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jaguar · 11-10-2002, 05:37 PM

Huh? I think you're misreading my comment. Look living under Saddam full stop obviously is not most peoples definition of fun but the sanctions, even though widely circumnavigated have had a negative impact on the lives of ordinary Iraqis which I'm sure the Iraqi government has exploited to its fullest potential. Therefore in the minds of ordinary Iraqis (and this is almost a direct quote) 'we may not like Saddam but we hate the United States'. I also didn't make a judgment of this, it was merely an observation. Furthermore I'm not an American which makes it difficult to be an anti-America American. So i instead i straddle libertarian and quasi-socialist tendancies as an Australian. I'm guesing if this was 30 years ago you'd be asking me if I was a red under the bed.

11-10-2002, 05:37 PM	#13
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Huh? I think you're misreading my comment. Look living under Saddam full stop obviously is not most peoples definition of fun but the sanctions, even though widely circumnavigated have had a negative impact on the lives of ordinary Iraqis which I'm sure the Iraqi government has exploited to its fullest potential. Therefore in the minds of ordinary Iraqis (and this is almost a direct quote) 'we may not like Saddam but we hate the United States'. I also didn't make a judgment of this, it was merely an observation. Furthermore I'm not an American which makes it difficult to be an anti-America American. So i instead i straddle libertarian and quasi-socialist tendancies as an Australian. I'm guesing if this was 30 years ago you'd be asking me if I was a red under the bed. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 11-10-2002 at 08:14 PM.