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----- Original Message ----- From: abdul karim salih <akarimsalih@hotmail.com> To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:19 AM Subject: [casi] Beginning of the End of our Struggle for freedom > > Thankyou Mr Bush and Blair for ending the murderous rule of Saddam. Which was done by murdering a thausand civilians(so far) and probably thausands of Iraqi conscripts and ends with the US being given Iraq's oil on a platter. Whether > you did it for us, or for oil; whether Un approved it or not etc. IT STILL > NEEDED DOING! And it could have been done in ways that would not have left those who put Saddam's party in power(the US), in direct control of the country, who can now rip the Iraqi people off for years to come. You want me to celebrate? This is first glimmer of hope for 30 years. > Yes Iraq still has problems, like possible American occupation, but in worst > case scenario, even the most avid Saddamites and Bush haters cannot claim > that American rule- subject to democratic pressures- can be worse than > brutal dictators. And the peaceniks need to know and remember that fact. > Yes it is like the falling of the Eastern European regimes- not least > because Saddam(?) is a Baathist=Communist; another thing which makes > leftwing peaceniks uncomfortable. These people are just coming out of denial > about the collapse of their beloved Soviet Union and now their in denial > about the collapse of Arab Communism. To the extent that they are disgusted > by and explaining away Iraqi celebration at saddam's collapse. why should > people suffering for 3o years keep quiet because of a particular armchair > reading of US foreign policy motives. People who refuse to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. As I've said before, personal attacks on those who you disagree with just suggest that your argument is weak. . > No matter what people say remember that Bush had domestic support for > launching an offensive whereas saddam was such a loser that he couldn't even > persuade his people to defend THEIR OWN COUNTRY against invasion. such a > dreadful leader who has deliberately acted against the Iraqi national > interest for 3 decades had to go. > What about the suffering? We have suffered for 30 years and no one noticed > and now it is coming to an end we are being asked to relive our nightmares. > Whose side are CASI subscribers on- did you want us to continue suffering > under Saddam? Of course not. You say 'us'. Were you in Itaq during the sanctions and thie latest bombing? What makes you a spokesman for the people? Tim > > Let us hope for a better future for Iraq post-Saddam. We have had to live > without even hope for so long. > > AK Salih > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/mobile > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk