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Family Forum / Marriage / Divorce / January 2005A frozen moment in time.....
http://tinyurl.com/4enyr http://tinyurl.com/58jne http://tinyurl.com/6polp http://tinyurl.com/4l2mk http://tinyurl.com/6ts24 http://tinyurl.com/4gh7p http://tinyurl.com/6suw5 http://tinyurl.com/3tf8e http://tinyurl.com/5nl6e http://tinyurl.com/4yxn9 http://tinyurl.com/6ztwg http://tinyurl.com/7xgex http://tinyurl.com/6h2qz The Free Republic is running a live thread collecting images of the Iraq vote as polling places open across the world. You can find that thread and those images here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1331514/posts?q=1&&page=1 Warning, you might want to have a kleenex handy before you start reviewing the pictures... These are just some more pictures from the Freep thread: http://tinyurl.com/6hvxf http://tinyurl.com/55bgw http://tinyurl.com/6ryu5 http://tinyurl.com/7ybku http://tinyurl.com/3qm3f http://tinyurl.com/4j6kk http://tinyurl.com/6zs3e http://tinyurl.com/6oal8 Counterpoint: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/01467.htm > Counterpoint: > > http://www.zonaeuropa.com/01467.htm "The Children of Iraq": http://wwwi.reuters.com/images/mdf838871.jpg Watching the joyful Iraqis voting, I am overwhelmed with emotion as I stand as a witness to the birth of a democracy. It is an awesome thing, and more powerful than any one person could ever be. There is so much to this story, so much pain, blood and death that lead to this moment. It is a chance to marvel at humanity and to be joyful with our bretheren. The United States has created a wasteland in Iraq. Destruction and death and hopelessness are also a big part of our intervention in this part of the world. American contractors will come in in fix what they can for huge sums of money. While I appreciate the joy that you feel at the idea of casting a vote, I am more deeply affected by the consequences of this war and the overall devastation of the land. donna How sad for people who can only see bad things in what is a great day for all people. Those complaints sound so hollow. The Iraqis have turned out in surprising number to vote, the minority party who held power at the barrel of a gun for so long is doing everything they can to stop this from happening, but it is happening anyway. Millions who suffered under Saddam's regime are finally getting a say in their government. They risked their lives today to vote with tears in their eyes for loved ones who lost their lives to bring them to this moment. This is a time for great joy. I cry for those who gave their lives to bring this about, and I feel such pride and hope. http://tinyurl.com/49nwy > The United States has created a wasteland in Iraq. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > donna > How sad for people who can only see bad things in what is a great day for > all people. Those complaints sound so hollow. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >>donna You guys are an item, right? Rambler >> How sad for people who can only see bad things in what is a great day >> for all people. Those complaints sound so hollow. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Rambler Oh, yes. Donna and I are "best friends," too. One of the reasons this country is committed to establishing democracy in far flung places around the world is so that we have the right to disagree openly with our government, our leaders, our neighbors and even our friends. donna > One of the reasons this country is committed to establishing democracy > in far flung places around the world is so that we have the right to > disagree openly with our government, our leaders, our neighbors and > even our friends. LOL. Not 30 minutes ago I was in a discussion, (politics) with a very special friend of mine, and one we have had before ... Let's not go there, was the last reply I gave to that discussion. :) People I respect and care for often don't have the same identical ideas I do on certain subjects, I find that refreshing. Lori Mc >> One of the reasons this country is committed to establishing >> democracy in far flung places around the world is so that we have the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > respect and care for often don't have the same identical ideas I do on > certain subjects, I find that refreshing. SO and I sometimes go a few rounds, on a few issues as well. As long as we both respect the right of the other to have those opinions, it's good. It's when the respect is gone that it becomes a problem.  SignatureCal~ Calinda dot Letter S at Gmail dot com > One of the reasons this country is committed to establishing democracy > in far flung places around the world is so that we have the right to > disagree openly with our government, our leaders, our neighbors and > even our friends. Just checking the scorecard, that's all. Rambler Rambler said > > One of the reasons this country is committed to establishing democracy > > in far flung places around the world is so that we have the right to > > disagree openly with our government, our leaders, our neighbors and > > even our friends. > > Just checking the scorecard, that's all. The lovey-dovey talk in this thread had me confused as well. Casey > How sad for people who can only see bad things in what is a great day > for all people. Those complaints sound so hollow. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > This is a time for great joy. I cry for those who gave their lives to > bring this about, and I feel such pride and hope. To bad the route they were forced to take had a very high price..., in excess of 100,000 Iraqi's, 70+ British, 1200+ Americans. That's a hell of a price to pay (and still pay)! Iraq was not a threat to the US other than instability factor in oil prices. (Ok, enough...) John >> How sad for people who can only see bad things in what is a great day >> for all people. Those complaints sound so hollow. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > John http://tinyurl.com/45pkf "-Lone_Wolf-" <-lone_wolf-@CLOTHESexcite.com> wrote... | To bad the route they were forced to take had a very high price..., | in excess of 100,000 Iraqi's, 70+ British, 1200+ Americans. | That's a hell of a price to pay (and still pay)! Iraq was not a threat | to the US other than instability factor in oil prices. Notably, the rationale for this war shifted considerably. It was sold to us on basis that Saddam was hiding WMD (UN weapons inspectors were so inept! - remember?) On the heels of 9/11 + Afghanistan, it was the next logical step in the /War on Terror/. But when that didn't pan out, the mission shifted to nation building... the last chapter on that has yet to be written. Many parents of dead soldiers understandably want to believe that their child died for some noble cause and so support this war without question but do question the patriotism of those who want to end it. There are many others, like one prominent family in my town, who having lost a child in Iraq, point their finger at GWB and ask, "Our child died in a foreign land to satisfy your attempt to project American power and American-ize the Middle-East. How many more will it take?" "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:vPcLd.7996$gS5.959@bignews3.bellsouth.net: > "-Lone_Wolf-" <-lone_wolf-@CLOTHESexcite.com> wrote... >| To bad the route they were forced to take had a very high price..., in [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > to project American power and American-ize the Middle-East. > How many more will it take?" http://tinyurl.com/4hau8 "Fido" <tomchandNS@gwi.net> wrote... | http://tinyurl.com/4hau8 You ba see the faces, names and backgrounds of the soldiers killed in Iraq since hostilities began on this CNN website: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ You can sort the 1,588 listed either alphabetically or by date. Correction: "Roger (B)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote... | You [can] see the faces, names and backgrounds of the soldiers | killed in Iraq since hostilities began on this CNN website: | http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ | You can sort the 1,588 listed either alphabetically or by date. I wonder if you'll look. [R] "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4AdLd.4052$qJ3.829@bignews1.bellsouth.net: > Correction: > "Roger (B)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I wonder if you'll look. [R] Iraqi's queue at a school polling station in the At Maeel area of Basra, southern Iraq (news - web sites), January 30, 2005, as the country holds its first elections. Some came on crutches, others walked for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across most of Iraq millions turned out to vote Sunday, defying insurgent threats of a bloodbath. Suicide bombs and mortars killed at least 33 people, but Iraqis still came out in force for the first multi-party poll in 50 years: http://tinyurl.com/3ou57 Iraqi man carries crippled old man to vote: http://tinyurl.com/6652z An Iraqi soldier crawls towards a polling station in an act of respect during his country's national elections in eastern Baghdad January 30, 2005.: http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20050130/i/r272223278.jpg Seventy-year-old Iraqi exile Mehsin Imgoter holds his voting ballot up and begins to weep before putting it in the voting box in the Detroit suburb of Southgate, Michigan. Imgoter's son was killed in the 1990 uprising against Saddam Hussain: http://tinyurl.com/59tga . > Correction: > "Roger (B)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I wonder if you'll look. [R] No dinnertime images of American youths returning home in flag draped coffins. If there were, maybe the good people of the U.S. would put a stop to this war. The military learned their lesson well from Viet Nam, or did they? >> Correction: >> "Roger (B)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > stop to this war. The military learned their lesson well from Viet Nam, > or did they? http://tinyurl.com/6bew6 "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:fydLd.4049$qJ3.3657@bignews1.bellsouth.net: > "Fido" <tomchandNS@gwi.net> wrote... >| http://tinyurl.com/4hau8 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/ > You can sort the 1,588 listed either alphabetically or by date. http://home.cinci.rr.com/vladdies/salutebush.jpg > "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in > >> "Fido" <tomchandNS@gwi.net> wrote... This is one of those subjects where I think we all have to agree to disagree. Opinions on this run far and high. None are all correct or incorrect there are too many sides. As I said to someone in a conversation earlier. I know how you feel about this and I know how I feel about this, so lets not go here. Lori Mc >> "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Lori Mc http://tinyurl.com/55xj8 >>> "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > http://tinyurl.com/55xj8 <shakes head> we could trade photos about this back and forth all day and it wouldn't change your or my view about this whole thing. >>>> "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in >>>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > <shakes head> we could trade photos about this back and forth all day > and it wouldn't change your or my view about this whole thing. http://tinyurl.com/4b6oo >>>>> "Roger \(B\)" <rcblinn-sss-@bellsouth.net> wrote in >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > http://tinyurl.com/4b6oo LOL you are a mess. :p While we have heard so much about terror attacks during the voting today, so many risked their lives to come out anyway. 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