Posted by
LibertyWorld on Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:22:27 AM
Adapted from one of my many entries from a different forum I post on:
...Of course a smile can hide fangs and it sometimes does.
But not always.
A big reason such progress has been made lately is because of many more common Iraqis coming forward to help flush out the bad guys.
A big reason that has happened is because we have let them come to really know us, by going into these neighborhoods and being with them.
Toys and candy and hygiene items and playing with the children... and working with the adults making friends all leads to this very thing.
Friends.
Not in all cases. But we don't need all cases.
Once a critical mass is reached, the bad guys can no longer get a foothold.
Because our new friends are flushing them out.
Through being with them and more a part of their lives, the Iraqis get quite a different picture than that which has always been painted for them by the bad guys and the greater aid and comfort media.
If you think taking the fight, (that which the bad guys have declared upon you and the Iraqis and the whole free world) to them on their chosen turf is not 'for the better', then we welcome any historically validated 'better' ideas.
Till then, I consider it better to take a stand, now.
For the sake of our women and children and homeland.
And for the sake of the free world.
We stand against darkness and tyranny.
Because we are America.
The light and the hope of this world.
The land of the free.
And the home of the brave.