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To: quehubo who wrote (117710)	10/25/2003 11:59:10 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi quehubo; Re: "What surprises me is that people of means living in the free world think that supporters of the regime had no responsibility for Saddam's atrocities or the for the victims of the containment policy." I don't think that "supporters of the regime had no responsibility for Saddam's attrocities". In fact, I think that supporters of the regime were responsible for all of Saddam's attrocities. What could be more natural? And I don't think that those supporters were not partially responsible for the victims of the containment policy. They had full free will. If they'd wanted to improve relations with the US, I think they could have found a way. But the internal logic of your post is fascinating. All I did was propose a reason that the Iraqi people admire the French more than the Americans. It's general human nature to not admire people who kill you, your friends, etc. Furthermore, the same Zogby poll reported that by wide margins, Iraqis feel that US soldiers have behaved badly. I would think that this feeling would lead to lack of admiration for the US. From there, what wicked wanton leaps of lurid logic would lead you to your post? -- Carl P.S. Bilow, March 16, 2003 The US won't have any more problem with the Arabs in Iraq than the Israelis have with the Arabs in Palestine. #reply-18708904