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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (67622)	2/5/2003 1:48:45 PM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

This means that we will replace Saddam with another unpopular "leader" who will oppose the Kurds and the Shia. How will this person stay in power if not by brute force? I don't buy the argument that the U.S. will hold sway in a post war Iraq. The U.N. is likely to have a huge say as well. But for the sake of argument, let's say that a leader unpopular to the Kurds and Shia takes the helm. Do you really think he will be allowed to murder these groups? I don't. And Turkey has a discontented Kurd population that isn't subdued by brute force. Why not Iraq? Lots of countries have minorities that are not contented but reach peaceful solutions. I just can't leap to the conclusion that the only way for Iraq to exist is by brutality. In a perfect world that would be so. Ours is not perfect. I don't think it takes a perfect world to stand up to men like Saddam and I think that a little backbone on the part of the world will go a long way to reducing the number of these brutal regimes. Why not start now?