On Saturday 29 March 2003 10:21 am, Collins Richey wrote: > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 06:50:41 -0800 > > Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 03/29/03 10:30 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ " I said "no" to drugs, but they just wouldn't listen." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
