Comments on: Healing Iraq http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:21:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sharlie http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10530 Sharlie Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:51:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10530 The CPA tried to claim that the Iraqi Reconstruction & Development Council (IGC & CPA) organized the Demonstrations, whereas it was actually the "Anti-terrorism Popular Committee". While it's true that some factions were pro-Coalition, most were anti-terror, anti-Al Jazeera and pro-normalality. They vehemently resent the thugs who terrorize them daily being referred to as "resistance fighters". defenselink.mil/news Also: Prof. Walid Pharis http://www.frontpagemag.com Several commenters on the Iraqi blogsites mentioned reading about Dec. 10 on the front page of their hometown papers, but upon checking, I found that the stories had been "pulled". Download and save what you can now for posterity, specially the Reuters video photos on healingitaq.blogspot.com. There seems to be a blackout on this story across the political spectrum. Very, very odd. I guess the Iraqis don't fit the stingy mindsets of either the Right or the Left. What I hear from the Iraqis, themselves. without the media "minders" reminds me of the early 60's. It's all there! the conviction, the passion,the naivete They aren't jaded yet like Salaam Pax and some of our stale Western "movements". They are becoming a genuine Grassroot Movement and the Right, the Left and the media can't quite figure out how to cubbyhole them. So...they are either ignoring them or trying to fit them into their own pet agenda. Welcome to the real Iraqi Resistance Movement"! The hitherto Silent Majority. (Sorry to go on so, but my belief and idealism has just re-surfaced.)Um....how uncool. The CPA tried to claim that the Iraqi Reconstruction & Development Council (IGC & CPA) organized the Demonstrations, whereas it was actually the “Anti-terrorism Popular Committee”. While it’s true that some factions were pro-Coalition, most were anti-terror, anti-Al Jazeera and pro-normalality. They vehemently resent the thugs who terrorize them daily being referred to as “resistance fighters”. defenselink.mil/news Also: Prof. Walid Pharis http://www.frontpagemag.com Several commenters on the Iraqi blogsites mentioned reading about Dec. 10 on the front page of their hometown papers, but upon checking, I found that the stories had been “pulled”. Download and save what you can now for posterity, specially the Reuters video photos on healingitaq.blogspot.com. There seems to be a blackout on this story across the political spectrum. Very, very odd. I guess the Iraqis don’t fit the stingy mindsets of either the Right or the Left. What I hear from the Iraqis, themselves. without the media “minders” reminds me of the early 60’s. It’s all there! the conviction, the passion,the naivete They aren’t jaded yet like Salaam Pax and some of our stale Western “movements”. They are becoming a genuine Grassroot Movement and the Right, the Left and the media can’t quite figure out how to cubbyhole them. So…they are either ignoring them or trying to fit them into their own pet agenda. Welcome to the real Iraqi Resistance Movement”! The hitherto Silent Majority. (Sorry to go on so, but my belief and idealism has just re-surfaced.)Um….how uncool.

]]> By: Sharlie http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10529 Sharlie Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:48:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10529 The CPA tried to claim that the Iraqi Reconstruction & Development Council (IGC & CPA) organized the Demonstrations, whereas it was actually the "Anti-terrorism Popular Committee". While it's true that some factions were pro-Coalition, most were anti-terror, anti-Al Jazeera and pro-normalality. They vehemently resent the thugs who terrorize them daily being referred to as "resistance fighters". defenselink.mil/news Also: Prof. Walid Pharis http://www.frontpagemag.com Several commenters on the Iraqi blogsites mentioned reading about Dec. 10 on the front page of their hometown papers, but upon checking, I found that the stories had been "pulled". Download and save what you can now for posterity, specially the Reuters video photos on healingitaq.blogspot.com. There seems to be a blackout on this story across the political spectrum. Very, very odd. I guess the Iraqis don't fit the stingy mindsets of either the Right or the Left. What I hear from the Iraqis, themselves. without the media "minders" reminds me of the early 60's. It's all there! the conviction, the passion,the naivete They aren't jaded yet like Salaam Pax and some of our stale Western "movements". They are becoming a genuine Grassroot Movement and the Right, the Left and the media can't quite figure out how to cubbyhole them. So...they are either ignoring them or trying to fit them into their own pet agenda. Welcome to the real Iraqi Resistance Movement"! The hitherto Silent Majority. (Sorry to go on so, but my belief and idealism has just re-surfaced.)Um....how uncool. The CPA tried to claim that the Iraqi Reconstruction & Development Council (IGC & CPA) organized the Demonstrations, whereas it was actually the “Anti-terrorism Popular Committee”. While it’s true that some factions were pro-Coalition, most were anti-terror, anti-Al Jazeera and pro-normalality. They vehemently resent the thugs who terrorize them daily being referred to as “resistance fighters”. defenselink.mil/news Also: Prof. Walid Pharis http://www.frontpagemag.com Several commenters on the Iraqi blogsites mentioned reading about Dec. 10 on the front page of their hometown papers, but upon checking, I found that the stories had been “pulled”. Download and save what you can now for posterity, specially the Reuters video photos on healingitaq.blogspot.com. There seems to be a blackout on this story across the political spectrum. Very, very odd. I guess the Iraqis don’t fit the stingy mindsets of either the Right or the Left. What I hear from the Iraqis, themselves. without the media “minders” reminds me of the early 60’s. It’s all there! the conviction, the passion,the naivete They aren’t jaded yet like Salaam Pax and some of our stale Western “movements”. They are becoming a genuine Grassroot Movement and the Right, the Left and the media can’t quite figure out how to cubbyhole them. So…they are either ignoring them or trying to fit them into their own pet agenda. Welcome to the real Iraqi Resistance Movement”! The hitherto Silent Majority. (Sorry to go on so, but my belief and idealism has just re-surfaced.)Um….how uncool.

]]> By: Red http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10528 Red Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:56:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10528 Yeah man, rape is sooooooo funny. Yeah man, rape is sooooooo funny.

]]> By: XXX http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10527 XXX Fri, 12 Dec 2003 04:10:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10527 Red dosn't seem to grasp the concept of hyperbole as a rhetorical device. Red dosn’t seem to grasp the concept of hyperbole as a rhetorical device.

]]> By: red http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10526 red Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:44:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10526 hh said: <i>"Walk a mile in Zeyad’s shoes as recently as several months ago, then come back and tell me you can blame him."</i> Do I detect some (gasp) moral relativism here? hh said: “Walk a mile in Zeyad’s shoes as recently as several months ago, then come back and tell me you can blame him.” Do I detect some (gasp) moral relativism here?

]]> By: RandFan http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10525 RandFan Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:45:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10525 A CPA blogger linked to Omar's post about the demonstration but didn't indicate it was a set up by the CPA. http://deeds.blogspot.com A CPA blogger linked to Omar’s post about the demonstration but didn’t indicate it was a set up by the CPA. http://deeds.blogspot.com

]]> By: HH http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10524 HH Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:40:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10524 Walk a mile in Zeyad's shoes as recently as several months ago, then come back and tell me you can blame him. Walk a mile in Zeyad’s shoes as recently as several months ago, then come back and tell me you can blame him.

]]> By: dipnut http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10523 dipnut Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:43:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10523 No problem, Angua. Sorry I wasn't more clear to begin with. No problem, Angua. Sorry I wasn’t more clear to begin with.

]]> By: angua http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10522 angua Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:21:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10522 Ah, my apologies to dipnut. I did read his post as bitterness, rather than the intended meaning. Ah, my apologies to dipnut. I did read his post as bitterness, rather than the intended meaning.

]]> By: Red http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10521 Red Thu, 11 Dec 2003 17:54:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10521 Aah, <a href="http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2003_11_01_healingiraq_archive.html#106915007805901883">good old Zeyad:</a> "<blockquote><i>Those militants don't understand any language except the language of force. Fuck human rights. Those aren't humans anyway. We desperately NEED to see some heads rolling. Believe it or not. Theres going to have to be some bloodshed for this to work. Bomb the hell out of Tikrit and Al-Awja. Massacre every last person of Saddam's tribe. Rape his women. Yeah. Let them taste some of what we have endured the last 30 years. I don't want to see my dreams ruined because of those trianglees. If the CPA doesn't want to do it, send in a force of IP and civil defense forces and turn your face the other way, they'll be more than glad to do it, believe me.</i></blockquote>" Warbloggers dream, indeed. Aah, good old Zeyad: “
Those militants don’t understand any language except the language of force. Fuck human rights. Those aren’t humans anyway. We desperately NEED to see some heads rolling. Believe it or not. Theres going to have to be some bloodshed for this to work. Bomb the hell out of Tikrit and Al-Awja. Massacre every last person of Saddam’s tribe. Rape his women. Yeah. Let them taste some of what we have endured the last 30 years. I don’t want to see my dreams ruined because of those trianglees. If the CPA doesn’t want to do it, send in a force of IP and civil defense forces and turn your face the other way, they’ll be more than glad to do it, believe me.
” Warbloggers dream, indeed.

]]> By: Ted Barlow http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10520 Ted Barlow Thu, 11 Dec 2003 04:51:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10520 The article that I read said that it was staged by 30 minor parties in Iraq. I don't think it was staged. <a href="http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/11.jpg">Check this out</a>: I sincerely doubt that the CPA was clever enough to stage a demonstration with Communist protestors. Besides, is it so hard to believe that there are Iraqis fed up with terrorists blowing up their buildings, water supplies and oil equipment? You can justly complain about the failures of the CPA. I think that many of them are pretty appalling. But don't forget who the bad guys are; the CPA is fixing pipelines, not blowing them up. The article that I read said that it was staged by 30 minor parties in Iraq. I don’t think it was staged. Check this out: I sincerely doubt that the CPA was clever enough to stage a demonstration with Communist protestors. Besides, is it so hard to believe that there are Iraqis fed up with terrorists blowing up their buildings, water supplies and oil equipment? You can justly complain about the failures of the CPA. I think that many of them are pretty appalling. But don’t forget who the bad guys are; the CPA is fixing pipelines, not blowing them up.

]]> By: Dick Fitzgerald http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10519 Dick Fitzgerald Thu, 11 Dec 2003 04:34:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10519 How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam's statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera. How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam’s statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera.

]]> By: Dick Fitzgerald http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10518 Dick Fitzgerald Thu, 11 Dec 2003 04:34:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10518 How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam's statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera. How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam’s statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera.

]]> By: Dick Fitzgerald http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10517 Dick Fitzgerald Thu, 11 Dec 2003 04:34:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10517 How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam's statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera. How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam’s statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera.

]]> By: Dick Fitzgerald http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/10/healing-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-10516 Dick Fitzgerald Thu, 11 Dec 2003 04:34:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=728#comment-10516 How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam's statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera. How naive can you be? This demonstrations looks as staged as pulling down Saddam’s statue, which was done by US troops with handpicked Iraqis on camera.

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