Posted on 09/19/2005 1:23:25 PM PDT by jmc1969
What the hell were they reaally doing. Musta been important for the Britishers to rescue a couple of armed thugs by a prison break.
And if they weren't armed thugs, why were they undercover.
Why'd they shoot at Iraqi police.
I guess this could be read two ways. Just the "tone" of the way it was written gets under my skin.
Major loss of face on their part....this does not bode well for the Brits in that area of Iraq.
It's not a question of faith.
This is the line we've been touting.
And plainclothes commandoes shooting cops is OK with you.
We've let the Basra system develop.
If we have problems, sending in undercover guys lends credence to those who keep saying there are Death Squads running around over there.
And if Sadr's goons are cops, we've allowed them to become cops.
Just applying the same standard to these guys that we apply to jihadis.
You remain 100% certain that the other guys were bona fide police. How so ?
Is there not a slight possibilty that they were not loyal to the Iraqi government, but were loyal to someone else, and this might be related to the British arrest Al-Sadr's right hand man a few days ago ?
Or were these just gung-ho thugs on a killing spree, as you seem to have already made your mind up.
Very valid points, well worth repeating !!!
I'm with you. I didn't like the tone either.
Couch marine.
I can ask a question as much as you can.
Where you from ....you in the Middle East?
"Sweetie, that's what Rummy said."
Guess what I'd call you if I wasn't such a sweetie.
So if Al-Sadr has got people into the police we should just say "oh well, thats a shame" and turn a blind eye ?
Al-Sadr is not a part of the democratic process in Iraq, he isn't why we are there.
Whoa.
Not in the Middle East. Not Middle Eastern.
See, that wasn't hard. I can do it. Why can't swarthyguy?
Because he doesn't have to.....thats the beauty of FR.
death to cheetos
No, he doesn't have to. But his silence speaks volumes.
And the beauty of FR is that I can ask the question too.
I was born in Iran, raised in Saudi and grew up in Afghanistan.
Got any daughters?
But he doesn't have to answer you.
man, the sides in this religious/ ethnic war are only now dawniong on people.
death to answers
LOL!
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