Posted on 06/21/2004 11:02:49 AM PDT by Caleb1411
TO HEAR the media tell it, virtually nothing in Iraq is going right. Suicide terrorism, Abu Ghraib, sabotaged pipelines, swelling anti-American sentiment — the coverage has focused on almost all bad news, almost all the time. But don't be fooled. There are plenty of good-news stories in Iraq, too. Here are half a dozen.
Moqtada al-Sadr's uprising is kaput. The firebrand cleric issued a statement on Wednesday directing his gunmen to stop fighting and go home. If they comply, the bloody rebellion he launched in April will have ended in failure. Sadr never managed to win mass support among Iraq's Shi'ites; indeed he was taken to the woodshed by the country's senior Shi'ite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Now Sadr says he supports the interim Iraqi government, and will set up a political party of his own. It wasn't long ago that Sadr was denouncing Iraqi politicians for cooperating with the United States. Now he is poised to become one of them.
For the first time, an Iraqi soccer team has qualified for the Olympics. All told, some 30 Iraqi athletes will be traveling to the games in Athens this summer.They will be able to compete without fear, knowing that even if they fail to bring home a medal, there will be no punishment at the hands of Uday Saddam Hussein. It was the practice of the dictator's late son to torture Iraqi athletes who were not successful in international competitions. Thanks to the US Army, Uday and his sadism no longer exist. . . .
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I sure wouldn't risk my life for the Iraqi soccer team.....
Let freedom ring!
Oops. refugess = refugees
Why the decline? Because Afghans and Iraqis, who used to make up the largest groups of asylum-seekers, are now far less likely to flee their homelands... As one commentator has noted, that's what happens when UNHCR's "partners" include the US Marines.
And, of course, when the oppressors have been relegated to jail cells and morgues. Those looking to morally equate the U.S. effort with Saddam Hussein should look at these figures and STFU.
As the Father of an Eagle Scout, I really like to see the Boy Scout program starting again.
There is no better program on Earth for young boys!
Hmmmm? Newbie! You sure are negative for a FReeper.
Maybe you missed the website you were looking for .. because your attitude doesn't belong here.
I hope you never have to kneel before masked killers and plead for your life.
Thanks for the post, Caleb1411.
Thanks for the pings, Coop, Ernest.
Sharing this one with a choir director I met yesterday from an inner city church who cares about the oppressed - and the truth, who asked me to send her news from the troops to share with her church family - mostly poor, minority - who care about the oppressed - and the truth.
This is great news about the Scout Camp, but I have little nit to pick with Jeff Jacoby. Mike Bradle is not a FORMER Eagle Scout.
Once and Eagle, Always an Eagle (as an Eagle Mom, I know this!)
Meanwhile, Iraqi farmers have harvested a record wheat crop, raising hopes that the country might once again become, as it was before Saddam, agriculturally self-sufficient.
No surprise. Most trolls think only of their selfish little trollish needs.
Amen to that!
Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, thrifty, cheerful, brave, clean and reverent. Did I miss any?
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