From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jun 18 2003 - 15:23:37 MDT
On Sunday 15 June 2003 11:20, Lee Corbin wrote:
> Michael Wiik writes
>
> > You know, I hear that the US troops occupying Iraq are driving up to
> > towns, and searching house to house for hidden weapons. It appears some
> > Iraqis are signalling their arrival to others by flickering their porch
> > lights. Hmmm, citizens warning their fellows about occupying troops
> > coming to search for guns, using lights.... I seem to have heard
> > something similar to that before somewhere, maybe from elementary
> > school.... help me out here Ron...
>
> Doesn't it bother you at all that you would consider the
> Baathist murderers to be analogous to the U.S.'s original
> revolutionaries and founders? Those like Saddam Hussein
> ---criminals against humanity of the first degree--- need
> to be hunted down after they lose wars!
>
Oh good grief! Go back and reread. The above talks about common people
warning other common people of the approach of occupying troops to search
their homes. Where in the heck is this the same as "Baathist murderers". Do
you consider all Iraqi people to be such?
> Exactly the same thing was done to the Nazi organization
> after WWII, and ought always to be done. Because if it is
> not done, a ruthless minority of fanatics will once again
> assume power, and the atrocities will go on and on and on.
> It's how history works, unfortunately.
It is also the standard practice of would be tyrants to disarm the populace.
The Iraqis will have little recourse but to accept whatever we decide. This
is "freeing" Iraq? Really?
- samantha
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