Comments on: The Exception http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: misinformation http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24477 misinformation Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:10:29 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24477 "In both cases they were also occupied by foreign armies, and in both cases those that occupied them played a significant role in the formation of their governments." They continue to be occupied by foreign armies... well, a foreign army. “In both cases they were also occupied by foreign armies, and in both cases those that occupied them played a significant role in the formation of their governments.”

They continue to be occupied by foreign armies… well, a foreign army.

]]> By: J. Canuck http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24422 J. Canuck Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:57:02 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24422 [quote comment="24370"]And now former interim prime minister Ayad Allawi has hired a DC consulting firm (50K a month) to lobby congress to get him back into power in Iraq. It just keeps getting better every day.[/quote] Wow...who's next? Chalabi? [quote comment="24370"]And now former interim prime minister Ayad Allawi has hired a DC consulting firm (50K a month) to lobby congress to get him back into power in Iraq. It just keeps getting better every day.[/quote]

Wow…who’s next? Chalabi?

]]> By: D. Lilly http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24370 D. Lilly Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:49:15 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24370 And now former interim prime minister Ayad Allawi has hired a DC consulting firm (50K a month) to lobby congress to get him back into power in Iraq. It just keeps getting better every day. And now former interim prime minister Ayad Allawi has hired a DC consulting firm (50K a month) to lobby congress to get him back into power in Iraq. It just keeps getting better every day.

]]> By: Samar Mazloum http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24369 Samar Mazloum Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:47:37 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24369 And it's as if they don't learn from their mistakes. In the end both countries civilians are the victims. American intereference in the Middle East will only continue to give terrorists an excuse. And it’s as if they don’t learn from their mistakes. In the end both countries civilians are the victims. American intereference in the Middle East will only continue to give terrorists an excuse.

]]> By: Monkey http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24348 Monkey Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:34:40 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24348 My head is still imploding from the bimbo post, but I was going to quote what Roy quoted. If anyone's looking for me, I'll be trying to get my hands on a map so I can start looking for a way off this planet. My head is still imploding from the bimbo post, but I was going to quote what Roy quoted.

If anyone’s looking for me, I’ll be trying to get my hands on a map so I can start looking for a way off this planet.

]]> By: Roy El Saghir http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24337 Roy El Saghir Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:19:06 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/08/the-exception/#comment-24337 Your quote - "Be it in Iraq or Afghanistan, the truth is that we are fighting ourselves. We are fighting our own creations, our own mistakes, our own ignorance, arrogance, and sense of entitlement. We will not be satisfied until such a time that victory is achieved, and thus must wait for the inevitability of our own undoing to see it realized." Bingo. And sadly, I think you and I will be worm food long before that happens. Your quote - “Be it in Iraq or Afghanistan, the truth is that we are fighting ourselves. We are fighting our own creations, our own mistakes, our own ignorance, arrogance, and sense of entitlement. We will not be satisfied until such a time that victory is achieved, and thus must wait for the inevitability of our own undoing to see it realized.”

Bingo.

And sadly, I think you and I will be worm food long before that happens.

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