I'm against the war, Chris, but things change so fast:
>
>THE MONSTER OF BAGHDAD IS NOW THE HERO OF ARABIA
> This is now a nationalist war against the most obvious kind of
>imperial power
> By Robert Fisk
>[The Independent - UK - 01 April 2003]:
>
>{excerpt of concluding par; cj]
>Yet there is one achievement we should note. The ghastly Saddam, the
>most revolting dictator in the Arab world, who does indeed use heinous
>torture and has indeed used gas, is now leading a country that is
>fighting the world's only superpower and that has done so for almost two
>weeks without surrendering. Yes, General Tommy Franks has accomplished
>one "truly remarkable achievement''. He has turned the monster of
>Baghdad into the hero of the Arab world and allowed Iraqis to teach
>every opponent of America how to fight their enemy.
CBC news yesterday reported that exiled Iraqis in nearby state, who were
against the war when it began, are now, many of them, happy to think that
SH will soon be gone. On the other hand, the people of those states are
even angrier at the US.
Does the US admin care? It seems not. And there is that question, which
poor Tony Blair is trying to resolve but he has to convince the US admin:
what will happen next, & will the Iraqis really benefit from their own oil?
And on CBC as I write, an analyst is saying that there's a real question
about what might happen among the people, even if SH is dead. Many believe
their pain & suffering over the past 12 years is the result of US policy,
so they may very well continue to resist US occupation.
'Storing up a lot of enmity to the Americans & the Brits, he says. And Iran
is very worried, no?
Not a truly positive outlook there...
Doug
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he said the President said
he would not kill anyone
anymore and the way he would not kill
would be to let the killers kill
and then he would not be a killer
Eli Mandel (circa 1970)
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