To: LindyBill who wrote (95174 ) 4/20/2003 9:53:41 AM From: Sig Respond to of 281500 Victory: <<THERE can be little doubt: Given a fair chance at it, if the Iraqis win democracy this time, they will hold it with all their force and defend it with their lives.>> They are now free in so many ways its going to be bit confusing, but will work out well. Down with the false idols, all those pictures and statues of SH May be time for a new flag design also What has the US won?.Something very important 300,000 troops who have visited the region, picked up a few words, a better understanding of the people, the country, the resources along with another 300k who studied the problem but did not go over. Our idol is knowledge and was hard won, for those who served 300,000 with supreme confidence that their training was useful, that their systems work, that they can survive under extreme conditions and under fire from an enemy even if dressed in civilian clothes or attacking with car bombs. 300,000 who now know absolutely that if they are captured they will not be forgotten and that every effort will be exerted to bring them home. And if they die, they will be buried on American soil. The rescued POW's are proof of that for years to come. Many Nations who have submitted complaints or requests to the UN and received no reply, no solutions, to correct certain conditions in their countries will now talk to the US who will help if they can and in doing so we will gain a better knowledge of who harbors or supports terrorists, who may become allies in the next Coalition when its needed Altogether, if Saddam was still around at that time, he must have thought that before he could drag out all those munitions and rockets stored in schools, libraries, mosques,and hotels and start fighting a war, our troops were living in his main Palace with tanks parked in downtown Baghdad. Sig