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just have to say as an aside...

the whole discussion of the plight of the iraqi population is kind of a sad joke....our government does not care any more about the iraqi population NOW than they did when the bombs first started to drop...it is all just political leverage games.

i would even dare to say that the american population really does not care all that much about the iraqi population either. remember....we don't do civilian body counts. when was the last time you heard a serious discussion of the lancet statistical study of civilian death in post war iraq?

at the risk of sounding cynical i would say that almost every side in the current discussion of what to do with our troops in iraq is just looking at elections. compassion is basically just an debate point.

the people who want to leave immediately KNOW that the violence will get way MORE out of hand but do not really want to talk about that and the people who want to stay for years are just refusing to admit their initial mistake in starting the war.

there are no good choices at this point.

Excuse me for saying so but I view your choice of Ms DeYoung to discuss anything concerning the Bush administration an extremely unfortunate one---and, unfortunately, completely in keeping with what I'd come to expect from NPR and its affiliate stations.

True, one can't be overjoyed by every guest on your show, but this one is just a shame.

Relatively small point but weren't the so called "Killing Fields" the work of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge?

The victorious Vietnamese Communist Government actually invaded Cambodia and ousted it of its Killing Field perpetrators -- to the diplomatic objection of The US at the time (78 I believe).