I knew we supported him when he was fighting against the Iranians. I thought his rise to power was through Baath party internal politics.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Gel's perception of Americans > > With a large assist from the CIA, at the time we needed him > to crush the Iranians, he started out as a pro-US leader.. he > didn't become the enemy until Desert Storm. > > > Scott A. Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > GNSI > 11820 Parklawn Dr > Rockville, MD 20852 > (301) 770-9610 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Gel's perception of Americans > > How's that? > > Didn't the Baath party assassinate the previous leader? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:10 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Gel's perception of Americans > > > > Maybe....but we put him there.... > > > > > > > > Scott A. Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > GNSI > > 11820 Parklawn Dr > > Rockville, MD 20852 > > (301) 770-9610 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:05 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Gel's perception of Americans > > > > Yeah, Iraqis wanted Saddam as their leader. :-) > > > > - Matt > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:01 PM > > Subject: Gel's perception of Americans > > > > > > > To base the perception of a people on their leader is just > > wrong. Would > > > you > > > base your perception of Haitians on "Baby Doc" Duvalier ?, > > your perception > > > of Germans on Hitler? While Bush is the elected leader of > > the US, he is > > > neither "the Voice of the People" or representative of 75% > > of Americans. > > > > > > > > > > > > (while Bush won over 50% of the vote it was 50% of 61% > > percent of the > > > population that voted leaving about 75% who didn't vote for him) > > > > > > > > > > > > There are Americans who think like you perceive that we do, > > but they are > > > in > > > the vast minority > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott A. Stewart > > > > > > Webmaster/Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 11820 Parklawn Dr > > > > > > Rockville, MD 20852 > > > > > > (301) 770-9610 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190902 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
