October 16, 2004
Voices of Iraq
"Voices of Iraq" is not easy to watch, especially when the voices are so optimistic: "I want to be a lawyer," "I want Iraq to be the greatest country in the world," "I want to get married." What if they're wrong? (Their comments are intercut with Internet videos made by insurgents planting bombs.) Then again, who knows better what is possible than the people of Iraq themselves? It's good that Messrs. Manes and Kunert (who cut their teeth on MTV reality TV) and Mr. Drury thought to ask them.
Read it here.
Posted by Valerie at October 16, 2004 08:47 AMComments
"...stunned survivors picking through the ruins of a church bombed by insurgents.."
No, that can't be possible. It is only mosques coming under fire in Iraq. Guess John Kerry will be calling them liars too.
Posted by: Valerie, Texas at October 16, 2004 06:15 PMGood point, Val.
Posted by: Valerie at October 16, 2004 08:01 PMHere is one of the voices of Iraq that I occasionally tune into. Alaa, the Mesopotamian, seems genuinely fearful of a Kerry victory.
Tell him to save himself the grey hairs.
Kerry is a piss poor senator, nothing more.
Kerry will never be a President.
Kerry will never be a President
No, but he may be elected as one.
Andy:
No vulgarity allowed on the blog! The K-word and elected all in the same comment is way out of bounds.
Straighten up.
Posted by: Valerie at October 17, 2004 12:32 PMPost a comment





