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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. T. who wrote (5767)	3/31/2003 10:09:49 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 21614

How do you know that? Because it IS. You would know that if you traveled to the Middle East and also spoke to their nationals abroad. Would the Saudi or Iranian government publish a poll that shows its population is unhappy being under the thumb of a family or religious group. Some of us, who have been to these places, do not rely solely on polls to reach our conclusions. I suspect you are correct Thanks. Even looking at it from purely a statistical point of view, we can see that ex-pats are a specific group as well as a minority one and cannot possibly be representative of the views of the vast majority that has stayed home. I have a friend who has worked in Saudi Arabia for over 10 years who puts some government support down to a resignation of the populace Not a bad assessment. I am not saying that most Iraqis support Saddam, by the way. I am saying that they do not wish to be invaded. This is supported by the 3,000 or so Iraqis who had escaped Saddam to live in Jordan coming back to fight in Iraq against US/UK.