Ron Davies - 01 Mar 06 - 11:09 PM

Still twisting, spinning and putting words in my mouth Ron?

As to whether or not things are "hunky dory" in Iraq Ron, I would tend to think not, but nowhere near as bad as they are being reported.

"How many Iraqis do you think have been killed in sectarian strife in the past week?" I don't have a clue, the official figures given for deaths in the last week at present stand at 1003, although some media sources put them as high as 1300. The percentage of those due to "sectarian strife" has not been stated.

I fail to understand your assumption that I would think that those deaths are "just fine", so why the question.

Now we have a classic Ron-ism:
"...since now you're trying to say the Iraqi situation is no worse than many others in the world."

No Ron, what I said if you go back and read my post is that the "potential for civil war" exists in many other countries around the world other than Iraq. That I think is somewhat different to saying that, "the Iraqi situation is no worse than many others in the world." - TRUE?

Interesting that you describe as a "chosen quibble" a clear example of a responsible news organisation deliberately misrepresenting a situation. It is the WSJ you should be taking to task Ron not me, I was only the messenger, I did not report false news, according to the quote you posted of what they stated on 18th February, they did.

The truth of the matter is that no Iraqi request was made at either National or Provincial Government for British Troops to withdraw from Iraq. And what is more important Ron, is that there was absolutely NO refusal on the part of the British Government to comply with such a request, nor would there have been if such a request HAD BEEN made.