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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:11 PM
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"They just don't get it."
That was a U.S. commander on the city of Falujah. He claimed the people revolting and murdering foreigners think they're going to ignite a restoration of the Ba'athist regime.

I think they do get it. I don't think a Ba'athist restoration is of any concern to them. It isn't about the Ba'ath party or Hussein. It's about the U.S. It's about the occupation. It's about the war.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:13 PM
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1. Oh they get it ...they just choose not to listen.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:14 PM
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2. That was one of the most arrogant statements I've ever heard.
It's our hubris that will get us. Fuckers.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:15 PM
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3. America's tragic flaw
Sigh.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:19 PM
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6. Yah. Shows the commander doesn't have a clue what's going on.
If he stays, we'll eventually see his corpse dragged thru the streets. They aren't 'good darkies.' They are macho, pissed off people with a long proud history of savage cruelty to the enemy.

Yesterday's barbecue and parade is just a hint of how much fun this is going to be.
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:15 PM
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4. He must have been talking about the Bush* Cabal
The people of Iraq get it quite well. They are an occupied country by the infidels. They get it.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:16 PM
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5. I heard this earlier on CNN
I thought it was the most arrogant statement I have ever heard. Perhaps *we* just don't get it-- they want us to leave.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:19 PM
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7. Secularism (Ba'ath Party) is dead.
Fundamentalism is the new black.
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revcarol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:26 PM
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8. The Ugly American.
Arrogant, has money and weapons.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:36 PM
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9. get that man some meds
civilization in iraq is what, 5,000 years old?
i think they get it.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 03:08 PM
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10. The arrogance of the assholes at the top
is whats killing our kids over there. and it will continue until someone speaks out and the media stops whoring for the fraudulent war and the Bu$h admin.
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 03:14 PM
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11. That Ba'athist regime was an american puppet.
Looks to me like they're tired of Americans/
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