Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:18:52 +0300 From: Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr> To: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> Cc: tlambert2@mindspring.com, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: helping victims of terror Message-ID: <3BB656DC.EA368B11@duth.gr> References: <1001447850.3bb0e1aa11dfc@webmail.neomedia.it> <20010925222900.A71817@lpt.ens.fr> <3BB216E8.89F3419@mindspring.com> <20010926202630.C10954@lpt.ens.fr> <20010926204026.D10954@lpt.ens.fr> <3BB42B36.7E66988D@mindspring.com> <427130000.1001716143@lobster.originative.co.uk> <3BB61EEC.FDF9BA9F@mindspring.com> <726390000.1001791938@lobster.originative.co.uk>
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Paul Richards wrote: > > --On Saturday, September 29, 2001 12:20:12 -0700 Terry Lambert > <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > Paul Richards wrote: > >> > If the sanctions are so problematic, there is an easy way to > >> > end them: Saddam the great humanitarian could step down. > >> > >> Saddam's a very popular leader in Iraq. His people think he does a good > >> job of standing up to US oppression. > >> > >> The people don't want him to step down, it's the US that wants that and > >> about the only support they have in that view is the UK. All the other > >> allies from the Gulf war gave up supporting the US' crusade against > >> Saddam a long time ago. > > > > I guess the sanctions aren't as problematic as people have > > been suggesting, then... > > How does that follow? > > Sanctions strengthen the population's support for Saddam because they see > him as defending them against US oppression which is symbolised by the > sanctions imposed on them. These sanctions are typical of non-sensical US > foreign policy in that the outcome is the exact opposite of what is hoped > for. You *assume* that the US really wants Saddam to step down, merely because they say so... well, you know what they say about assumptions. --kkonstan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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