I posted in an LBN thread about Iraqi reaction to dipshit's SOTU. In it was this visceral reaction from a memer of the US puppet corps no less....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2078502&mesg_id=2078502http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-state-of-union-iraq,0,999646.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlinesOriginal ...
Bush Speech Draws Mixed Reaction in Iraq
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Health Ministry employee Baqir Jaafar agreed. He complained that the Americans were more interested in securing Iraq's vast oil wealth than building a stable, democratic country.
"The United States of America didn't come to Iraq for the sake of the Iraqi people, but they are here for oil and other interests," the 52-year-old Jaafar said. "I think the mission of the U.S. Army came to end when they toppled Saddam and there is no excuse for their presence in Iraq."
... It is now gone from the article completely after several hours and replaced with this...
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In the northern city of Mosul, Sunni Arab journalist Mahmoud Shawkat al-Yas, 40, said Bush's speech acknowledged that "Iraqi is an occupied country" and they will leave only when the White House is ready.
"All international calls for the withdrawal of troops are useless because the Americans do only what they want," he said.
Omar Salah Bamirla, 35, Kurdish university professor in Mosul, agreed with Bush's assessment and expressed regret that Iraqis "cannot agree on what is good for this country."
"If these troops left the country, another dictator would come to power because there are so many powerful men in the Iraqi political domain that have armed militias and are potential dictators," he said, citing Kurdish and Shiite politicians.
... This is just awful! How in the hell do the pentagon tentacles reach so far?
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