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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43639)	2/26/2003 11:52:45 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Iraqis and liberation? Much of the news today centers on the demonstrations against a war in Iraq. This and the ignorance of people, has troubled me enough to write about it. Watching the sea of humans on television, I draw a parallel between the images of Iraqi Kurds in the refugee camps, their children playing in the mud and the children in the democratic nations, walking all festive and cheerful, hand in hand with their parents! Obviously in the “free” world there is enough democracy to have the “right” to express your opinion but the question arises when one thinks about the suffering people in Iraq and the nature of these demonstrations! Is it really the Children they care for or is it because it is fashionable to go to these rallies? Or is it the western belief that Iraq cannot become a democratic society so why bother? Are Iraqis not human enough to be liberated like Germans, Italians, and French as they were liberated in 1945? Why Europeans welcome American intervention in solving European security problems but they are all fire when it is about the Middle East (anyone still remember Kosovo?) Perhaps this line of thinking comes from the anti Semitic European attitude towards Arabs otherwise Europeans know it better than anyone else that sometimes nations have to be helped to help themselves. Every person is worthy of living in freedom and unfortunately Iraqis and the rest of Middle East are deprived of their most basic rights. Perhaps there are people in this world who like me find this current act of demonstrations a betrayal to the oppressed Iraqis. Where were the human-shield-candlelight-vigil people when Kurds or Iranian soldiers were gassed? We are speaking about a regime that is responsible for the genocide of about a million people! This regime must be held accountable for crimes against humanity. It is never too late or too early to move in and eliminate this cancerous tumor. The removal of this regime is a blessing for the region and will open new horizons for the Iraqi people as well as of other nations in the Middle East. Finally, the US has come to realize the importance of security in the region and the inseparable relationship between security and democracy. Iraqis are living zombie-like under this regime. The oil is smuggled out to bring money for palaces and weapons while Iraqi children are dying because of medicine shortage. We must all pray for an end to this tragic condition but it is obvious that will not happen as long as the current Iraqi regime is in power. An invasive surgery on this dying patient is better than letting him dye painfully and slowly. Unlike Europeans I believe Iraqis deserve a better life and they will have a brighter future under a democratic regime. Now you have two choices: forward this to your friends or delete. Sheema Kalbasi