--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 12/10/05 6:58:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The trial of Saddam Hussein, which has opened with much > international publicity, is a desperate attempt to justify and > convey some legitimacy on the criminal U.S. invasion and occupation > of Iraq. It is an effort to demoralize and divide the resistance > to the occupation. It has nothing to do with justice or truth. > > All the political forces internationally that have opposed the > 15-year-long U.S. war on Iraq--which has included starvation > sanctions, bombing and invasion--should also oppose all the > efforts to justify the continued occupation, including the present > trial of the former Iraqi leader and seven members of his > government. > > > > > We love you Sara! With articles like yours and the Cindy Sheehans, > Nancy Pelosis John Murthas et al, middle America can take a good > hard look at who is lying and telling the truth and who really has > the best interest of the country in mind. Poor Saddam! just a good > 'ol boy never meanin' no harm. >
Dear MDixon6569. I would like to clarify the my main reason of posting IAC's statement is to expose the members of this group to alternate views, not readily available through the mainstream US mass media, by making use of the wonderful electronic medium. My personal opinion as a historian, in case you are interested, is that history's verdict will be that Saddam Hussein was a mediocre Third World leader, not clever enough not to be deceived into believing that US would help him prevail over Iran and that US didn't mind if he invaded Kuwait. His and the Baathis party's internal record was mixed. On the positive side was the nationalization of the mineral wealth of his country and the use of the profits, at least in part, to raise the health and education level of his people, as well as the social position of the women. On the negative side, he was undoubtedly ruthlessness against his enemies. But in final analysis by far the the main indictment against him is that he did not learn from his experience of the Iraq-Iran war and fell for a second time in the intricate trap we had set for him (named most appropriately by Middle Easterners "Operation Desert Trap"), bringing eventually, through the US invasion, untold suffering to his people, and necessitating a second heroic anti-colonization struggle. Cheers, Eustace ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
