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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (118975)	11/8/2003 6:28:11 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "I guess that unlike you I can figure out that different populations are different, even if both are Arabs. Iraqis are less prone to buy into the current Arab "wall of lies" than other Arabs, since that wall of lies included 30 years of Arab support for Saddam as a Great Arab Leader, nevermind how he treated the Iraqis." The facts on the ground are that Iraq has been extremely danerous for Americans since the occupation, while Palestine was only recently declared a danger zone. This would suggest that the Iraqis are LESS friendly towards the Americans than the Palestinians. I have no doubt that the majority of the population of Iraq was pleased to get rid of Saddam, but unhappy to be under a US occupation. Just because they hated Saddam doesn't mean that they love Bush. You occasionally quote the aphorism that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" (or similar). This is true, but what you're trying to generalize it into is "the enemy of my [former] enemy is my friend". This is not a true aphorism. Once your enemy is out of power, you recalculate who is your friend based on your remaining enemies. Iraq's current enemies are Israel and the US. Israel for sitting on Arab land, and the US for (a) helping Israel, (b) trying to steal Iraqi oil, (c) sanctioning Iraq, (d) lying about Iraqi WMDs in order to start an "unjust" war, and (e) fighting against Iraq using "unfair" advantages. Note that whenever two nations fight using different technologies, each nation claims that the other's weapons are "unfair", and the other guy is always the "unjust" side, LOL. -- Carl P.S. Nadine Carroll, November 3, 2003 Repeat after me, Sam: "my enemy's enemy is my friend" Oldest saying in the Middle East. Saddam hated America. Al Qaeda hated America. Ergo. ... #reply-