From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , George Sherwood
 wrote:
>
>How about the Iraqi's own hatred for Saddam?  In case you missed it,
>they put him on the end of a short rope and the majority cheered.  This
>just doesn't match with your "enlightened" Iraq under Saddam.  How in
>the hell do you think he kept the peace?  By his great love for the
>Iraqi people and charm?  By allowing women the right to vote and divorce?

He wasn't by any means the nastiest ruler around, then or now. Gee, I
wonder why the US chose to "help" the Iraqi people instead of,
say, the people of Uganda or Zimbabwe? Wait, don't tell me, I'm sure I'll
get it in a minute...

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