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Good point, Tariq. Which is why it is so important to read multiple sources of news with an eye towards weasel words and bias, and to follow non-partisan investigative reports where there are checks and balances. These two gentlemen are people who actually live and work in Iraq, have lost friends and relatives in the conflict, and openly admit that their bias is towards the positive things that are happening there, while recognizing that a small faction of the 25 million Iraqis are still objecting, for one reason or another, to the freedom and democracy that is developing there. What I don't understand is while, a) We all know that Saddam was a brutal dictator, b) We all know that the US, using UN resolution 1441 as a legal excuse, formed a coalition and deposed him, c) We all now know that the key members of the UN that opposed the coalition had a conflict of interest and were involved with Saddam in looting the country to the tune of some DOUBLE DIGIT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO, WITH PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND, WHY THE HELL ARE SO MANY INDIANS, WHO APPRECIATE THEIR OWN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY, NITPICKING EVERY DETAIL AND OPPOSING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY? IF THE IRAQIS ARE MASOCHISTS AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE BRUTALIZED THEY CAN VOTE THE BAATHISTS BACK INTO POWER, WHO WILL RELEASE SADDAM, AND EVERYONE WILL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. WON'T THEY? --- Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ########################################################################## > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # Want to check the archives? > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > > > --- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > They claimed that they have been amazed at the > > coverage of the events in Iraq in the world and > > especially the American media. They claim that > the > > media spends 100% of coverage on less than 10% of > the > > conflict that remains in the country of 25 million > > people and zero percent on the reconstruction that > is > > going on right now. > > That same media also focused on the violence during > the Saddam Hussein regime. > > -Tariq > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > >