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Hi prezbucky,
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| Quote: | | Again, freedom is worth fighting for. |
I agree, but isn't the idea of foreign powers meddling in an independent nation's politics quite frightening?
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| Wed May 23, 2007 22:55 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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The fact is "mission is not acomplished"
and I think the only way to win this war is to leave them alone as soon as possible...
I can't say they're bad guys,they just want to protect their wives,children brothers and their Country from foreighn conquerors
I think they're fighting for freedom.. and finally they gone win,cause it's impossible to kill every Iraqi...
As I know Georgia is the only Europian Country increasing the quantity of troops in Iraq
That really troubles me...
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| Wed May 23, 2007 23:00 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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| prezbucky wrote: | | and a few McDonald's burgers won't give you a coronary. hehe |
McDonald's? Oh, c'mon! If they come that far to see you, you could at least spring for some REAL hamburgers! |
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| Wed May 23, 2007 23:01 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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we don't want to kill every iraqi. we don't want to kill any of them. but we can't let the insurgents kill all of the positive things we're trying to accomplish with most iraqis and the elected (key word: elected) iraqi government.
the thing is, it's an insurgency based on a desire to keep sole possession of power after their leader has been vanquished. it's somewhat understandable: they were used to having things their way under Saddam, and now they feel threatened by the power shift. it's that versus democracy. in my opinion, the right thing for them to do would be to lay down their arms and engage peacefully in the political process to get their voices heard. i have no problem with sunni insurgents voting for sunni leaders -- the key is that they vote, instead of blow up people, to achieve what they desire. if they would stop with the attacks on peaceful civilians, we would leave.
if we left now, the insurgency might not stop... and iraqi security forces still aren't ready to handle them.
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| Wed May 23, 2007 23:02 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | prezbucky wrote: | | and a few McDonald's burgers won't give you a coronary. hehe |
McDonald's? Oh, c'mon! If they come that far to see you, you could at least spring for some REAL hamburgers! |
Okay, okay... Hardee's Thickburgers.
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| Wed May 23, 2007 23:07 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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| Che Gevara wrote: | | The fact is that 99% Muslims hate Your Country... |
Then we must be doing something right!
Really, most Muslims hated the United States long before George W. Bush was in politics or even dreamed of running for president. No president was a greater appeaser of Muslims than Jimmy Carter, and their hatred and terrorism against us just got worse while he tried to make them happy. In fact, Muslims were attacking US interests as far back as the early 1800s. Killing Muslims doesn't seem to make them angry, because if it did, they'd be mad at most of their own leaders. So there's something else they've been taught to hate about us.
| Che Gevara wrote: | | Yes,I will never live in the USA ,there are many reasons why.. |
Thank you. I can't express my gratitude enough. |
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| Wed May 23, 2007 23:13 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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| prezbucky wrote: | | It isn't more stable because of the bad guys. Again, freedom is worth fighting for. Most Iraqis are happy Saddam is gone from power -- they showed that by voting. It's mostly Sunnis (especially militant Sunnis) from the Sunni Triangle that don't like us, since we took down their boy. |
Iraqi friends tell me that an even bigger problem are all the foreign terrorists who have infiltrated the country through Iran and Syria. They say the US's biggest mistake was not closing those borders, and that a close runner up was not declaring martial law as soon as we marched in.
And get this: One of my friends has stopped writing or sending money to her sister in Baghdad. The reason is that if it comes to anyone's attention that she's got money coming in from the States, there's a good chance she'll be kidnapped for ransom. The family has already had one person kidnapped for $15,000, and they don't need it to happen again. |
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| Thu May 24, 2007 7:49 am Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=a30rJQbDDno&mode=related&search=
I'd like such people were in the government of the USA
and GBW in prison ... 
prez
You think You fight against bad guys...
I think this fight is for Oil
I watched a documentary,about 1 guy-soldiers killed all members of he's family
He said he was going to explode as much as possible..
You can call him terrorist or whatever but I think he's not a bad guy...
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| Thu May 24, 2007 8:03 am Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | Iraqi friends tell me that an even bigger problem are all the foreign terrorists who have infiltrated the country through Iran and Syria. |
Hi,
A impetinent grammar question: Why should are be used after a singular noun problem and not is? Looks like in this case we must make the verb to be agree with all the foreign terrorists and not with problem?
Could anyone shed light upon this?
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| Thu May 24, 2007 13:04 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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| lost_soul wrote: | | Jamie (K) wrote: | | Iraqi friends tell me that an even bigger problem are all the foreign terrorists who have infiltrated the country through Iran and Syria. |
A impetinent grammar question: Why should are be used after a singular noun problem and not is? Looks like in this case we must make the verb to be agree with all the foreign terrorists and not with problem?
Could anyone shed light upon this? |
You're right. The sentence is inverted, and the real subject is "all the foreign terrorists" is the real subject, and the verb "to be" is inflected to agree with that. You can do the same thing in Russian. |
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| Thu May 24, 2007 16:00 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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If his family was killed, that's a tragic loss. However, if they were all insurgents, and they were shooting at soldiers... the soldiers have a right to shoot back (rules of engagement).
I view anyone who fights against democracy in Iraq and tries to kill our soldiers, Iraqi security forces, and innocent iraqis indiscriminately -- what is wrong with the right to vote? -- as one of the "bad guys".
The war is not for oil... that is a common anti-war cop-out here in the US. If it were, I would imagine we'd HAVE their oil, our supply would increase, and with steady demand, our prices would fall. None of these things have happened. The fact that Haliburton is doing a job almost nobody else wants to do -- and has the capacity to do that job -- does not make this a war for oil.
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| Fri May 25, 2007 10:21 am Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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World is not better after Saddam's death
We all know there was no weapon of mass destruction in Iraq and it was a great mistake..
You think this war is for democracy,I'm sure that it's to gain Control under this Country and personal interests...
Anyway ,I think there's no point in arguing,cause non of us will change mind 
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| Fri May 25, 2007 12:12 pm Why is the US the most powerful nation in the world? |
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Hi,
Che wrote:
| Quote: | | World is not better after Saddam's death |
I do not think Saddam should have been executed. He was Iraq's head-of-state and you should always respect heads-of-state, past and present, in my opinion.
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