OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
#161
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in the
military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of the
USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
dictatorship.
Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
complain.
"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
about
> how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
>
>
>
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > weight!
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Jeff wrote:
> > >
> > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > >
> > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
being
> > > very wasteful. How true that is."
>
>
military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of the
USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
dictatorship.
Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
complain.
"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
about
> how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
>
>
>
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > weight!
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Jeff wrote:
> > >
> > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > >
> > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
being
> > > very wasteful. How true that is."
>
>
#162
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
Not implying that at all.
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
#163
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
Not implying that at all.
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
#164
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
Not implying that at all.
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
#165
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Posts: n/a
Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
Not implying that at all.
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
But, if one is going to ask me to stand on a wall and protect you and your
loved ones, maybe you should think twice about complaining of the manner in
which I provide that protection. As much as I fully support anybody's right
to complain, I take them much more seriously if they have stood on the wall.
I protected the right to complain by hoisting myself up on that wall many
long years ago, I am not going to pull that right away from anybody now that
I have offered my life in exchange for it.
I have huge disagreements with almost everything that Kerry stands for, but
I give him credit for standing beside me on the wall before he climbed up on
his soapbox and began deriding our country and out leaders.
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:O9adnQHN45TCt4fcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
> Surely you and Bill aren't implying that ONLY those that has served in
the
> military has the right to complain about the politics and leadership of
the
> USA. While the choice to serve militarily is an honorable one, it is just
> that, a CHOICE. The alternative based on your implication is a military
> dictatorship.
>
> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
> complain.
>
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10hisfo1tj7vnf7@corp.supernews.com...
> > I think that what Bill is saying here is, if you are going to complain
> about
> > how your country is being run, you should try standing in defense of it
> > first, then complain later. At least Kerry got that part right.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41194CD7.B08DDD56@***.net...
> > > By the way you write I can say you haven't give up a couple of
> > > years for your country. Like I have in the ARMY. You're just dead
> > > weight!
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think Dan Quayle was thinking of you when he said:
> > > >
> > > > " What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is
> being
> > > > very wasteful. How true that is."
> >
> >
>
>
#166
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
"Jeff" <nothing@here.com> wrote in message
news:nothing-3D654C.22042410082004@news.ispnews.com...
> In article <10hisbhqhl1tna0@corp.supernews.com>,
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes, who would have thought that freedom from an oppressive dictator
> > would
> > > > be so poorly received? The fact is that the freedom is well received
by
> > > > almost everybody, except a few Sunnis (one in particular) that stand
to
> > > > loose power because they are a minority. If they worked to build the
> > power
> > > > base instead of working to tear it apart, thenig would be much
> > different,
> > > > and we would be winning the peace as well as having already won the
war.
> > >
> > > Would you mind identifying that one particular Sunni?
> >
> > Al-Sadr is the guy I was referring to. He is a powerful cleric, and he
has
> > no position in the new government. He is pissed that the ****** are top
dogs
> > now after his Sunni bretheren have been the top dog for so long.
>
> Al-Sadr is a Shia, not a Sunni. He is not pissed that Shia are top dogs,
> he thinks they should be top dogs. His father and brothers were killed
> by Saddam. He is exactly the type of guy who should be supporting the
> US. Instead, he is currently fighting to the death inside the holiest
> Shia shrine.
>
>
Actually, you're right on this point. He is not Sunni, I was wrong about
that. When he said that he would fight until his last drop of blood stopped
flowing, I guess I got confused with where he stood.
My point is that he is leading an insurgent force when he could easily be
working within the system to attain the goals he claims to be raising his
rilfes to attain. The Sunnis could be doing the same thing, working inside
the new system to affect the goals they have in mind. Instead they form
insurgencies to attack everything that moves, even people that could halp
them attain thier goals if they would just sit down and negotiate.
#167
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
"Jeff" <nothing@here.com> wrote in message
news:nothing-3D654C.22042410082004@news.ispnews.com...
> In article <10hisbhqhl1tna0@corp.supernews.com>,
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes, who would have thought that freedom from an oppressive dictator
> > would
> > > > be so poorly received? The fact is that the freedom is well received
by
> > > > almost everybody, except a few Sunnis (one in particular) that stand
to
> > > > loose power because they are a minority. If they worked to build the
> > power
> > > > base instead of working to tear it apart, thenig would be much
> > different,
> > > > and we would be winning the peace as well as having already won the
war.
> > >
> > > Would you mind identifying that one particular Sunni?
> >
> > Al-Sadr is the guy I was referring to. He is a powerful cleric, and he
has
> > no position in the new government. He is pissed that the ****** are top
dogs
> > now after his Sunni bretheren have been the top dog for so long.
>
> Al-Sadr is a Shia, not a Sunni. He is not pissed that Shia are top dogs,
> he thinks they should be top dogs. His father and brothers were killed
> by Saddam. He is exactly the type of guy who should be supporting the
> US. Instead, he is currently fighting to the death inside the holiest
> Shia shrine.
>
>
Actually, you're right on this point. He is not Sunni, I was wrong about
that. When he said that he would fight until his last drop of blood stopped
flowing, I guess I got confused with where he stood.
My point is that he is leading an insurgent force when he could easily be
working within the system to attain the goals he claims to be raising his
rilfes to attain. The Sunnis could be doing the same thing, working inside
the new system to affect the goals they have in mind. Instead they form
insurgencies to attack everything that moves, even people that could halp
them attain thier goals if they would just sit down and negotiate.
#168
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
"Jeff" <nothing@here.com> wrote in message
news:nothing-3D654C.22042410082004@news.ispnews.com...
> In article <10hisbhqhl1tna0@corp.supernews.com>,
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes, who would have thought that freedom from an oppressive dictator
> > would
> > > > be so poorly received? The fact is that the freedom is well received
by
> > > > almost everybody, except a few Sunnis (one in particular) that stand
to
> > > > loose power because they are a minority. If they worked to build the
> > power
> > > > base instead of working to tear it apart, thenig would be much
> > different,
> > > > and we would be winning the peace as well as having already won the
war.
> > >
> > > Would you mind identifying that one particular Sunni?
> >
> > Al-Sadr is the guy I was referring to. He is a powerful cleric, and he
has
> > no position in the new government. He is pissed that the ****** are top
dogs
> > now after his Sunni bretheren have been the top dog for so long.
>
> Al-Sadr is a Shia, not a Sunni. He is not pissed that Shia are top dogs,
> he thinks they should be top dogs. His father and brothers were killed
> by Saddam. He is exactly the type of guy who should be supporting the
> US. Instead, he is currently fighting to the death inside the holiest
> Shia shrine.
>
>
Actually, you're right on this point. He is not Sunni, I was wrong about
that. When he said that he would fight until his last drop of blood stopped
flowing, I guess I got confused with where he stood.
My point is that he is leading an insurgent force when he could easily be
working within the system to attain the goals he claims to be raising his
rilfes to attain. The Sunnis could be doing the same thing, working inside
the new system to affect the goals they have in mind. Instead they form
insurgencies to attack everything that moves, even people that could halp
them attain thier goals if they would just sit down and negotiate.
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
"Jeff" <nothing@here.com> wrote in message
news:nothing-3D654C.22042410082004@news.ispnews.com...
> In article <10hisbhqhl1tna0@corp.supernews.com>,
> "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes, who would have thought that freedom from an oppressive dictator
> > would
> > > > be so poorly received? The fact is that the freedom is well received
by
> > > > almost everybody, except a few Sunnis (one in particular) that stand
to
> > > > loose power because they are a minority. If they worked to build the
> > power
> > > > base instead of working to tear it apart, thenig would be much
> > different,
> > > > and we would be winning the peace as well as having already won the
war.
> > >
> > > Would you mind identifying that one particular Sunni?
> >
> > Al-Sadr is the guy I was referring to. He is a powerful cleric, and he
has
> > no position in the new government. He is pissed that the ****** are top
dogs
> > now after his Sunni bretheren have been the top dog for so long.
>
> Al-Sadr is a Shia, not a Sunni. He is not pissed that Shia are top dogs,
> he thinks they should be top dogs. His father and brothers were killed
> by Saddam. He is exactly the type of guy who should be supporting the
> US. Instead, he is currently fighting to the death inside the holiest
> Shia shrine.
>
>
Actually, you're right on this point. He is not Sunni, I was wrong about
that. When he said that he would fight until his last drop of blood stopped
flowing, I guess I got confused with where he stood.
My point is that he is leading an insurgent force when he could easily be
working within the system to attain the goals he claims to be raising his
rilfes to attain. The Sunnis could be doing the same thing, working inside
the new system to affect the goals they have in mind. Instead they form
insurgencies to attack everything that moves, even people that could halp
them attain thier goals if they would just sit down and negotiate.
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Re: OT - I just got this in my email and thought I would share
>> Now, if you don't vote, and therefore do not involve yourself in the
>> political process, then I would agree that you don't have the right to
>> complain.
Anyone who pays taxes and lives by the laws of this country has an absolute
right to complain about the government; period!