-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Santosh opposes the liberation of over 80% of > Iraqis from a brutal and sadistic dictator who had > subjugated them by force for decades. > > --- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While the above post makes me feel vindicated and > triumphant, I am a little disappointed by the > weakness and lack of conviction in it. It is almost > as if like Bush this man is beginning to realize > that he is fighting a losing war. > Mario replies: > Readers can read my comment shown above and see if Santosh's response, also shown above, makes any sense at all. > What we finally do have on the record is that Santosh is proud, he feels "vindicated" even "triumphant" that he is opposing freedom and democracy for the Iraqis that were previously brutalized by an evil dictator. > Santosh writes: > > However, I am curious. Why the 80% figure? Why > doesn't he want to "liberate" nearly 20% of the > Iraqi population? Would he like to abuse and > oppress them? Does he feel that it is unfortunate > that he cannot get rid of them, just as he cannot > get rid of the left-wingers? > Mario replies: > Again, curious comments from someone who has now admitted that he is proud to be an opponent of freedom and democracy for Iraq. However, here's how it works. Over 80% of Iraqis are either Shia and Kurds, who were previously the primary targets of Saddam Hussein's dictatorial brutality, whereas the less than 20% Sunnis were the beneficiaries of Saddam's brutal rule, and had the most to lose from the liberatioon in a relative sense as they will now be no better than anyone else. > Because of this the initial resistance to the liberation came from the Sunnis, which have by and large been sympathetic to the suicidal insurgents trying to derail the liberation. However, as the democracy has evolved, the majority of Sunnis, many of who had boycotted previous elections, have now decided that it is in their best interests to join the electoral process or be left behind, and are now mobilizing to participate in the elections in December. > With this development all Iraqis will participate in the new democracy. However, the less than 20% Sunnis have lost their favored status under Saddam and will hitherto be like everyone else. So, for them the liberation is relatively different than the over 80% of Iraqis who were the specific targets of Saddam's tyranny. > I wonder if Santosh is getting any of this? Does he care? > Santosh writes: > > P.S. Personal attacks and insults against me as a > result of this exposure of disinformation will be > regarded as vindication of my point of view. They > will therefore be triumphantly ignored. > Mario replies: > What will be ignored by me, and I'm sure most readers, is your attempts to garner some sympathy by using bogus claims that any challenge to your misrepresentations and disinformation is an insult to you personally. > > >
