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To: Chas. who wrote (108530)	7/28/2003 3:49:55 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi chuck; Re: "Bilow, the reason Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, Iran, others backed us and helped us on the Saddam removal ..." Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iran were united in telling us that invading was a bad idea. Kuwait and Yemen helped by providing bases but they were paid well. None of these countries provided a single soldier, or even a translator to ease our problem with keeping the Iraqis under control. Here are the numbers: War dead: United States: 238 Britain: 43 Saudi Arabia: 0 Jordan: 0 Syria: 0 Yemen: 0 Kuwait: 0 Iran: 0 Others: 0 While it is true that Saddam was considered an evil influence in the region, it is simply not true that the region was willing to risk giving us even the smallest bit of assistance. The resulting lack of Arab troops in our invasion left us with an Iraqi population that is convinced that Americans are there just to steal their oil. -- Carl