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To: The Philosopher who wrote (85235)	3/23/2003 4:35:16 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Not unless you consider Iraqis to be American

To: The Philosopher who wrote (85235)	3/23/2003 5:38:21 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It is grotesque, to compare the American Revolution to what we are doing in Iraq. The land freed by the Revolution, was organized into States, populated by citizens who voted in elections. (Well, not at first, but eventually we let the women and blacks and Indians and non-property-owners vote). The Iraquis are going to be subjects (not citizens), in the American Colony of Mesopotamia (no rights to vote for the government that controls the army that occupies their land). We will set up a puppet regime, as we have in 50+ nations in the last 100+ years, and that puppet will answer to the U.S., not to the people of Iraq. A colonial administrator. And we will contruct a facade, a mask, to pretend we aren't doing this. And nobody but (some) Americans will be fooled by the patina of FreedomAndDemocracy that we gild over the reality of Empire.