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To: Elroy who wrote (221728)	2/28/2007 10:08:58 AM
From: SARMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There is no question about the removal of Saddam. Every one wanted Saddam out, however, everybody knew that if Saddam is to go, the country would fall apart. With his dictatorship, he had the country together. Same goes for Syria.

To: Elroy who wrote (221728)	2/28/2007 10:41:01 AM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>" How many Iraqis prior to the invasion, both within and outside Iraq, do you think supported the forced removal of Saddam's regime? My hunch would be about 70%. What's your guess? "<< Ok, if that is the case that 70% supported "forced removal" of Saddam, why didn't they do it? Don't tell me that they were fearful of Saddam's retribution. They don't seem to have any problems today with the "forced removal" of anyone now. Maybe the number supporting forced removal was 10% and most of them were in London, Syria and Jordan. The Kurds were probably happy with their situation since we were protecting them and they were essentially running their own show even though Saddam still was in Baghdad. And the Shia did not seem to be all that excited about our invasion when we rolled in, contrary to the flowers and kisses we were told to expect. Btw, how come it seemed that the so-called terrorist training sites we were told about before the invasion always seemed to be in the Kurdish controlled areas and even when we arrested the Iranian "diplomats" recently, they were also in the Kurdish area? The Kurds control Irbil, don't they?