How about a reality check for a change:

1. From the beginning of the Sunni insurgents’ uprising, the UPS has reported that the suicide bomb attacks have all been in Shiite areas by individuals. Shi’a retaliated by pointing out the area and places where the Sunni live, and our troops, tanks and planes did the rest. Of course that brought on Sunni retaliation, and it’s been tit for tat ever since. The point here is that Sunnis and Shi’a can only be identified by the areas they live in, and if a Shi’a, Sunni, al-Qaida and Arabs from other sects stood side by side in the middle of Baghdad, our troops couldn’t tell which was which.

2. Up until around six months ago, the only evidence of al-Qaida were people claiming to be one on TV news papers and other sources, but NOT ONE attack was blamed on them. It was always the Shi’a and Sunnis feud, without exception.

Then out of the nowhere, al-Qaida appeared en mass and not one more word about the Sunni and Shi’a feud. Never mind the logistics (connecting all the dots) about where the al-Qaida lived, who they knew, or how strangers were treated in a hostile environment. And now were expected to believe that the phantom al-Qaida, who are supposed to be Sunni, are enemies of the Sunnis. Remember, it’s impossible to tell them apart.

3. I find it interesting and disturbing that the number of refugees have doubled since the so-called surge against the Sunni insurgents, and it makes me wonder what kind of disastrous events would drive the Sunni families away from their homes, their last bastions of safety.

RICHARD L STOVER
Grand Junction

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