Now Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will go work overtime to defund the troop…….. just watch.

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So if I put those glasses on and look at a Democrat, what will I see?

JayHaw Phrenzie on April 7, 2007 at 11:40 AM

In the case of far too many of them, you’ll see spineless, corrupt, America-hating, Socialist-wannabee surrender monkeys. And you don’t need the glasses for that.

For anybody that’s interested, Roddy Piper recently completed radiation therapy for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which was first discovered back in November. Hopefully they can drive it into remission, and he’ll be able to continue pissing people off for many years to come.

It’s been said, many times, many ways, but I’m glad we’re killing these foreign fighters there and not here.

AMEN AGAIN!

It’s been said, many times, many ways, but I’m glad we’re killing these foreign fighters there and not here.

AMEN!

I wasn’t impressed with any of the local leaders I met there. Arrogant elites accustomed to being in charge

Are you sure you’re not referring to the DNC?

I spent a few months there in 2003. It’s fairly typical of the Shia “tween” cities south of Baghdad but north of Basra. Hot, dusty, poor by American standards but not completely without infrastructure. It’s not a village of mud huts, in other words.

I wasn’t impressed with any of the local leaders I met there. Arrogant elites accustomed to being in charge, spoke more english than I spoke Arabic, yet several insisted on having me replaced as translator. Heard stories of outright corruption, gas price gouging the public, mostly.

The silver lining in Diwaniya is the people! Warm and friendly, clear adherents to that famous tradition of Arab hospitality. Good to the core and happy, despite the great injustices done to them.

What I didn’t see (but wish I had) was any emerging local leadership eager to represent those happy and kind people. Diwaniya wasn’t a viper’s nest like Falluja, but it had a thug problem that needed addressing. And no white knighters in sight. I got the feeling that the thugs were waiting for us leave so they could go back to the old system of exploiting the practical concerns of an impoverished population in exchange for personal power.

Fighting the thugs is obviously important, but I’m worried that seeing the old exploiters vanquished might not magically inspire a new generation of representative government types, rather it might just embolden a new crop of exploiters, gleeful that we yanks did the dirty work of eliminating their competition.

I’m rambling. Short version: Diwaniya is worth the effort. But I still worry that Iraqis won’t make the leap in imagination to self-government. Patraeous said, “This war has a half life.” I think we’re past that point.

/ my $0.02

What movie was that from?

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So if I put those glasses on and look at a Democrat, what will I see?

off topic for a second…

Hot Air’s first anniversary is coming up on the 24th, what’s the plan? where’s the party?

Zorro on April 7, 2007 at 9:56 AM

I think Jamill should buy the drinks….Jamill?….where’d he go?

nice to see us kicking their behinds

Many women, accused by the hard-line and fundamentalist militiamen of violating their interpretation of Islamic morality, are among the dead.

When will the idiot liberals (including the feminists) wake up and realize that this is what’s in store for them if we keep giving in to “multiculturalism and tolerance”.

Hot Air’s first anniversary is coming up on the 24th, what’s the plan? where’s the party?

“…we’re killing these foreign fighters there and not here.”

- ‘Zactly right! But our friends on the left would rather wait til they come here, blow something up and then arrest ‘em and read ‘em their rights. How does one arrest a suicide bomber AFTER he blows himself up?

And welcome back See-Dubya. Happy Easter