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To: FJB who wrote (51939)	10/14/2002 8:56:44 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (3) of 281500

That's an interesting statistic. Did you do the polls yourself? Pakistani people seem to hate their homegrown dictator as well. I don't see the US trying to oust the guy. In fact, I see the US supporting the guy, because he has apparently succeeded in convincing them that the alternative is hardline religious fanatics. I believe in "laissez faire". If 99.p% of Iraqi population really hates Saddam, they should probably do a revolution, just like those that happened to so many other dictators. Besides, I don't see why having an unpopular leader should prompt another country to invade Iraq. >The problem is crackpot dictators with plans to destroy others. I would be very interested to see why you think Saddam belongs in this group, as I have not seen any evidence that shows Saddam has been behind any plans to destroy any others in the past decade, since he has been shamefully defeated in the Gulf War. I am no fan of the guy, by the way. My problem is more with the thousands of civilians that will die in the war, the repurcussions in the region, the resulting strengthening of religious fundamentalist ideas, etc.

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