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To: Suma who wrote (37986)	4/5/2004 11:38:16 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793996

When tyranny takes over eventually it will self destruct. Like a lake that purges itself... It looks dreadful for awhile but finally the pureness of it rises to the surface and nature has reclaimed the good and pure. I would be fascinated if you could post one example of tyranny "self-destructing" via a "natural" process.

To: Suma who wrote (37986)	4/5/2004 3:06:56 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793996

The fall of Communism didn't have all the fanfare of troops marching down the Champs De (sp.) and was done quite quietly.. My reference to that was a bit too oblique. What I meant was that the Europeans had recent memories of freedom so they rejoiced at our giving that back to them plus they were given it back by folks who were culturally compatible to them. The Iraqis are more like the Soviets in that they became accustomed to a totalitarian government and lost their sense of what to do when free. Kind of like sables that are set free my PETA types and then just stand around their feeding dishes looking stunned rather than scampering into the woods. The Iraqis don't know that they haven't gone from the frying pan into the fire. Us marching into Baghdad isn't the same as marching into Paris. Not at all. Poor choice of words. By blessing in disguise I simply meant that in a generation they may, with good fortune, become acclimated to the benefits of a more western approach and look back on the invasion of Iraq as having been a good thing, even though it wasn't clearly so at the time.