Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

SEEING THE FACTS CONVERTS A CRITIC
NY Post ^ | September 25, 2003 | By DONALD E. WALTER

Posted on 09/25/2003 5:50:39 AM PDT by Mo1

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:16:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

IN mid April, I got a call from the Justice Department asking if I would be willing to go to Iraq for up to three months to evaluate the justice system and make recommendations.

I was in Iraq for fewer than 40 days, in Baghdad for a little over three weeks and in the three provinces of the far south for two weeks. I am limited in what I saw and heard. I want to make it clear that, initially, I vehemently opposed the war. In fact, I only changed my mind after my trip.


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: convert; donaldwalter; epiphany; oif
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last

1 posted on 09/25/2003 5:50:39 AM PDT by Mo1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: rintense; MJY1288; RedBloodedAmerican; twyn1; kitkat; justshe; ladyinred; lonestar; ...
FYI Ping!
2 posted on 09/25/2003 5:51:30 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
His Honor is a truly an honorable man.
3 posted on 09/25/2003 5:52:59 AM PDT by mewzilla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
This is fantastic- I wish that this would be forwarded to all liberals.
4 posted on 09/25/2003 5:54:59 AM PDT by lawgirl (RIP John Ritter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
I say we start bussing naysayers to Iraq and get a sample of death chambers and rape rooms as well as the mass graves.

Any honest person will admit that Iraq is headed in the right direction as well as the Middle East as a whole after the gutsy call to remove Saddam.
5 posted on 09/25/2003 5:56:32 AM PDT by smith288 ("The key to our success will be your execution." -Scott Adams)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: lawgirl
HA! .. Some will see it .. I'm sending this one to the libs on my email list
6 posted on 09/25/2003 5:56:35 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
Iraq good news bump.
7 posted on 09/25/2003 5:59:17 AM PDT by cookcounty
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Pro-coalition ping RC

Prairie
8 posted on 09/25/2003 5:59:32 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (I have dozens of great taglines in my attic. I just can't climb up to get them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: lodwick; Cuttnhorse; operation clinton cleanup; Servant of the Nine; catpuppy; null and void; ...
Ping
9 posted on 09/25/2003 5:59:52 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Mo1; Ragtime Cowgirl
This is a wonderful affirmation of our mission.God bless this judge and all who work to make Iraqi freedom work.
10 posted on 09/25/2003 6:00:49 AM PDT by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
hey, as the liberals say, mass graves are not WMD
11 posted on 09/25/2003 6:04:08 AM PDT by scabbage (if Huey Lewis and Stevie Ray Vaughn made a record, could you tell who was singing?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: smith288
Any honest person will admit that Iraq is headed in the right direction as well as the Middle East as a whole after the gutsy call to remove Saddam.

The Keyword is Honest

The question is .. will the media/press be honest with their reporting?

12 posted on 09/25/2003 6:04:15 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: mystery-ak; TexKat; TEXOKIE; Calpernia; Cacophonous
This is a great affirmation of our mission.
13 posted on 09/25/2003 6:05:27 AM PDT by MEG33
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
I have been looking for the piece that came out in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution, is this it? I just forwarded this to every one on my e-mail list. Thanks for posting.
14 posted on 09/25/2003 6:09:24 AM PDT by Ditter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hobbes1; wardaddy; dubyaismypresident; xsmommy; wimpycat; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; habs4ever; ...
.
15 posted on 09/25/2003 6:11:58 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine (Buddy Rydell from "Anger Management" is my new role model)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ditter
I'm not sure if this is also in Atlanta Journal & Constitution
16 posted on 09/25/2003 6:18:49 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
The tide is turning, the truth is coming out! Wake up America and smell the coffee. I love the smell of steaming democrats in the morning. If they're mad, I'm glad.
17 posted on 09/25/2003 6:21:53 AM PDT by MontanaBeth (USA-its enemies are my enemies-foreign or domestic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
I appreciate the "Ping"!

I hope more and more of these stories appear and get passed on. Thank God for the internet, since the good news is where it first was reported, and finally some of the "mainstream" press is slowly and begrudgingly picking up on this news.

Thank God for our great leader, President Bush. His numbers will start climbing again when this information is disseminated.

Have a great day, and thanks again.

18 posted on 09/25/2003 6:26:02 AM PDT by gramho12
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: gramho12
I hope more and more of these stories appear and get passed on.

Yesterday, Steve Harrigan from FNC made an interesting comment. According to the poll released .. Many more Iraqis think things are good well in Iraq and that the war was a good thing then the folks here at home.

19 posted on 09/25/2003 6:33:20 AM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Mo1
I just got done reading about a murder that happened in a neighborhood near mine Tuesday night. Of course I was
very upset and concerned and can't tell you what I would do to the person who committed that murder. Now I read
this and imagine Howard Dean and the rest of these Pu$$ies parading around saying that the Williamson County
police have no business investigating the murder and protecting the neighbors.

"When we left in mid June, 57 mass graves had been found, one with the bodies of 1,200 children."

Hey Dean!!!!!!

"When we left in mid June, 57 mass graves had been found, one with the bodies of 1,200 children."

Hey Clark!!!!!

"When we left in mid June, 57 mass graves had been found, one with the bodies of 1,200 children."

20 posted on 09/25/2003 6:36:07 AM PDT by BigDaddyTX
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson