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To: cosmicforce who wrote (96671)	2/27/2005 9:39:18 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

They had a theocracy because the Soviet Union (the Evil Empire) destablized the country by invading it. After the Soviets pulled out the theocrats eventually took power by driving the non-theocrats out of power. The non-theocrats aka the Northern Alliance fought against the Soviet invaders too. Re. Afghan widows, you realize that if the Soviets you champion hadn't invaded Afghanistan, there would be few such widows. At least Afghan women now have freedom to support themselves, get educations, and even vote. Iraq was mainly armed by the countries you champion: Soviet Union, France, and China. During the brief warming of relations during the Iran-Iraq war, we supplied them few weapons at all: Imported weapons to Iraq (IRQ) in 1973-2002 Country $MM USD 1990 % Total <b<>USSR 25145 57.26 France 5595 12.74 China 5192 11.82 Czechoslovakia 2880 6.56 Poland 1681 3.83 Brazil 724 1.65 Egypt 568 1.29 Romania 524 1.19 Denmark 226 0.51 Libya 200 0.46 USA 200 0.46 South Africa 192 0.44 Austria 190 0.43 Switzerland 151 0.34 Yugoslavia 107 0.24 Germany (FRG) 84 0.19 Italy 84 0.19 UK 79 0.18 Hungary 30 0.07 Spain 29 0.07 East Germany (GDR) 25 0.06 Canada 7 0.02 Jordan 2 0.005 Total 43915 100.0 parapundit.com I've pointed this fact out before, but you've given me the opoortunity to do it again. Thanks. Ever see Rummy shaking Saddam's hand. Hard to make that picture go away, isn't it? The picture is utterly irrelevant. There are similar pictures of various American Presidents shaking hands with are variety of foreign rogues - for example: Richard Nixon with Mao and various Soviet leaders FDR with Joseph Stalin Reagan with Gorbachev I could go on. You actually believe that freedom and democracy in other countries is bad for the US and brutal tyrants are our real friends.