f***-wit, I suggest you read something written by an Iraqi citizen. He disagrees with the thesis you pulled out of your butt; Tuesday, May 03, 2005 Iraq is no Vietnam.... It annoys me to read well-respected commentators take the easy way out when discussing the terror structure and its motivations in Iraq. I have read on so many occasions how Iraq is somehow the new Vietnam and that the persons are somehow comparable in voracity and determination to the Vietcong. The fact of the matter is that Iraq is in no way another Vietnam. The dynamic and motivations of the �resistance� in Iraq is driven solely by greed and the lure of money, where as the Vietcong were driven by the powerful ideology of communism in which the Vietnamese populous, in general, were willing to adopt and die for. REAL "Gangs of New York" 1809Indeed they do. But my problem with the liberal bias is that it is presented as if it is not biased. Sure, Fox News calls itself "fair and balanced," but I don't think... One of the major problems, facing Iraq at the moment, is the intransigent homegrown criminal element. Decades of the systematic fracture in Iraqi civil society coupled with vast current unemployment levels and three decades of bloody wars, has left thousands of young Iraqi men (from every creed and faction) with a very strong tendency and disposition towards criminality and criminal self interest. Unlike many other nations around the world, the notion of citizenship and social obligation in the Iraqi society is nowadays almost non-existent. This is particularly evident and true in the countryside, where loyalty to your clan and creed is still strongly traditionally observed. (Please read a post by Ali at Iraq the Model about the role of clansmanship in Iraqi history and civil society), Many of these disillusioned men are more than willing to accept payments or bribes in order to help in carrying out operations in which other innocent Iraqis may die as a result of. For these individuals, (and there are many), the rest of another human being, Iraqi or otherwise bares little importance as long as the financial incentive is high enough. It is not some Islamo-fascist Ideology that drives this person, nor is it a simply a Ba'athist instigated fight back to regain lost control, but simply the economic lure of the all powerful US dollar. It is this group that also represents the logistical backbone of the person structure in Iraq. These individuals are simply �hired soldiers of fortune� and they include all of the intransigent Ba�athist and Saddamite remnants, as well as opportunist, that view this war as both an opportunity for payback and a last chance to make substantial financial gains. Channelling finances from their paymaster in Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia, (with each country having its own distinct agenda in seeing Iraq fail), they continue to provide shelter, weapons, and logistical backing to the person front lines. And whilst fanatical wahhabist, from other arab states,(whom form the majority of the front line 'cannon fodder') are sent to carry out their misguided Jihadist dissolution operations, these Iraqis prefer to stay in the background getting fat of the payment they receive. For them the continuation of this war represents a golden opportunity to get paid, big time, from the intelligence services of Syria or Iran, and the dumb Arab Sheiks who have nothing better to do with their money than to send it to iraq to get burnt. REAL "Gangs of New York" 1808On 12 May 2005 22:43:58 GMT, John Goodall Actually, they fall into a grey area in the United States. Rumor and innuendo can be reported without any facts and still be protected, as... Oddly enough, It is this economic nature of the person campaign that offers me hope for a quick and decisive end to this conflict. Once the governmental power vacume is finally filled and it becomes clear that supporting economic development and growth is potentially alot more profittable to these individuals and Iraqis as a whole, we will see a subsantial decline in all person activity. REAL "Gangs of New York" 1810Is there no end to Raxo's stupidity? 1) Most Americans believe that some news sources have a conservative bias and other news sources have a... The new Iraqi government should spare no effort in combating and eliminating this group as quickly as possible. This can be achieved through a combination of political, social, and military strategy that makes clear that we as iraqies will no longer tolerate their activities. Once this group sees that its financial interests are finally being threatened then we will see a dramatic decline in person activity and the beginning of the end to this ugly person campaign. ***** Now, f***-wit, you know the truth.
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