Some answers are a little too simple

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Some answers are a little too simple

Robert — 12/2/2006 6:03:20 PM (archived)

There's freedom and then there's freedom.

By some measures, Iraqis are the freest people on Earth. In addition to the paper freedoms guaranteed by their constitution, Iraqis are free to be kidnapped and either held for ransom or beheaded. Iraqis are free to be blown up while shopping, or going to work or school. In fact, the sky's the limit for that kind of freedom...only all your body parts don't make it into the sky simultaneously, but they certainly soar freely through the sky. An Iraqi is free to enjoy a bullet through the brain for holding to the wrong religious sect. An Iraqi is free to constantly look over his shoulder for another sect's militia. An Iraqi is free to drive anywhere in the country and run an entertaining gantlet of ambushes and booby traps. Let's see Disneyworld top that for vacation fun! An Iraqi is free to watch TV and surf the Net to his heart's content, during the hours when the power's on. Many Iraqis are still freely enjoying a wide selection of gourmet MREs and sacks of humanitarian aid food. Nearly half of all Iraqis are enjoying the freedom of having lots of time on their hands, what with the unemployment rate and all. Most Iraqi families are free of at least one annoying family member killed in the fighting, in many cases more.

And gosh, nothing maximizes freedom like a civil war. It's all about each side trying to kill the other side to be free of them--freedom on a wholesale basis!

Iraqis are free of Saddam Hussein, for sure. Now Iraqis are free to be their own Mini-Saddams...every man a bloodthirsty butcher in his own little domain.

Ahh, yes, Iraq, land of freedom and opportunity. We have much to be proud of there!

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Simple question - R.L. - 12/2/2006 12:23:53 PM
- re: Simple question - gbaikie - 12/3/2006 12:43:55 AM
- They have a chance at a better life. Before, the chance was zero. - TB - 12/2/2006 10:30:08 PM
  - Why was a Indian/French/American/South African/Russian-like revolution impossible in Iraq? - alcaray - 12/4/2006 9:08:33 PM
    - re: Why was a Indian/French/American/South African/Russian-like revolution impossible in Iraq? - REB - 12/4/2006 9:24:14 PM
      - So are you saying... - alcaray - 12/4/2006 9:37:48 PM
        
        re: So are you saying... - REB - 12/4/2006 10:01:54 PM
        
        The French faced men armed with muskets and cannons full of grape - alcaray - 12/4/2006 11:42:48 PM
        
        Good points. - REB - 12/5/2006 1:38:00 PM
        
        You keep making the same point that I already devastated. Boring. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/5/2006 6:40:56 PM
        
        You have yet to explain how you think the Iraqis could have overthrown Saddam - REB - 12/5/2006 7:07:29 PM
        
        Recap and answer - alcaray - 12/5/2006 7:48:05 PM
        
        re: Recap and answer - REB - 12/5/2006 8:15:53 PM
        
        re: Recap - TB - 12/5/2006 9:29:49 PM
        
        And it is very dangerous to believe... - alcaray - 12/5/2006 10:14:58 PM
        
        re: dangerous to believe - TB - 12/5/2006 10:40:37 PM
        
        Invasions - Raoul - 12/8/2006 8:08:55 PM
        
        I love your worldview! - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/9/2006 1:28:06 AM
        
        therefore successful invasions are impossible - alcaray - 12/8/2006 8:24:20 PM
        
        Yes, and it's reassuring! - Raoul - 12/8/2006 11:07:51 PM
        
        Seems to me a big difference - Laurie Street - 12/4/2006 10:45:33 PM
        
        Splitting into three - REB - 12/4/2006 11:02:50 PM
  - Yes, but we could have taken out Saddam with an air strike - E.P. - 12/3/2006 8:26:18 PM
    - re: Yes, but we could have taken out Saddam with an air strike - TB - 12/3/2006 10:00:04 PM
      - And who's assumption was that? - E.P. - 12/4/2006 1:29:45 AM
  - Something doesn't add up - azstrummer - 12/3/2006 3:53:11 AM
    - History - TB - 12/3/2006 4:54:54 AM
      - You said "Therefore, Saddam's rule wasn't all that bad." just to p him off, right? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/5/2006 7:02:02 PM
        
        re: Therefore - TB - 12/5/2006 9:48:45 PM
        
        re: Therefore - REB - 12/5/2006 10:27:16 PM
        
        Then you did not say it to p him off? - alcaray - 12/5/2006 10:26:51 PM
        
        What's your opinion on Darfur? (n/t) - TB - 12/5/2006 10:47:40 PM
        
        To continue in the pattern of directly answering your questions as you ignore mine... - alcaray - 12/6/2006 4:46:16 PM
        
        "solve the problem." Why the hell didn't I think of that one? - TB - 12/6/2006 6:51:24 PM
        
        This from the guy who thinks the solution to Iraq is "Do whatever it takes. Stay as long as it takes." Hah! - alcaray - 12/6/2006 10:47:58 PM
        
        Questions - TB - 12/6/2006 11:50:54 PM
        
        re: Questions - Yeti - 12/7/2006 1:25:31 AM
        
        re: Questions - TB - 12/7/2006 4:06:25 AM
      - Case In Point - ID - 12/4/2006 3:24:44 PM
      - But where did Saddam come from? - Robert - 12/3/2006 9:01:20 PM
      - Tom's history? - azstrummer - 12/3/2006 4:52:55 PM
- Simple answer - Alan G. Archer - 12/2/2006 2:49:28 PM
  - Some answers are a little too simple - Robert - 12/2/2006 6:03:20 PM
    - Where do you see Iraq in 5 years? (n/t) - RobVG - 12/3/2006 1:03:22 AM
      - re: Where do you see Iraq in 5 years? - Robert - 12/3/2006 8:40:45 PM
        
        Good post. - TB - 12/3/2006 11:22:01 PM
        
        thanks - Robert - 12/4/2006 4:57:58 AM
        
        re: thanks - TB - 12/4/2006 6:19:06 AM
  - re: Which begs for the question: what is freedom? - Raoul - 12/2/2006 5:07:47 PM
    - Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/2/2006 6:14:35 PM

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