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'Bush Good, Saddam Bad!'
Opinion Journal ^ | 08/19/03 | JOHN R. GUARDIANO

Posted on 08/18/2003 9:08:58 PM PDT by Pokey78

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A Marine reports from Iraq, where things are far better than the media let on.

AL HILLAH, Iraq--There's more to America than New York, Washington and Los Angeles. The same is true for Iraq; there's a vast country outside Baghdad and the "Sunni triangle" that's now the center of a guerrilla campaign. It's understandable that Western press reports are fixated on attacks that kill American soldiers. But that focus is obscuring what's actually happening in the rest of the country--and it misleads the public into thinking that Iraqis are growing angry and impatient with their liberators.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: goodnews; iraq; personalaccount; rebuildingiraq; thankyouamerica; usmc; warlist
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To: LindaSOG
BTTT!!!!!
21 posted on 08/19/2003 3:04:02 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Pokey78; dighton; *war_list; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Coop; ...
Thank you for the post and the ping!

A Marine reports from Iraq, where things are far better than the media let on.

We can hear you!

If you want on or off my pro-Coalition/anti-wanker ping ling, just ping.

22 posted on 08/19/2003 4:17:42 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl (*** "Bush Good! Saddam Bad!" *** http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/966360/posts)
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To: Pokey78
bump
23 posted on 08/19/2003 5:37:09 AM PDT by putupon (Only read headlines and captions, or your head will get too fat.)
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To: everyvotecounts
HOORAY FOR YOU!
A Big WELCOME HOME from our house to yours!
Sincerely from,
Semper Fi Wife,
M0sby
24 posted on 08/19/2003 6:35:40 AM PDT by M0sby (Proud Marine Corp's Wife!)
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To: Pokey78
Iraqis routinely ask me to "thank Mr. Bush for freeing us of Saddam" and tell me, "We are very grateful, because you have freed us of our worst nightmare, Saddam Hussein."

The main media doesn't want us to know this. These were the headlines we should have seen after the liberation of Iraq and since, instead of the screaming headlines about the Museum looting of priceless artifacts, that never was, anything to keep the real news from getting out, which is that getting rid of Saddam was a good decision.

25 posted on 08/19/2003 6:50:15 AM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: Pokey78; Ragtime Cowgirl
It would be nice to now overcome the defeatists "we can't win the peace" as we overcame the "we can't win the war" back in the 90s. I would hate to see the Afghanis and Iraqis follow the Kosovars, Bosnians and Haitians in a semi-successful UN led reform effort and their current malaise.
26 posted on 08/19/2003 6:50:38 AM PDT by optimistically_conservative (Can't prove a negative? You're not stupid. Prove it!)
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To: Pokey78
The Iraqis know who their foes are too. Two Iraqi children once spontaneously shouted to me, "France, Chirac!" while giving the thumbs-down sign and shaking their heads disapprovingly. The children quickly smiled and shouted "Bush!" while punching the sky.

I guess there will certain places freezing over, before the Iraqis will give the French another lucrative contract.

27 posted on 08/19/2003 6:53:27 AM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
"Bush good, Saddam bad!" many Iraqis tell us emphatically--and repeatedly. I'm not sure how George W. Bush is faring with the American public, but he's got a lock on Al Hillah.

Thanks for the PING to this superb story.

28 posted on 08/19/2003 7:51:46 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in groups or whole armies.....we don't care how we getcha, but we will)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump
29 posted on 08/19/2003 7:58:02 AM PDT by SAMWolf (US Congress - the best politicians money can buy.)
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To: Pokey78; Alamo-Girl; onyx; SpookBrat; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; dixiechick2000; ...
Excellent news from Iraq via a U.S. Marine !
Thanks for the post and ping, Pokey78 !



Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.


30 posted on 08/19/2003 8:15:10 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
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To: Pokey78
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31 posted on 08/19/2003 8:34:45 AM PDT by lowbridge (Texas Democrats. Saddam. On the lam together.)
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To: LindaSOG
Thanks for the heads up!
32 posted on 08/19/2003 9:14:05 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Pokey78

33 posted on 08/19/2003 9:31:54 AM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: Pokey78

34 posted on 08/19/2003 9:32:54 AM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: Pokey78
My Tag Line says it all.
35 posted on 08/19/2003 10:57:43 AM PDT by Klein-Bottle (The liberated Iraqi people will not forgive the liberals who want them to remain enslaved.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Grampa Dave
As my experience in Al Hillah shows, most ordinary Iraqis are in no way disillusioned with the U.S. What they want--and need--is greater help.
36 posted on 08/19/2003 2:16:44 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Pokey78
Thanks so much for posting this, Pokey! I've emailed FOXnews and asked if they would consider sending a camera crew to ANY area of Iraq where we're doing well in the reconstructive efforts.
37 posted on 08/19/2003 2:37:20 PM PDT by spookycc (4MORE4W)
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To: cowalker
cowalker
Since Aug 19, 2003

Welcome to FR

38 posted on 08/19/2003 2:45:40 PM PDT by Kaslin (Advice to Hillary. Please engage brain before opening mouth)
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To: optimistically_conservative
It would be nice to now overcome the defeatists "we can't win the peace" as we overcame the "we can't win the war" back in the 90s.

I think it's too messy and dangerous for the UN and the press, Amnesty Int'l, Doctors w/out Borders and the Red Cross inside Iraq - oh, and Dem politicians / socialists. For their own safety, they should remain outside the border until the troops and the Iraqi people find and remove the bad guys, the WMDs - and get settled.

(^;

39 posted on 08/19/2003 3:19:35 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("We're ready and willing to get the job done." - Staff Sgt Paul Johnson, nr. UN bldg, Baghdad, 8/19)
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To: everyvotecounts
Tell your marine a big THANK YOU!!!
40 posted on 08/19/2003 3:21:40 PM PDT by Ann Archy
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