<OT> We won't back down...

[Bruce Marshall]

On Saturday 29 March 2003 10:21 am, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:50:41 -0800
>
> Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> > Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and
> > the lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be
> > good, but something smells.
>
> Not in the least.  I don't ever believe that massive groups of Arabs
> would invite the "great Satan" into their midst and welcome him with
> open arms.  Nor do I believe that anyone in the administration would
> seriously believe this to be the case.  The whole scenario is
> quite complex, and it's an over simplification to say "it's the oil"
> or "it's the weapons of mass destruction" or "it's freedom for the
> Iraquis" or "it's Al Queda (sp?)", etc.  It's all of these things and
> more.  Some aspects of the campaign are no doubt tied up with
> classified information that we are not privy to, and that's as it
> should be, although that irks the CIA baiters no end.

I don't feel mislead either.   As one Iraqi soldier put it:  "we fear 
Saddam far more than we fear you (U.S.)"

So they won't start being relieved until they are sure that Saddam won't 
be around to harm them.


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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         03/29/03 
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" I said "no" to drugs, but they just wouldn't listen."