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Originally Posted by powerclown
Its obvious some of you don't like her because she sides with the Republicans and see's the war in a different way then you, but, is she lying?
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It's not a question of whether she is lying. It's a question, and answer, of whether this individual can be categorized as the "average" Iraqi. The average Iraqi is not touring the U.S., so it would be disingenuous to attribute her perceptions to the perceptions of the average Iraqi. When she makes statements like "most Iraqis are overwhelmingly grateful to the United States for freeing their country from tyranny" - I have to consider that meaningless. In my direct circle of acquaintances, almost none of the are conservatives - does that mean most American's are overwhelmingly displeased with Bush? Hardly.
Now apply the logic of questioning her motives for her statements - she is currently 'jet-setting' around the U.S. instead of dealing with the constant violence, power outages, health issues, etc of the people living in Iraq. It is not difficult to imagine that articulating the right things will attract attention from people who want to put you on display, regardless of the depth of what you are saying.
Is she lying? I don't have any reason to presume that. But I see no reason to take any of this as a "good" sign that Iraq is any closer to a Democracy today than it was yesterday.