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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (34757)	7/10/2004 11:43:40 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I'm just glad he did. Saddam was a menace and a nuke waiting to happen

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (34757)	7/10/2004 12:17:27 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 81568

Paper Publishing Novel by Saddam July 8, 2004 katc.com CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's latest novel contains an apparent reference to the Sept. 11 attacks and returns to his favorite theme of good vs. evil -- Arabs and Muslims fighting their enemies in the West. The first excerpt of "Get Out, You Damned" appeared Thursday in Asharq al-Awsat, a London-based Arab newspaper, which is publishing the entire work over the next several days. The manuscript was found in the Ministry of Culture after Baghdad's fall, indicating that it was written while Saddam was still in power. The newspaper said it had received its copy from Saddam's physician, Alla Bashir, who fled Iraq after the war and was believed to be in Qatar. Ali Abdel Amir, an Iraqi writer and critic who has read the whole manuscript, said the novel was similar in style to three others attributed to Saddam. All four were signed simply: "Its author." Abdel Amir said "Get Out, You Damned" describes a Zionist-Christian conspiracy against Arabs and Muslims, with an Arab leading an army that invades the land of the enemy and topples one of their monumental towers, an apparent reference to the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York by Islamic militants of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. The novel opens with a narrator, who bears a resemblance to the Jewish, Christian and Muslim patriarch Abraham, telling cousins Ezekiel, Youssef and Mahmoud that Satan lives in the ruins of a Babylon destroyed by the Persians and the Jews. Saddam had heavily restored the remains of Babylon, one of the world's most important archaeological sites, located just south of Baghdad. Ezekiel, symbolizing the Jews, is portrayed as greedy, ambitious and destructive. "Even if you seize all the property of others, you will suffer all your life," the narrator tells him. Youssef, who symbolizes the Christians, is portrayed as generous and tolerant -- at least in the early passages. Mahmoud, symbolizing Muslims, emerges as the conqueror at the end of the book, Abdel Amir told The Associated Press. Saddam "was completely out of touch with actual reality, and novel writing gave him the chance to live in delusions," Abdel Amir said. Saddam's close aide and deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz, was quoted by his American interrogators shortly after his surrender to U.S. troops as saying Saddam used to spend most of his time in recent years writing novels, leaving key decisions to his sons and other trusted relatives. Saddam also has been credited with writing "Zabibah and the King," "The Fortified Citadel" and "Men and a City." "Zabibah and the King" tells a story of a leader who sacrifices a luxurious life for the sake of his people. "The Fortified Citadel" described the rise to power of Saddam's Baath Party. "Men and a City" is widely viewed as a thinly veiled autobiography, presenting him as powerful and heroic. It appeared at a time when tens of thousands of U.S. troops were about to start a war to remove him from power. Egyptian novelist Youssef al-Qaeed described the works as "naive and superficial." "They look like political leaflets," he said.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (34757)	7/10/2004 2:53:16 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 81568

As OIL is the sine qua non for running America's industries and keeping its citizenry happy in summer and cozy in winter, it is imperative for America to secure supplies of oil wherever it could find them. Despite denials to the contrary by the Bushies, it is now quite apparent that the US foray into Iraq is for oil. Veep Cheney's strong associations with Halliburton also reinforce that belief. Unfortunately for the Bush administration, their foray into Iraq was not a cakewalk as they had expected. To the contrary, it turned out like they are now riding a tiger. Whilst feeling relatively safe and in control on its back, they are quite apprehensive about getting down and going away. The Bushies' over-eager reliance on flawed Iraqi intelligence and questionable Iraqi exiles and whatnot coupled with their greed for oil has embarrassed America considerably before the world. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the epithet "Ugly American" gained currency in Asia (especially in S.E. Asia). I believe it, too, will gain currency in the Middle East. Murphy's Law says in effect: If anything is liable to go wrong, it will. Yea, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Bush and his henchmen will pay the price in November!

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (34757)	7/10/2004 5:26:54 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Do you get it yet. Kerry gave Bush the power to go it alone (even though he didn't). There is a coalition. What part of 30 countries don't you understand. Even if there were only 2 countries, that isn't going it "alone". I think you need to get out your dictionary, look up the word alone. You will be shocked as to its definition. After you look up the word, compare the definiton to this list of countries: Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Thailand, the Philippines, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.