--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/22/06 8:48:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Actually, Iraq was quite prosperous until > > > > sanctions were imposed. Poverty wasn't a > > > > big problem. Iraq had made great strides > > > > in education as well under Saddam. > > > > > > The Sean Penn puppet from Team America, World Police: Last year I > > > went to Iraq. Before Team America showed up, it was a happy place. > > > They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of > > > chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with > > > gumdrop smiles. > > > > Medication time, Shemp. > > > > > > > > No Judy, Shemp was right in his analysis of you above comment. Poverty > > wasn't much of an issue among Sunnis but it was among Shiia and Kurds. > > > > Er, there are plenty of poor Sunnis. Being Sunni made it easier to get into > Saddam's good > graces than being Kurd or Shiite, but only a fraction of the Sunnis were > truely elite. > > You sure seem to be contradicting your own statement that > poverty wasn't a big problem in Iraq, pre sanctions.
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