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		<title>By: Tom W.</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216856</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom W.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bill Ardolino, Bill Roggio, Michael Yon, and Michael Totten have interviewed Sunnis in the former insurgent hotspots, and they all say the same thing: They would&#039;ve fought us no matter what.

We were &quot;occupiers&quot; and infidels, and they thought we were going to steal their oil and their women.  

(That second fear is so poignant. We&#039;re a country of belly shirts and low-rise jeans, booze and nightclubs and booty dancing, populated by rowdy tattooed independent go-to-hell chicks with advanced degrees and successful careers, but what our troops really want is scared, cowed, subservient, illiterate women covered head to toe in black body bags, with no clitorises?)

As one former insurgent in Fallujah said, &quot;It was all a big misunderstanding.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bill Ardolino, Bill Roggio, Michael Yon, and Michael Totten have interviewed Sunnis in the former insurgent hotspots, and they all say the same thing: They would&#8217;ve fought us no matter what.</p>
<p>We were &#8220;occupiers&#8221; and infidels, and they thought we were going to steal their oil and their women.  </p>
<p>(That second fear is so poignant. We&#8217;re a country of belly shirts and low-rise jeans, booze and nightclubs and booty dancing, populated by rowdy tattooed independent go-to-hell chicks with advanced degrees and successful careers, but what our troops really want is scared, cowed, subservient, illiterate women covered head to toe in black body bags, with no clitorises?)</p>
<p>As one former insurgent in Fallujah said, &#8220;It was all a big misunderstanding.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: kathie</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216829</link>
		<dc:creator>kathie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also think &quot;Big Lizards&quot; comments on the war are correct. No matter how many soldiers we had in Iraq, the insurgency would happen until the people themselves stood up. Any insurgency can work any where if enough people support it. A perceived  occupation would be cause for Iraqis to support it.

Few politicians in this day and age would have the courage and patience to withstand the on-slot that this President has taken from MSM and the Dems. Thank you Mr. President for being one of the few and thank you America&#039;s brave men and woman, from those of us who have pride in this countries values, we are grateful for your service.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also think &#8220;Big Lizards&#8221; comments on the war are correct. No matter how many soldiers we had in Iraq, the insurgency would happen until the people themselves stood up. Any insurgency can work any where if enough people support it. A perceived  occupation would be cause for Iraqis to support it.</p>
<p>Few politicians in this day and age would have the courage and patience to withstand the on-slot that this President has taken from MSM and the Dems. Thank you Mr. President for being one of the few and thank you America&#8217;s brave men and woman, from those of us who have pride in this countries values, we are grateful for your service.</p>
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		<title>By: ivehadit</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216727</link>
		<dc:creator>ivehadit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WWS I also think that the Iraqi&#039;s and Arabs in general for that matter, had to see that George W. Bush meant what he said, ie, that we are not occupiers. George has had to suffer so many fools in this country and our military has had to be so patient to prove to the Iraqi&#039;s 1) that we are there for them and 2) we do not want to take over their country.

These poor people were brainwashed for THIRTY YEARS. They have to be de-programmed. Has a liberal EVER asked an abused spouse to &quot;just get over it&quot; and get over it NOW&quot;? Of course not. 
The Iraqi&#039;s were abused psychologically and who can blame them if they didn&#039;t trust us? We left in in &quot;91 and clinton did absolutely nothing to help them. And all the propaganda that is spread around. You can imagine what is being said. Look at what some of our citizens believe in our own country. 

And George has been brilliant in managing OUR emotions in this country. And he has let the Left whine, complain, gripe, criticize, attack, blame all the while being gentle with their rantings....NOW, he has  something to say! And that is that we WANT ARE WINNING ! And WE WILL PREVAIL. 

This man has had an incredibly tough job on so many levels and levels about which most of us will never know. And he has done so much good for such an incredibly ungrateful, narcisisstic bunch.

G_d bless George W. Bush and our magnificent military and all who have served in this administration. They stand tall above all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WWS I also think that the Iraqi&#8217;s and Arabs in general for that matter, had to see that George W. Bush meant what he said, ie, that we are not occupiers. George has had to suffer so many fools in this country and our military has had to be so patient to prove to the Iraqi&#8217;s 1) that we are there for them and 2) we do not want to take over their country.</p>
<p>These poor people were brainwashed for THIRTY YEARS. They have to be de-programmed. Has a liberal EVER asked an abused spouse to &#8220;just get over it&#8221; and get over it NOW&#8221;? Of course not.<br />
The Iraqi&#8217;s were abused psychologically and who can blame them if they didn&#8217;t trust us? We left in in &#8220;91 and clinton did absolutely nothing to help them. And all the propaganda that is spread around. You can imagine what is being said. Look at what some of our citizens believe in our own country. </p>
<p>And George has been brilliant in managing OUR emotions in this country. And he has let the Left whine, complain, gripe, criticize, attack, blame all the while being gentle with their rantings&#8230;.NOW, he has  something to say! And that is that we WANT ARE WINNING ! And WE WILL PREVAIL. </p>
<p>This man has had an incredibly tough job on so many levels and levels about which most of us will never know. And he has done so much good for such an incredibly ungrateful, narcisisstic bunch.</p>
<p>G_d bless George W. Bush and our magnificent military and all who have served in this administration. They stand tall above all.</p>
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		<title>By: WWS</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216725</link>
		<dc:creator>WWS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I almost feel sorry (key word: almost) for the Pakistani&#039;s in Maryland - everyone else in Maryland and New Jersey can bribe their &quot;public officials&quot; with no problems at all.  

That&#039;s discrimination!!!

(although I guess it means that even the worst of us still have some standards)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I almost feel sorry (key word: almost) for the Pakistani&#8217;s in Maryland &#8211; everyone else in Maryland and New Jersey can bribe their &#8220;public officials&#8221; with no problems at all.  </p>
<p>That&#8217;s discrimination!!!</p>
<p>(although I guess it means that even the worst of us still have some standards)</p>
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		<title>By: Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;They&#039;ve had enough...&lt;/strong&gt;

Of al-Qaeda&#039;s insanity, and now more and more Iraqis are forming local defense forces allied with the Iraqi and US armies. They line-up in the hot sun for hours by the thousands for a chance to kill al-Qaeda: More than...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>They&#8217;ve had enough&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Of al-Qaeda&#8217;s insanity, and now more and more Iraqis are forming local defense forces allied with the Iraqi and US armies. They line-up in the hot sun for hours by the thousands for a chance to kill al-Qaeda: More than&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: crosspatch</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216714</link>
		<dc:creator>crosspatch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And it looks like Pakistanis in Maryland are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.indict21sep21,0,2926146.story?coll=bal-pe-asection&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in a lineup of a completely different sort&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;blockquote&gt;
Federal authorities yesterday indicted 39 people, including several Pakistani operators of convenience stores on Maryland&#039;s Eastern Shore, on charges that they tried to bribe public officials and operated unlicensed money-transferring businesses that dispatched cash for illegal activities around the world.

One of the defendants, Saifullah Ranjha, who lives in Laurel, was also charged with attempting to finance a terrorist organization, al-Qaida.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The treat is right here, folks, probably right up your street.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And it looks like Pakistanis in Maryland are <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.indict21sep21,0,2926146.story?coll=bal-pe-asection" rel="nofollow">in a lineup of a completely different sort</a>.</p>
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Federal authorities yesterday indicted 39 people, including several Pakistani operators of convenience stores on Maryland&#8217;s Eastern Shore, on charges that they tried to bribe public officials and operated unlicensed money-transferring businesses that dispatched cash for illegal activities around the world.</p>
<p>One of the defendants, Saifullah Ranjha, who lives in Laurel, was also charged with attempting to finance a terrorist organization, al-Qaida.
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<p>The treat is right here, folks, probably right up your street.</p>
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		<title>By: lurker9876</title>
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		<dc:creator>lurker9876</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By March, as long as this continues and Iraq continues to build its army and police to the strength needed to protect themselves, the Democrats would still have no ammunition for retreat.  The only choice that the Democrats have is to let Bush and Petraeus continue with their plans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By March, as long as this continues and Iraq continues to build its army and police to the strength needed to protect themselves, the Democrats would still have no ammunition for retreat.  The only choice that the Democrats have is to let Bush and Petraeus continue with their plans.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike M.</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216703</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike M.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glorious!

The most astonishing thing about this affair has been how FAST it&#039;s all been.  You could see things starting to shift in May, building momentum in June...but this is a chain reaction.

And the most spectacular counterinsurgency victory since Malaya.  A tour de force for American arms.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glorious!</p>
<p>The most astonishing thing about this affair has been how FAST it&#8217;s all been.  You could see things starting to shift in May, building momentum in June&#8230;but this is a chain reaction.</p>
<p>And the most spectacular counterinsurgency victory since Malaya.  A tour de force for American arms.</p>
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		<title>By: lurker9876</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216699</link>
		<dc:creator>lurker9876</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WWS, which was what I was wondering is happening with Basra.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WWS, which was what I was wondering is happening with Basra.</p>
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		<title>By: WWS</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216668</link>
		<dc:creator>WWS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BIg Lizards has got a great post on why he thinks (and I agree) that this turnaround would never have been possible until the Iraqi&#039;s got a chance to live with the reality of AQ in their midst for a couple of years.  In 2005, they never would have believed us if we simply told them how evil AQ was; they had to find out for themselves.  And now they have.

Some wars take time, sometimes a lot of time.  It&#039;s rather a juvenile hope (and one of the weaknesses of democracies) to think that long term intractable problems can be fixed without years and years - sometimes decades - of constant work.  Of course, these are usually the kinds of problems that are absolutely the most vital to the future.

Luckily, it looks like we may *just* have gotten enough time to see this situation through.   

I often am most impatient with the onetime supporters of the war who now denounce it, people like Newt Gingrich.  They make me think of an open mouthed cartoon child screaming &quot;I want my maypo NOW!!!!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BIg Lizards has got a great post on why he thinks (and I agree) that this turnaround would never have been possible until the Iraqi&#8217;s got a chance to live with the reality of AQ in their midst for a couple of years.  In 2005, they never would have believed us if we simply told them how evil AQ was; they had to find out for themselves.  And now they have.</p>
<p>Some wars take time, sometimes a lot of time.  It&#8217;s rather a juvenile hope (and one of the weaknesses of democracies) to think that long term intractable problems can be fixed without years and years &#8211; sometimes decades &#8211; of constant work.  Of course, these are usually the kinds of problems that are absolutely the most vital to the future.</p>
<p>Luckily, it looks like we may *just* have gotten enough time to see this situation through.   </p>
<p>I often am most impatient with the onetime supporters of the war who now denounce it, people like Newt Gingrich.  They make me think of an open mouthed cartoon child screaming &#8220;I want my maypo NOW!!!!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dhunter:

I agree, absolutely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dhunter:</p>
<p>I agree, absolutely.</p>
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		<title>By: dhunter</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4448/comment-page-1#comment-216657</link>
		<dc:creator>dhunter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While enemies within this great country wail that Bin Laden hids in a cave unable to carry out attacks on any soil, the genius of the Iraq conflict in the global war on terror continues to unfold. 

Invite the enemy into a battle space they cannot compete and hide in.

Expose them to the Muslim world as fanatics that don&#039;t care who they destroy.

Enlist those Muslims that are rational human beings yearning to be free to help us exterminate them.

Spread the message of American aid to all  who wish freedom from tyranny in the Muslim world.

Watch the haters fall victims to their own actions based upon their hate. This applies to enemies externally as well as the internal variety.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While enemies within this great country wail that Bin Laden hids in a cave unable to carry out attacks on any soil, the genius of the Iraq conflict in the global war on terror continues to unfold. </p>
<p>Invite the enemy into a battle space they cannot compete and hide in.</p>
<p>Expose them to the Muslim world as fanatics that don&#8217;t care who they destroy.</p>
<p>Enlist those Muslims that are rational human beings yearning to be free to help us exterminate them.</p>
<p>Spread the message of American aid to all  who wish freedom from tyranny in the Muslim world.</p>
<p>Watch the haters fall victims to their own actions based upon their hate. This applies to enemies externally as well as the internal variety.</p>
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