Comments on: George’s Surge Leaves Iraq’s Children Behind http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:57:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151118 GorillasGuides Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:30:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151118 <p>He is very patient :-)</p> He is very patient :-)

]]> By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151112 Siun Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:29:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151112 <p>BobbyG - international adoptions are such a complicated thing. I know that when I was adopting my daughter, I saw way too many people doing things that were very disturbing - not checking properly that children were really free for adoption, etc. </p> <p>There are some very reputable agencies but it is not a straightforward or easy thing.</p> BobbyG – international adoptions are such a complicated thing. I know that when I was adopting my daughter, I saw way too many people doing things that were very disturbing – not checking properly that children were really free for adoption, etc.

There are some very reputable agencies but it is not a straightforward or easy thing.

]]> By: BobbyG http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151106 BobbyG Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:24:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151106 <p>It was a major frustrating disappointment for us. We looked seriously long and hard into it.</p> It was a major frustrating disappointment for us. We looked seriously long and hard into it.

]]> By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151098 GorillasGuides Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:18:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151098 <p>No Loo Hoo - you don’t need to. Apart from anything else. It would drive you to distraction. We paid an American lawyer to do a briefing for us. She did really good work but bobby at 116 sadly is right.</p> No Loo Hoo – you don’t need to. Apart from anything else. It would drive you to distraction. We paid an American lawyer to do a briefing for us. She did really good work but bobby at 116 sadly is right.

]]> By: Laura Doty http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151089 Laura Doty Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:15:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151089 <p>Erdla, I was going to respond to that in the last post, but will you pass on to Du for me that I think he is the master of the ironic understatement <em>and</em> the essence and soul of patience?</p> Erdla, I was going to respond to that in the last post, but will you pass on to Du for me that I think he is the master of the ironic understatement and the essence and soul of patience?

]]> By: BobbyG http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151079 BobbyG Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:11:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151079 <p>See my 116.</p> See my 116.

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151075 Loo Hoo. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:09:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151075 <p>Gorilla Guides, would you like for me to check into legal ways for Americans to adopt Iraqi orphans? I know that this is not ideal, that Iraqis should be adopted by Iraqis, but if there are children without parents, perhaps the Iraqis would rather have American parents than none.</p> Gorilla Guides, would you like for me to check into legal ways for Americans to adopt Iraqi orphans? I know that this is not ideal, that Iraqis should be adopted by Iraqis, but if there are children without parents, perhaps the Iraqis would rather have American parents than none.

]]> By: BobbyG http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151074 BobbyG Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:09:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151074 <p>I been on Bu’ush’s case since <em>before</em> he went in.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bgladd.com/Baghdad.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.bgladd.com/Baghdad.jpg</a></p> <p>Fucking prick.</p> I been on Bu’ush’s case since before he went in.

http://www.bgladd.com/Baghdad.jpg

Fucking prick.

]]> By: GorillasGuides http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151067 GorillasGuides Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:04:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151067 <p>Siun yes thanks for this. I’ve just seen this:</p> <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-mike-hoyt-editor-of-reporting-iraq/#comment-1150687" rel="nofollow">http://firedoglake.com/2007/12.....nt-1150687</a></p> <p>and now understand why du had steam coming out his ears.</p> Siun yes thanks for this. I’ve just seen this:

http://firedoglake.com/2007/12…..nt-1150687

and now understand why du had steam coming out his ears.

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151066 wigwam Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:02:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/16/george%e2%80%99s-surge-leaves-iraqs-children-behind/#comment-1151066 <p>In the wake of its <strike>defeat</strike> drawdown in troop levels necessitated by shortfalls in recruitment, U.S. forces are <strike>circling the wagons</strike> coalescing forces in the Baghdad area to <strike>stave off</strike> focus on this war’s primary objective, the establishment of a soverign Iraqi government sensitive to western interests.</p> In the wake of its defeat drawdown in troop levels necessitated by shortfalls in recruitment, U.S. forces are circling the wagons coalescing forces in the Baghdad area to stave off focus on this war’s primary objective, the establishment of a soverign Iraqi government sensitive to western interests.

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