[Moose4]

I supported the Iraq invasion and still do. But I have to admit, sometimes I wonder why we even bothered to liberate these savage, ungrateful bastards. Maybe it's just the negative slanted news reporting getting to me.

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[LS]

It is the coverage. My local radio had a totally different slant on this, saying the locals blamed "Saddam loyalists." That's a GOOD sign.

[sheik yerbouty]

They should have benn Dresdenized or Hiroshimized, so as to be instructive, and thus curb their vile behavior.

[Onelifetogive]

But I have to admit, sometimes I wonder why we even bothered to liberate these savage, ungrateful bastards.

We have to be careful not to think of the Iraqis like the American media wants us to think of the Iraqis. Your admission MAY be warranted...but I will wait to believe it when I know it's not an impression created by OUR $^%^%$# media...

[Smogger]

Maiybe it's just the negative slanted news reporting getting to me.

It's the relentlessly negative news media. Geraldo was on Hannity and Colmes last night saying that things were 100% better over there then is being reported.

The steady drumbeat of negative news from over there is designed to bring down Bush's approval ratings before the next election. IMHO.

Where are the stories of the local elections being held around the country? Where are the stories of the millions of Iraqis that are grateful we are there and want us to stay? What about the 1000's of missions a day that are completed successfully?

Where do you hear/read it objectively reported that, frankly, we have lost more troops to accidents over there then the combat?

[concerned about politics]

I supported the Iraq invasion and still do. But I have to admit, sometimes I wonder why we even bothered to liberate these savage, ungrateful bastards. Maybe it's just the negative slanted news reporting getting to me.

It is. TV is not real. It's goal is ratings. Chaos and mayhem are stories. The good stuff will not lure viewers like human suffering will. Sad, but true.
The bomb was an advanced model (for the sand people) . It required the driver to turn the ignition switch. Someone had access to the car. It shouldn't be that hard to trace (maybe).
My guess is it's not one group against another by choice, but someone trying to start a civil war in Iraq to add to the confusion. Without confusion and chaos, the Iraqi people could be well on their way to a free country, and the U.S. and it's allies would be heros.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Has it crossed your mind that a group of less than 5,000 can cause a lot of damage in a country? Has it occurred to you that a lot of the thugs there were in prison until Saddam let them free? Also, many of the terrorists there are from somewhere else.