NNN0LHI
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Sat Jun-23-07 09:35 AM
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If Sunni and Shiite Iraqis are so busy having a civil war how do they find the time to kill GI's? |
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Does anyone have a good answer for this?
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acmavm
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Sat Jun-23-07 09:42 AM
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1. Must be on their breaks and lunch hour. |
bluerum
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Sat Jun-23-07 10:09 AM
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2. Collateral damage. In the words of an immortal diplomat who is greatly loved for |
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her fabulous taste in shoes - "You gotz to break a few eggs to make a shit omelet."
Ok. I riffed a little. But when the US army gets in the way of a civil war, what do you expect?
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Sat Jun-23-07 10:44 AM
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3. Because they are there. |
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A situation that needs to be corrected.
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The Magistrate
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Sat Jun-23-07 11:05 AM
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4. Doing That Is Part Of the Civil War, Sir |
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Some factions consider the U.S. to be aligned with, or at least favoring and assisting, their domestic opponents.
Because the occupation is not popular, some factions feel that attacks on U.S. soldiers will increase their popularity, and enhance their standing relative to their domestic rivals.
Some factions appreciate that they would have greater freedom of operation to attack their domestic enemies were U.S. forces absent from the place.
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Sat Jun-23-07 02:05 PM
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5. They may dislike each other |
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but I guess they hate us even more
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Sat Jun-23-07 02:07 PM
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the GIs are just one set of targets
Look at Yugoslavia during WW II
Plently of Germans died, but there was a civil war on top of it
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