From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sun Feb 16 2003 - 10:48:23 MST
War protestors around the world may be dismayed to learn
the effect of their efforts on the population of Baghdad
and on Saddam's government. The news is greeted with the
greatest elation by the government and Mr. Hussein.
Meanwhile the people ask, "Is it really true?", so often
have they been lied to by their government-controlled
media. I'm afraid it is, and those who strongly want
to be rid of him must be greatly discouraged.
So while the effect of the demonstrations on the Bush
administration and its allies will be minimal, of course,
we can expect that any thoughts Saddam Hussein has of
abdicating or to destroying his WMD are put on hold.
He'll naturally grasp at whatever straws are offered,
and all the so-called "peace" demonstrators---whose main
effect is to increase the likelihood of war---are giving
him great encouragement, reluctant as they may be to
admit it.
This resembles ever so much the Vietnam debacle a
generation ago, the main difference being that in
addition to the encouragement and support given to
the murderous Hanoi regime, western politicians were
deeply affected by the demonstrations and protests
as the years went by. At least this time there
will not follow such tragic consequences.
Lee
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