Reply #37: of course they are Iraquis, never said the contrary, they are not eskimos

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I just said that the organisations leading them are not very recommendable. Either are they baathists or islamists, even Sunni Islamists. Read the whole Wikipedia article.

show me a single IMPORTANT DEMOCRATIC SECULAR organisation leading them. Al Fatah is far more recommendable than all those guys together. Then it doesn't matter that the struggle from ordinary Iraqis is legitimate. It's WHO control them which is important.

This is the TYPICAL mistake of leftist organisations. It was not because the struggle of the Vietnamese people was legitimate that the NVA or the Vietcong were the "good guys". Ask the millions of ordinary Vietnamese that flew the country to escape "reeducation camps"...

From a DEMOCRATIC standpoint regarding the Iraqi resistance the only correct approach is to work for a peaceful political settlement negotiated against the departure of the US troops. And of course you'll have to negotiate with the resistance in the end, specially if it wins. You have no other choice. But taking sides is plainfully wrong. The worse that could happen to Democratic party is to have a "Bagdhad Cindy". Then you can kiss the option of a Democratic President goodbye.

Besides the story is bigger than the original poster's description. Kelly is not alone and according to the Italian site Bush has asked Berlusconi to stop the campaign. See the links in my post below.