<p>interesting article
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any thoughts on it?</p>
<p>I think is a very good article written by someone who actually has the authority/experience/credibility to say what he has said.</p>
<p>The real sad part is that most people will never be able to see this side of the story.</p>
<p>*But you know, to keep things in perspective, the situation in Iraq is truly more complex than the one-dimensional image the main stream media protrays. It has been full of great successes and mistakes, so the important thing is that we stay there until a legitimate free government can take hold and provide the necessary security for its people.</p>
<p>Great article. And the fact that its from a member of the military lends it much credibility. Like Ameechee said, it is sad that this will never be in headlines.</p>
<p>I liked the article. One thing though that I didn’t like was his ranting about the celebrities who vocally oppose the war. That was simply pointless. I don’t think that anybody actually listens to celebrities when it comes to their own views on anything, or at least I wouldn’t want to meet someone who idolized them and their views</p>
<p>Yeah, i understand what you mean about no one listening to the celebrities, but i think his point is that the media doesn’t interview people in the know, but will waste airtime to interview an ignorant celebrity on their views on a war that they have no authority on. It is sort of obnoxious that since a person is a good actor their views are somehow important enough to make the news, regardless of whether or not their opinions have any effect.</p>
<p>Writing in Beirut’s Al-Anwar newspaper, political analyst Rafik Khoury said Arab governments who have criticized shortcomings of Iraq’s elections, demanding that they be “honest and transparent … themselves ban such elections for their own peoples.”</p>
<p>something else very interesting- estimates put turnout at approximately 65-70% across Iraq, with up to 90% in some areas. with numbers like that, anyone who doesnt consider these elections a success needs to take a good hard look at reality.</p>
<p>I’m SOOOOOOO RELIEVED! i was biting my nails scared to death that some major catastrophe was going to happen yesterday.</p>
<p>Yes, I was suprised both at the magnitude of the voter turnout and also the fact that no major catastrophe’s occurred. Perhaps resistance is weakening…one can only hope.</p>