http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/ art • games • change Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-3222 Jason Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:43:16 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/#comment-3222 Aparna: I hadn't thought about it, but it's entirely possible that some folks from the other side are on a contractor mailing list or two. They really oughtta be more careful with the signups. Then again, it could tell us a bit about just how expendable these contractors are. Ugly... Aparna: I hadn’t thought about it, but it’s entirely possible that some folks from the other side are on a contractor mailing list or two. They really oughtta be more careful with the signups. Then again, it could tell us a bit about just how expendable these contractors are. Ugly…

]]> http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-3205 Phillybits Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:00:23 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/#comment-3205 Omg. I came across this from ArcaNext.com, a blog aggregator, and had to click through to read this. That's just creepy. Omg. I came across this from ArcaNext.com, a blog aggregator, and had to click through to read this. That’s just creepy.

]]> http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-3202 Aparna Pappu Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:17:50 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/letters-from-iraq-out-of-thin-air/#comment-3202 That's crazy! Being on such a random mailing list I mean. And scary - I hope the guys out to bomb these people can't get on the mailing list just as randomly. The whole thing is such madness that I don't know who to feel sorry for - the contractors? but they have a choice - they can stay home - but then again do they really have a choice? a lot of people are finding it hard to come by jobs in the US and these lucrative but dangerous jobs are the only option for them - the US soldiers who sometimes have to protect these guys but have no real jurisdiction over where they go and what they do and may inadvertently lead every one into harms way - the poor misguided idiots who are bombing these contractors - its not going to solve anything killing these guys but then again in a country where there seems to be no system, where the govt seems like a puppet show and where you have been invaded for no rhyme or reason its hard to expect people to behave in a sensible manner. one thing is for sure - the media here covers all this in a way that allows people to tune out. or is it the people here who don't seem to care? how can you follow a news story of hundreds dying with shows like American Idol to name one. better end this rambling while I think I am making sense. That’s crazy! Being on such a random mailing list I mean. And scary - I hope the guys out to bomb these people can’t get on the mailing list just as randomly.
The whole thing is such madness that I don’t know who to feel sorry for - the contractors? but they have a choice - they can stay home - but then again do they really have a choice? a lot of people are finding it hard to come by jobs in the US and these lucrative but dangerous jobs are the only option for them
- the US soldiers who sometimes have to protect these guys but have no real jurisdiction over where they go and what they do and may inadvertently lead every one into harms way
- the poor misguided idiots who are bombing these contractors - its not going to solve anything killing these guys but then again in a country where there seems to be no system, where the govt seems like a puppet show and where you have been invaded for no rhyme or reason its hard to expect people to behave in a sensible manner.
one thing is for sure - the media here covers all this in a way that allows people to tune out. or is it the people here who don’t seem to care? how can you follow a news story of hundreds dying with shows like American Idol to name one.
better end this rambling while I think I am making sense.

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