"Political left winger on most things" says "we're doing right thing" in Middle East

Karl K · Jul 11, 2005

Hey, I suppose there's always hope:

http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/070529.html

Psychiatrist Graham W. Hoffman ’78 (left, serving as medic on a civil-affairs patrol to renovate six schools near Samarra) joined the Army Reserve after September 11 and has completed his second tour in Iraq, “treating mostly 20-something First Infantry Division soldiers (and some Iraqis, too) for post traumatic stress disorder. The Iraqi civilians were very nice to us again, even though Samarra had a lot of insurgents for much of my time there. And the kids love us, especially the little girls, who seem to feel all this democratic change will be good for them in particular. The whole ‘mission’ is starting to feel like Peace Corps work, albeit you still have to be well armed. I am a political left-winger on most things, but on the Middle East business I think we are doing the right thing, mainly because that’s what all these Iraqi civilians kept telling me. Not sure why you don’t hear that kind of stuff on the media, except that most civilians there would consider it suicide to say good things about Americans on-camera.”
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RichardL · Jul 11, 2005

Not another one of your threads showing a lefty getting it wrong?

Revolt · Jul 11, 2005

Sweet. Two good-news in Iraq threads. Well-armed peace corps. I'm trying to wrap my head around that. Oh never mind. Its good news.

superdave · Jul 11, 2005

Re: "Political left winger on most things" says "we're doing right thing" in Middle E

Does Karl EVER have an original idea?

Colm · Jul 11, 2005

Karl K just spends his life critisizing the left, just a bigot

Revolt · Jul 11, 2005

Four Arabs believed to be members of Al Qaeda escaped today from the U.S. military's high-security Bagram detention center north of the Afghan capital, triggering an intense manhunt.

"The detainees are suspected terrorists and as such are considered dangerous," said Lt. Cindy Moore, a spokeswoman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
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Oh ********. This is the son of today's good news thread. Damn, there must be a good news angle.....

Umm, four less nutheads for us to be accused of torturing. Yeah, that's the ticket!