Washington Post
March 26, 2003
from
Wanda Baucus,
the wife of 20 years of Montana Sen. Max Baucus (d)-------
"I want the people in Iraq to have peace -- the people whose lives are in turmoil because of the war, the children, their mothers, the farmers, the grandmothers and even the camels that are out grazing," said the 54-year-old Baucus, an anthropologist who has taught at Harvard as well as a painter who regularly visits the south of France.
"Baghdad is where the beginning of civilization occurred, literally where the wheel was invented, where the very first city was built, where writing began, and it has a very deep and profoundly beautiful history -- which we should never take lightly, no matter who the existing president is."
Even if it's Saddam? "I think he is very proud of the history of his country. I think it's we Americans who don't know the facts about what anthropologists call 'the cradle of civilization.' When we watch the bombing on television, we really don't seem to understand or appreciate that some of these places are sacred. . . . I disagree with those who say that Saddam Hussein doesn't think about this. He cares about these places and their people."
>>>>well, I was with her on the first paragraph (not too much on the camel portion, tho)
and
the second is ok, too
but
the third paragraph started out a tad weak in logic
BUT
the sentence I bolded made me fall from my chair .......
sheeeeeeeesh |
