07-11-2005, 03:52 AM
Schultz Wrote:The media does not show what is truely happening.. And how alot of people there are happy we are there.. some places were insurgents are mainly at are having a rough time. BUt Iraq itself is starting to do more and more missions by themselves and getting insurgents weeded out. we can only do so much but we gotta make sure that the Iraqi people themselves take it the rest of the way and we can not stop our support for them until they are 110% able to do it by themselves.. which they are starting to do.. But no the media won't show that because it don't sell.. it don't show the countless humanitarian missions that Soldiers do while they are deployed to help local citys and such out.. Nah because that doesn't rate well. Everyone rather likes to see the bad stuff not the good stuff.. and if you would like to see some "good" helping out from people that have taken pictuers i still have some laying around if you want the "true" truth of what is happening behind the scenes.
You see, I've seen you post this kind of stuff more than once but I read other comments from people who are there and our various news channels also report something else. Example from the arcticnightfall boards after asking what's going on over there posted less than 2 months ago.
Quote:If you really must know, there's a lot of bull****. Bush makes all these announcements stating that we're really winning over the Iraqi people...when in all actuality, it's the Iraqi people that are causing us the most trouble, not just the insurgents. The Iraqi's won't help us at all when it comes to hunting the bastards down, even though we're offering them so much in return, 500,000 dollars, immunity, all the good ****. The turmoil goes deeper than any of you will ever know though, and goes so far to the point where the military is covering up the deaths of people....I can't say here the specifics obviously because I'd get in deep ****. But that's what's going on. Where the media and the President say we're making progress, we're actually making the opposite....more and more people are dying over here everyday, and not all of it is because of the insurgents, or because we got ambushed, if you get my point. Anyways, back to the subject at hand.
Kind of conflicts with what you said and I've read more troops post this stuff than troops saying its getting better. Then we are all here talking about London (which is awefull and scared me alot since its so close) but the day after the London bombing on an ordinary day in Iraq there were 34 people killed by 3 suicide bombers. 28 of which were killed outside a police recruiting station and a bomb filled car drove into them. This was before noon I believe so the day wasn't over yet. Kind of puts things in perspective.
Attacks have been on the increase since the elections and again when the new parlement was installed. I've said it before, I believe that in the war on terror invading Iraq was one of the stupidest things to do. Ofcourse there was a dictator (BTW, I wonder who has killed more Iraqi civilions by now. Bush or Saddam) but there are soo many dictators and there are many who are waaay worse than Saddam so I don't buy that excuse. But by invading Iraq the hate on the US and the west has infenitly grown. The US has created another batch of people who believe in the Jihad as Osama does. Stupid move and the world is paying the price.
About europe and the oil for food program. I haven't kept up to date on this but I believe this has nothing to do with european governments and this was all done by companies. If in my country it would become clear that the government was involved they would resign the next day as it should happen in a democracy. Something I could and should expect of a certain president who went to war on false grounds based on blatant lies. Or when holding prisoners without trial or council for more than 3 years. Or abussing prisoners of war in Abu-Graib. This is one of the things that worries me about US politics. That all these scandals can just happen without anyone taking responsibility.
I must say I'm very impressed with the way the Londonners have handled themselfs in this situation. They stay so calm and it seems it has only made them stronger. They don't seem scared at all and they were using the tubes the next day again. Especially now that it seems that the tube bombings were not done by suicide bombers and that means that the mofo's are still out there.