tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13090306.post115279281084947155..comments2023-10-02T06:13:32.418-05:00Comments on Moline Democratic Maverick: Report from BaghdadDave Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289405215433867162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13090306.post-1153047382785615222006-07-16T05:56:00.000-05:002006-07-16T05:56:00.000-05:00Well, if I lived in Baghdad I'd be pretty emotiona...Well, if I lived in Baghdad I'd be pretty emotional, too. Wouldn't you be emotional if you saw your country reduced to murder, chaos and ruin before your eyes?<BR/><BR/>As far as rumor is concerned, I think she's just reporting things that might be commonly believed by a large number (if not the majority) of Iraqis. I think that's very important information. As far as these beliefs being based on rumor rather than facts that we can establish with certainty, that doesn't mean that they should be left unspoken or dismissed. Heck, Iraqis might have a better idea of what's going on in Iraq than we do--they actually live there. And what would happen if you tried to analyze all of your knowledge about Iraq (or the US), and then divide it between "rumors" and facts that could be established with absolute certainty? Probably more of our knowledge of the world is based on "rumors" (including "educated rumors") than most of us would care to admit.<BR/><BR/>And in saying that it's "more of a civil war than an insurgency", are you suggesting that there's not so much of an insugency going on there? And that perhaps the US soldiers getting killed are just getting "caught in the crossfire"? I'm sure the US soldiers in Iraq would beg to differ from you.Saulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075648726249647045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13090306.post-1152820214026584522006-07-13T14:50:00.000-05:002006-07-13T14:50:00.000-05:00Riverbend blog is powerful, but it's full of emoti...Riverbend blog is powerful, but it's full of emotion and rumor. there are facts on mass killings on Iraqis, most conclusions about Americans and Zarqawi are from rumor. many families leaving Iraq and mass violence between Sunnis and Shia..very clear that it is more of a civil war than an insurgency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com