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To: Elroy who wrote (207242)	10/18/2004 5:40:05 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575538

Re: That's a totally different animal than Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe. The first two lack(ed) the support of their country's populations, and their policies have decimated their country's economies. Mugabe is an innocuous, garden-variety African leader... Unlike Sharon, he doesn't rule over a country that maintains a nuclear arsenal, Mugabe didn't invade his neighbors (remember Lebanon, Sabra and Chatilla, Syria, the strike on Osiraq [Iraq],...)--although he did send troops to the DRC upon Laurent-Désiré Kabila's request... Mugabe does enjoy popular support --of course, not among "white farmers"... Yet Mugabe will never be able to bring the world to the brink of WWIII --American Jesus freaks will never call for nuking Zimbabwe's foes. Whether Sharon is an elected head of state or not is, as far as world peace is concerned, irrelevant... after all, back in 1933, Hitler too was elected to the German Chancellery... Besides, the whole of Latin America is economically bankrupt... does the US plan to invade Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia,...? Gus

To: Elroy who wrote (207242)	10/18/2004 2:01:32 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575538

If Iraq should be described as a state where its citizens are allowed to practice any religion they choose without government interference (as opposed to as a "Muslim state"), shouldn't Israel be described using the same ideal language? Makes you wonder about George's actual ideals. The sharply different descriptions of two countries (one should be Jewish, the other should be open to all religions) within days of each other helps you to understand the Muslims view that US policy in the region is not fair. This issue is becomes even more important when you realize that Israel is roughly 20% Muslim and the Muslim population is growing much faster than the Jewish population. ted