From: George Sherwood 

On Sun, 27 May 2007 03:27:05 +1200, Don Hills wrote:

> 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...

Of course Don, it was the oil at least that is what you are getting at. And
when the US didn't follow the rest of the world to those other
places.....oh wait, that didn't happen either.  We can argue all day about
that whats and whys of Iraq and most of it has been hashed out here
forever.

I just can't take this fantasy of Saddam's Irag that Phil is trying to
present.  It is the same fantasy you hear of how great everything is in
Iran and how much behind the government every one is there (Now I am not
saying that they wouldn't be if there was any kind of attack, I am talking
about now).  Guess in other parts of the world, you aren't seeing all the
arrests of woman and others in Iran that don't want to conform. Or maybe
the interest rate cut there, that is purely for the President's friends.

George

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