JuanCole: 10 myths about Iraq, part 1


	JuanCole: 10 myths about Iraq, part 1

masbury

12-29-2007 5:48 PM

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iraq, war on terror

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Do click thru and read the whole thing - excellent!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/25d20a40-c22b-4a24-a9b0-bb26d94bb210/C359A871-08B4-444B-97E8-09CC04FBD7DD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html" href="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.juancole.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">10.  Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">In a recent <A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-assess19dec19,1,1773255.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo">ABC News/ Washington Post poll</A>, Iraq and the economy were virtually tied</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">9.  Myth:  There have been steps toward religious and political reconciliation in Iraq in 2007.  Fact:  The government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has for the moment lost the support of the Sunni Arabs in parliament.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">8.  Myth: The US troop surge stopped the civil war </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">Fact:  The civil war in Baghdad escalated during the US troop escalation.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">7.  Myth: Iran was supplying explosively formed projectiles</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">Fact: Iran has not been proved to have sent weapons to any Iraqi guerrillas at all.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html">6.  Myth:  The US overthrow of the Baath regime and military occupation of Iraq has helped liberate Iraqi women.  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