Comments on: Iraqi Assembly Meets Amid Blasts http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/16/iraqi-assembly-meets-amid-blasts/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:06:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: PJ http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/16/iraqi-assembly-meets-amid-blasts/#comment-42009 PJ Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:16:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/16/iraqi-assembly-meets-amid-blasts/#comment-42009 Amen, Terry. I note I had to read almost to the end to learn that the blasts were completely off target and injured no one. Dying gasp of the terrorists, I'd say. But we must counter those photos from Beirut!! Can't get too happy now, folks!! Even alaa at www.messopotamian.blogspot.com posts that he hasn't been writing much because things are so much better in Baghdad and Iraq. Amen, Terry. I note I had to read almost to the end to learn that the blasts were completely off target and injured no one. Dying gasp of the terrorists, I’d say.

But we must counter those photos from Beirut!! Can’t get too happy now, folks!!

Even alaa at http://www.messopotamian.blogspot.com posts that he hasn’t been writing much because things are so much better in Baghdad and Iraq.

]]> By: Terrye http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/16/iraqi-assembly-meets-amid-blasts/#comment-42008 Terrye Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:56:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/03/16/iraqi-assembly-meets-amid-blasts/#comment-42008 Roger: People today have no idea what a monumental struggle our Revolution really was. In the first 20 years of its existnce the new US almost collapsed many times and people were openly wondering if life as British subjects had been preferable. Many years ago I read a book about the Revolution [too long ago to remember a title] which included transcripts of town hall meetings throughout the colonies during the ratification process. Some farmer would stand up and identify himslef as yoeman farmer Smith or whatever and would proceed to give his opinion about the new Constitution. There were people that wanted to outlaw slavery and Catholicism and all kinds of things, in the end the framers ratified the compromise document we have today. Now the Iraqis are going to have to do the same things and now like then people will have to settle for consensus or fail. Roger:

People today have no idea what a monumental struggle our Revolution really was. In the first 20 years of its existnce the new US almost collapsed many times and people were openly wondering if life as British subjects had been preferable.

Many years ago I read a book about the Revolution [too long ago to remember a title] which included transcripts of town hall meetings throughout the colonies during the ratification process. Some farmer would stand up and identify himslef as yoeman farmer Smith or whatever and would proceed to give his opinion about the new Constitution. There were people that wanted to outlaw slavery and Catholicism and all kinds of things, in the end the framers ratified the compromise document we have today.

Now the Iraqis are going to have to do the same things and now like then people will have to settle for consensus or fail.

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