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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (21702)	10/5/2004 4:26:44 PM
From: The Ox	Respond to of 23153

How many of the insurgents fighting us in Iraq, who are blowing themselves up in suicide missions and beheading their captives, are simply Saddam's men still furiously angry over being ousted from power? What percentage of the native population is 'involved' in this armed 'resistance'? How long and well do you think Saddam and his forces planned for just this type of armed resistance? I assume you have heard some of the stories coming out of Iraq about how Saddam handled 'dissenters'? While I know we are creating more disgruntled people with every day that goes by, to see the brutality of these people seems to justify my belief that there was no way the people of Iraq could have over come the Saddam regime by themselves. When there was an opportunity to oust Saddam after the first gulf war, we, the US, turned our back on those who might have been able to do just that. So, yes, I do think it is a bit presumptuous to suggest that the Iraqis could have ousted Saddam on their own.