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To: Brumar89 who wrote (15163)1/6/2005 9:58:59 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
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Is that respect for the UN I see .. Respect? If the UN does something correct, I will respect that. Surely those who claim to respect the UN should continue to do so now that it backs current American policy for Iraq.

you say it was UN's idea to make Iraq democratic because they passed resolution 1546? I didn't say it WAS the UN's idea to make Iraq democratic before the invasion, but it clearly IS the UN's intention now and USNC res. 1546 is proof of that.

Do you have names and places for this mighty resistance?
No, I don't have names and places but I do recall a UN spokesman say that the Iraqi regime had killed over 300,000 of Iraq's civilians and buried them in mass graves. I don't doubt he was right given that Iraqis say the same. And we know many of Saddam's victims were from rebellions against his dictatorial rule.

The obvious fact is that Iraqis are currently staging a resistance to US/UK occupation of their country that they never felt like doing against Saddam. The mighty US army is barely holding them down. Saddam would have no chance if they had revolted in such numbers and with such ferocity against him.

Saddam was much more ruthless than the US first of all. Second, the resistance to the formation of a new government is now coming entirely from the Sunni Arab community (along with help from terrorists from abroad). We know the total Sunni Arab percent of the population is 15-20% of the population. Ipso facto, at least 80-85% of the population is not resisting at all.

Perhaps you consider only the Sunni Arab hardliners to be real Iraqis?
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