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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Fred Levine who wrote (69731)4/11/2003 10:34:28 PM
From: Sun Tzu   of 70976
 
> It's funny to me to read that you and Zonder blame the US for Saddam 15 years ago

I don't know about Zonder, but my finger pointing goes way before that. CIA was behind bringing Baath party to power.

> yet think that Halabja should be forgotten because it was 12 yrs ago

Not at all. There is however a notion of a transaction. And it is universal in the world. Once a full round has been played, you can't go back to it. Do you bring up the old issues everytime you have a fight with your wife?

If you want to make Halabja an issue, then you have to explain what makes it special compared to other events in the world. Remember, no selective prosecution.

> I have been following the Russian press' response to the war, and they have been enormously distorted.

Absolutely! I don't think Russians are any better than anyone else. (actually I think they are worse than most) But do you think the image is fake? I was watching the statue event live. And I remember thinking how few people were there, unless you were looking at a special angle only.

> Do you think the world and Iraqis are safer without Saddam?

I would say the Iraqis will most likely be better off. But the world, well I don't know yet. It is still too soon to tell.

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