Reply #2: A million times better? What a crock of shit. [View All]

[Career Prole]

O'BRIEN: They were frustrated. We've seen many reports about the lack of gas, the lack of some of the daily items they needed. But when it comes to the violence, do they feel hopeful that it's going to be resolved? Or have they just sort of come to terms with this is the way it's going to be?

ROBERTSON: I think they've come to terms with it. You find this in any war situation that people will get used to the environment that they're in. They recognize that there are places that are going to be dangerous, perhaps outside some of the recruitment stations, perhaps around government offices. But a lot of places they can probably go with a degree of safety.

They worry about the kidnappings. People still kidnap, perhaps a successful businessman in Iraq, because they can make money from his family.

But by and large, people are putting the violence to one side, just because they know they have to. They know that they have to continue with their lives.

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"a lot of places they can probably go with a degree of safety."

Talk about damning with faint praise.