what? For staying in the white house for 4 or 8 years? Is it worth it? And this is not directed only to Mr. Dean, its for all the Americans who support such allegations without being aware of their consequences. Whats it that you fight so hard for, showing your soldiers as s occupiers and murderers, the soldiers who I had the honour of meeting many, and when talking to some of them, I didnt see anything other than gentleness, honesty and good will and faith in what theyre doing.
Your words and those of others were insults to the Americans, Iraqis and moreover to yourself, and Im certain you dont represent the number of Americans you fanaticise about. Im sorry for being so rude, but I really tried hard to restrain myself from being more direct, and thus nearly as rude as you were. If I wanted to respond just as an Iraqi who is so offended by your words, my feelings wouldnt have been expressed without using a language nastier than what Ive committed myself to on writing on this blog.
Please consider this for a moment, does winning the elections and getting rid of GWB and the republicans worth the damage youre inflicting on your men and womens morality?
My heart goes with those brave people and the widows, orphans and mothers of the American soldiers who died while doing this great service for their country, ours and humanity. I cant imagine what their response would be to such thoughtless words motivated with nothing more than selfish ambitions.
-By Ali.
Thanks Ali...
The ideologues of the Democratic Party don't care about anything except the Democratic Party. To them, their party is their religion, the highest arbiter of right and wrong. It is the party of abortion and perversion, the party which boos the Boy Scouts when they carry in the flag. What's the morale of the troops to them? Nothing.
Ali needs to understand that the prep school boy Dean hasn't the slightest regard for the American men and women who wear the uniform and has absolutly no comprehension of what motivates them.
"You can say that it's great that Saddam is gone and I'm sure that a lot of Iraqis feel it is great that Saddam is gone. But a lot of them gave their lives. And their living standard is a whole lot worse now than it was before."
What did Mr. Dean meant by this statement?
Im not going to comment about the rightness of the statement with more than saying that only a (blind) man would believe it and only a man blinded by his ambitions would dare to say it..
Dont you agree that by saying those words you accuse the American soldiers of one of two charges each of which is worse than the other; You are saying that, either they are stupid enough to sacrifice their lives for the sake of GWB political future, or they are evil people who love fighting and killing and they are doing this only for money, in other words theyre no more than mercenaries.
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~ allied Iraqis, free press.
Americans did have the good sense to elect a moral and courageous man like GW Bush once. I'd like to hope we will do so again.
He isn't perfect, but he's started work that must be finished.
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