Posted on 03/28/2008 6:11:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
WASHINGTON -- If Iraqis could elect America's next president, chances are good that the next occupant of the Oval Office would be Gen. David Petraeus.
Barring that unlikely development, John McCain will do. Or so I hear from an Iraqi journalist with whom I've corresponded the past couple of years, a woman whose family was once courted by Saddam Hussein but who later became a victim of his torturers.
Mayada al-Askari, about whom I've written previously, is today a reporter for the Gulf News. Although she lives in Dubai, she visits and writes extensively about Iraq and has regular access to both American and Iraqi leaders there.
Her Iraqi roots run deep. One grandfather was the Arab commander for T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), while another was one of the first Arab nationalists. Other family members have held prominent government positions.
Our correspondence, which has included exchanges of family photos and personal histories, has provided a window into the confusion and ambivalence many Iraqis share with Americans. Mayada's missives, which she has agreed to let me excerpt here, haven't always been easy to read and often betrayed resentment mixed with gratitude.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
G-d bless John McCain.
I guess they are in the same boat as the rest of Republicans, wishing for the lesser evil.
Don't project onto the Iraqis. They want someone to finish the job and that person is John McCain -- period.
**Most important message in the article and one that is missed by 99% of the MSM and people in government. None of them understand this >>>
“The sectarian divide, meanwhile, is an artificial schism created by al-Qaeda and other non-Iraqis, she says. Many Iraqis are like Mayada, a Sunni, who have married across sectarian lines.”
“Don’t project onto the Iraqis. They want someone to finish the job and that person is John McCain — period.”
No, they just dont want anyone who has been threatening to pull out. Period.
No kidding Einstein!
I will gladly vote for McCain for the three I, Iraq, Iran, Israel.
I’m quite sure the only Iraqis who want one of the Dems in the White House are those who are Islamic facists.
This is one of McCain’s (very few) good points.
will gladly vote for McCain for the three I, Iraq, Iran, Israel.
I agree. I can’t imagine the fear of the Iraqi people that maybe they would be plunged back into the desparate, murderous times they had to endure prior to the Iraq war. I would be frozen with fear for my future if Obama or OHmama won the US election. The Iraqi people are very brave.
Okay, I see that one went right over your head. It’s no wonder you support mclame.
“I’m quite sure the only Iraqis who want one of the Dems in the White House are those who are Islamic facists.”
Actually, Baathists are secular, but would “want one of the Dems in the White House”
Give it a rest. You proved my point succinctly.
People whose lives have been on the edge always have a clearer and leaner perception of life and death, of reality, of what really matters.
It is no surprise that Iraqi people who yearn for security would choose McCain.
It is no surprise that Americans who yearn for security for their own homeland would choose McCain.
Is it not curious, then, that some self-proclaimed “conservatives”, including some on this site, would, in suicidal throes, deny the Iraqis the American leader that they desire?
And, by default, place the fate of America - and the lives of ourselves and our families - into the hands of those who not only lack the character and core to defend it but openly hate and curse it?
Gee, carbon found on mars. This is so trivial compared to the increbible complexities of a single living cell it should not elicit the least concern. Spontaneous generation, time, and matter are not the creators of life.
What you talkin’ about Neoliberalnot? Carbon on Mars for a page on Iraqis? Did you post to the wrong page?
I should withdraw from species membership. I posted to the wrong thread. My best groveling and humble apology.
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