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To: see clearly now who wrote (99016)	5/24/2003 10:02:07 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

>>while taking away the potential influence of Moderate Muslim and other civilization's leaders to create a more peaceful and honorable world<< Ali Al-Hammad, a Saudi Shi'a who is the head of the Saudi Institute, disagrees with you. He sees getting rid of Saddam as something beneficial to the region. I would describe Mr. Al-Hammad as moderate, although I think it would be more accurate to call him liberal, in the same way that Tom Paine and John Locke were liberal, believers in the rights of mankind. saudiinstitute.org He once told me that he used to wonder why the US did not care about the oppression of Arabs, whether we were just racists, but now realizes that we mostly don't know what is going on, or what to do about it. The Saudi regime is very oppressive, and we need to pressure them into change. There is injustice being done by both Israel and Palestine, and we need to pressure them into change, although I fear that this will never be a good situation. Well, I never believed that the Berlin wall would come down or that the Cold War would end so I never give up hope completely. What is going on now in Iraq and Afghanistan are not unique - oppression and misery are always with us, although we must do our best to stop it. Even in the best of places there is oppression and misery for some. There will always be work for men and women of good will. We must remain always hopeful.