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To: michael97123 who wrote (41008)	4/26/2004 4:27:52 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

The fact that we liberated them goes largely unnoticed because they are consumed with hatred for israel and envy of the US. Point 1 is about 5% true, 95% untrue. Unfortunately, the 5% can still wreat a lot of havoc. Sure, nobody can expect Arab gratitude for more that 5 minutes. But for that short time, the Iraqis were grateful. The soldiers keep saying that most of the Iraqis really support and appreciate their efforts, I don't think they're lying. And the Iraqis all know that the rest of the Arab world loved Saddam, so their buy-in into general Arab attitudes is limited. But I don't think that Iraqis are going to have a democracy either, they don't have a basic understanding of it. Hopefully we can set up a less-than-absolute dictatorship, more on the Jordanian model. But how can America declare that they are fighting to give them a dictatorship?