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To: sylvester80 who wrote (179255)	1/5/2006 11:25:56 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Are you saying that people that resist and fight against the invaders of their own country are not fighting for freedom from those invaders? Freedom? The freedom to resume their tyrannical and terrorizing domination of the majority of the population? The Freedom to pilfer the enormous oil wealth so they can line the pockets of the elitist minority? As for the American Revolution, it WAS a fight for freedom. Because what resulted was a nation/state that was more than merely replacing one power elite with another, but the creation of an entirely NEW political system where there were no Kings, no dictators, with a government that derives its power and authority from the people. As for terrorist acts during its course? Certainly.. both sides were guilty. War is a brutal state of existence where the rules of civilization are often ignored, or loosely adhered to. But there's a big difference between the concepts of "freedom" that you are so flippantly flinging about. But maybe if you think those folks are so free, you might just feel right at home living in the Western Anbar province of Iraq.. Hawk