“The Iraqis are really fearful about some of the positions the Democratic Party has adopted,” says Sheik Ahmed Abu Rishah. “If the Democrats win, they will be withdrawing their forces in a very rapid manner.”
Mamoun Sami Rashid al-Alawi, the governor of Anbar province, agrees. “We have over a million casualties, thousands of houses destroyed,” he says. “Are we going to tell [Iraqis] that the game is over? That the Americans are pulling out?”…
[T]he Iraqis came away with a different impression in Chicago, where they had hoped to meet with Mr. Obama but ended up talking to a staff aide. “We noticed there was a concentration on the negatives,” the governor recalls. “The Democrat kept saying that Americans have committed a lot of mistakes. Yes, that’s true, but why don’t you concentrate on what the Americans have achieved in Iraq?”
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“The Democrat kept saying that Americans have committed a lot of mistakes. Yes, that’s true, but why don’t you concentrate on what the Americans have achieved in Iraq?”
What else is there to say?
We can say this……
NOBAMA!!!
winemkr on June 17, 2008 at 12:16 AM
“The Iraqis are really fearful about some of the positions the Democratic Party has adopted,” says Sheik Ahmed Abu Rishah. “If the Democrats win, they will be withdrawing their forces in a very rapid manner.”
So much for ‘bear any burden’. The Iraqis must have done some research into what the Dems did to the South Vietnamese.
Tony737 on June 17, 2008 at 12:21 AM
“Do you Americans forget what the Iranians did to your embassy?”
Yes, unfortunatly many of us do forget. Many also forget about the Marine Barracks in Beruit, and some have even forgotten already about 9/11. These people are called ‘liberals’ and ‘Democrats’ and they make up half of our population. That’s pretty scarey.
Tony737 on June 17, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Why can’t we elect real leaders…like they have in Iraq?
labrat on June 17, 2008 at 5:38 AM
davidk on June 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM
+1.
Very well done.
wise_man on June 17, 2008 at 9:20 AM