SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (161993)5/14/2005 1:03:45 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Not really, because the difference is less than you make out.
...
though even there the effect of the reporting exaggerates the degree of danger

Given the accuracy of our intel & media on the WMD front, I'd suspect your second comment applies equally well to Saddam & his mukhabarat's accomplishments wrt to the average compliant Iraqi.

Since 2003, there have been a number of polls where Iraqi's claimed they were safer under Saddam then under the Americans.

I agree in general with your last paragraph. However, on some fronts, like womens rights, things are tending backwards. There was at one point an uptick in violence on Baghdad University(??) against women, as well as profs that were more secular. So the degree to which one can say what one thinks now is perhaps not so good as you might think.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News