-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Wishing all Goanetters | | a Prosperous | | and | | Happy New Year - 2006 | | Goanet - http://www.goanet.org | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Re: Mario's observation: > Ask the 50 million Muslims that Bush has liberated > if they feel imperiled by him. > Tony observes: > This question was actually asked by a recent TIME > Magazine survey in Iraq. > Whilst a majority of the Shias interviewed were > happy at the ouster of Saddam Hussein, they were less than > happy at the consequent American occupation and wanted the > U.S. forces out of Iraq. > Mario responds: > Finally, a staunch opponent of the liberation of Iraq has been forced to admit that the majority Shia in Iraq are "happy" at being liberated. Which means they would have been "unhappy" had Tony's support for the Saddam-dominated status quo prevailed. Curiously, the opinion of the other major faction in Iraq, the Kurds, has not been mentioned, a group that is overwhelmingly grateful to the coalition forces that have liberated them. > However, the insinuation that the Shia are "less happy" with the mythical "occupation" indicates Tony's continuing opposition to the liberation. First of all, there is no "occupation", which suggests that the coalition is there against the wishes of the Iraqi government. While they may be "less happy" that they were unable to liberate themselves, I'm sure thay are "far happier" when compared to the Saddam-dominated status quo that Tony preferred and continues to carp about. Furthermore, the Iraqis do not want the coalition forces to leave UNTIL they are able to handle their own security. > Tony would like to believe otherwise in the hope that the brutal Sunnis that he supported lo these many years may re-gain their dictatorial and totalitarian power. > I would advise Tony to accept the liberation of Iraq as a fait accompli or continue to live a bitter and broken man. There is likely to be a significant stabilizing force in Iraq for decades to come, of either US or UN forces. Liberating forces continue to protect countries liberated decades ago, like Germany, Japan, S. Korea and Kosovo. > After all, Iran needs to be contained, or, better yet, liberated, we greedy Americans must still recoup our expenses through rebuilding contracts and protecting all that Iraqi oil that we need for our excessive standard of living, while Tony, whose country did not spend a single paisa to liberate all these Muslims, probably makes do with man-powered transportation.
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