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Old 06-04-2007, 06:22 AM   #1
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I'll bet there was more than 4 million people that wished they could escape Saddam.

You can't escape the fact that all these terrorist attacks going on around the world have been perpetrated by Radical Muslims. They are a problem.... for everyone.
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Old 06-05-2007, 07:37 PM   #2
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I'll bet there was more than 4 million people that wished they could escape Saddam.
They could have left then just as they can leave now. Saddam was not loved. But in major parts of Iraq, he was not despised - in direct contradiction to propaganda in America.

Even the Kurds were doing business deals with Saddam. So much business that Kurds would fight among themselves for that business with Saddam.

Of course, within a month of the Kuwait liberation war, Saddam completely restored electricity. Except for one day, Americans have never been able to exceed the electrical supply provided by Saddam.

This does not go unnoticed by the Iraqi who have no idea why Americans cannot even supply power - but Green zones are brightly lit every night. The air conditioner works every hour of every day in the Green zones. Iraqis know the difference between a dictator and an occupying force that makes life even worse.

Same people who could have left under Saddam's rule are leaving by the millions due to Americans. We even lie about it - call it a coalition. And still cannot even provide electricity.
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Old 06-05-2007, 08:24 PM   #3
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But Saddam didn't have thousands of people trying to stop him from delivering electricity.
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Old 06-05-2007, 09:00 PM   #4
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But Saddam didn't have thousands of people trying to stop him from delivering electricity.
That's right. They did not so hate their government under Saddam as much as they hate American occupiers and the American puppet government.
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