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2003-04-21 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-21 09:18 am|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "It is from our oil. Saddam Hussein was an unjust ruler, but maybe one day we could have got rid of him, and not had these foreigners come in to our country."

The salaam pax line. From a doctor in Baghdad, not surprisingly. Probably is a widespread viewpoint among Sunni Arabs, especially the educated class.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-21 09:21:34|| 2003-04-21 09:21:34|| Front Page Top

#2 One also has to wonder if the hospital in question was a public hospital, or one of the many that only party members had access to. Just as in the Soviet Union, there were facilities and stores that only party members could use. Little or no mention is being made in the media to differentiate the two types, which were looted and which were not, etc.

Posted by Chuck 2003-04-21 09:45:05|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-04-21 09:45:05|| Front Page Top

#3 "but maybe one day we could have got rid of him..."

Just out of curiosity would that day have been before or after he supplied WMD for use against New York and Washington?

Posted by Matt 2003-04-21 11:38:57|| 2003-04-21 11:38:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Good call, Matt. I'm sure they just needed another 30 years to get their act together.

Posted by Dar 2003-04-21 11:58:25|| 2003-04-21 11:58:25|| Front Page Top

#5 You think this is bad, wait a few decades until they start lecturing us on proper "multilateral" restraints.

Posted by someone 2003-04-21 22:23:10|| 2003-04-21 22:23:10|| Front Page Top

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