Comments on: Riverbend is leaving Iraq http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133513 DJ Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:11:05 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133513 When I first went to India, there were no rental homes or apartments in some places (e.g. what was then Madras). If you didn't own your home, you slept in the street. I remember my shock at seeing people of all ages line up to get their place to sleep on a concrete traffic island. I'm sorry CTman is going through what he is right now. But I'm glad, too, that odds are, one way or another he and his family will have a roof over their heads. When I first went to India, there were no rental homes or apartments in some places (e.g. what was then Madras). If you didn’t own your home, you slept in the street. I remember my shock at seeing people of all ages line up to get their place to sleep on a concrete traffic island.

I’m sorry CTman is going through what he is right now. But I’m glad, too, that odds are, one way or another he and his family will have a roof over their heads.

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133486 Bob Morris Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:21:40 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133486 DJ has lived in Sri Lanka on and off and has experienced Third World conditions in war zones up close and personal. Losing a home must certainly be a hard thing to go through. May you land well and then prosper. DJ has lived in Sri Lanka on and off and has experienced Third World conditions in war zones up close and personal.

Losing a home must certainly be a hard thing to go through. May you land well and then prosper.

]]> By: Connecticut Man1 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133483 Connecticut Man1 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:26:10 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133483 I wouldn't say that we are lucky... But there is a huge difference between "bad" and "FUBAR". We will start over (again), and we don't have to dodge bombs and bullets daily. I wouldn’t say that we are lucky… But there is a huge difference between “bad” and “FUBAR”. We will start over (again), and we don’t have to dodge bombs and bullets daily.

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133471 DJ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:18:10 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133471 CTman brings up an good point: what we consider crises in the U.S. rarely compare with what others live with in a daily basis. Americans need to get out more, and see how lucky we [the vast majority of us] really are. CTman brings up an good point: what we consider crises in the U.S. rarely compare with what others live with in a daily basis. Americans need to get out more, and see how lucky we [the vast majority of us] really are.

]]> By: Connecticut Man1 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133426 Connecticut Man1 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:16:14 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133426 It makes my family losing our home because of the housing crash, etc, seem like cake and cookies. I hope she finds happiness and peace. It makes my family losing our home because of the housing crash, etc, seem like cake and cookies. I hope she finds happiness and peace.

]]> By: reader http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133425 reader Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:11:55 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133425 I am sad to hear that Riverbend and her family are being forced to leave their country. The thought crossed my mind that in some ironic twist they might end up in the U.S.A. I am sad to hear that Riverbend and her family are being forced to leave their country. The thought crossed my mind that in some ironic twist they might end up in the U.S.A.

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133399 DJ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:13:49 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133399 There are tens of millions of refugees from wars around the globe-- often started by imbeciles. The most common criticism of the late Boris Yeltsin is that he started the "unnecessary" war in Chechnya... The war in Sri Lanka could have been stopped at so many times, but all efforts by all parties failed, because in each instance, someone on one side or another thought war was a good idea. There are tens of millions of refugees from wars around the globe– often started by imbeciles. The most common criticism of the late Boris Yeltsin is that he started the “unnecessary” war in Chechnya… The war in Sri Lanka could have been stopped at so many times, but all efforts by all parties failed, because in each instance, someone on one side or another thought war was a good idea.

]]> By: www.AsymptoticLife.com http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-133382 www.AsymptoticLife.com Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:30:26 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/04/26/riverbend-is-leaving-iraq/#comment-133382 <strong>Comments from Baghdad...</strong> "There are moments when the injustice of having to leave your country, simply because an imbecile got it into his head to invade it, is overwhelming. It is unfair that in order to survive and live normally, we have to leave our home and what remains o... Comments from Baghdad…

“There are moments when the injustice of having to leave your country, simply because an imbecile got it into his head to invade it, is overwhelming. It is unfair that in order to survive and live normally, we have to leave our home and what remains o…

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