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the decent american believed his/her government's assertion that iraq
possessed weapons of mass destruction, that saddam was willing to use them,
and that only a regime change in that country could eliminate that threat.
the well-being of the iraqi people and its democratization was, as you well
know a canard. it was a corrupt addendum, an argument made by the british and
american governments when their initial postulates were proven false and
unfounded. but the wmd argument allowed the buildup of extraordinary
military might in the region.because bush and company could not pull back
that large force without costly political embarrassment, the wellbeing of the
iraqi people became a useful tool. i doubt very much that the salvation and
well being of the assyrians and kurds, the sunnis and shia would have been of
such import and concern to the american public, in economic pain, that it
would 'will' to support an american salvage operation.
now you opt to send to casi political pamphlets that obviously reflect a
degree of gratitude to the americans and british...they even tell their
audience to listen to cnn, voice of america, etc. they contain some good
words about equality regardless of ethnicity, but at the same time are
clearly religious in audience targeting. i am revulsed by such
pamphlets....you may have a right to post them...and i to object to their
shallow and not so veiled confirmation of their religious origin....i wonder
if the iraqis will, in light of what you sent, resort to the same old, same
old, same old corrupt and zealous religious nightmare that clouds and
cripples the reason of not only so many in the middleeast including
israel, but also bush and colleagues.( is nuri es said still available to
become prime minister? perhaps he can be revived from his crypt if not
already celebrating the second coming of the brits and americans .)
i urge you to eschew pamphleteering. such documents are somewhere beyond
reason and perhaps national dignity. talk about freedom from saddam, but also
talk about freedom from hunger and from foreign domination. iraqi dignity and
humanism deserve that.
tony
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