Nov 1
Real comments from on the ground in Iraq……..
The gentleman writing the Cone Zone, one of Chief Wiggles’ compatriots, is in daily contact with all kinds of Iraqis who speak to him with a candor and honesty beyond anyone’s expectations. He has seen fit to share some of his thoughts about this fact.
An early entry:
Please, if I am willing to be here, than as a public stay the course. Dont be swayed by biased reporting. I am finding out every day from those effected, that Saddams regime will be remembered in the history books as being worse than Hitler, or Stalin(more and more facts to support this are emerging daily).And this, from the 31st of October:
To answer another reader. Day after day I am told by the Iraqis that the U.S. is way too timid and soft in dealing with those who are attacking our troops. In our efforts to be P.C. we have shown ourselves as weak, easy targets, who because of our own policies governing our soldiers that we put our boys, and the future peace in this country in jeopardy (they also give me a lot more explicit and graphic measures we should take in dealing with anti-coalition groups, and while effective, and appealing to me personally, I dont ever see the U.S. adopting these tactics)
Wise words of wisdom that we should ALL take to heart.
3 Comments so far
There are plenty of Iraqis who resent the U.S. presence. And the Americans haven’t been totally PC with the Iraqis. Reports of American mistreatment have come up. Not all the attacks on Americans could be blamed on Saddam’s followers.
Nobody said everything was sweetness and light, but, the mass media have seen fit to ‘publish’ only the worst, so, naturally, people like the above commentor will focus on that. JFM simply felt it was time to bring a little balance into the equation. The preponderance of testimony from those actually there paints a far different picture than we hear elsewhere in the world.
In an interview with NPR, Salam Pax stated that feelings get bent when Army search teams don’t have Iraqi translators, but that most Iraqis are actually ok with the US presence, as long as it’s temporary. If you want a current and accurate feeling of the “average Iraqi” check out dear_raed.blogspot.com, as well as healingiraq.blogspot.com. Both are great ways to bypass media spin.