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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (2465)1/20/2003 1:51:49 PM
From: PartyTime  Read Replies (2) of 25898
 
Excellent posted interview, George! I was very struck by the below comment:

>>>If the US attempts to invade and occupy Iraq, I believe that they will find that the people are prepared to defend their country. Not for Saddam Hussein, but out of love for their country and hatred of their enemy. Even young children understand that their brother?s and sister?s die from very treatable diseases because of US sanctions.<<<

You have to think that these people also must consider what it'd be like living under a US-occupation, especially given most Iraqi people don't believe Americans understand them, especially their culture. Also noteworthy is the fact that the historical understandings of the Iraqi people are quite different than the historical understandings of the American people.

And if you wonder how aware we are of history, how many of you realize it was only 400 years or so ago that we realized that the earth goes around the sun. But this fact didn't hurt a bit when our US leaders determined it a wise policy to spread nuclear materials to last 10,000 years around the earth.

I'll conclude with this: I just don't know why people who don't know don't know. They should at least know they dont' know, but they don't. It's truly boggling.
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