>From what I understand we gave him the means to move up, money and removed some of his adversaries.
sas 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 2:19 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Gel's perception of Americans 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:5:190904 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
