[lit-ideas] Re: Bombing Osirik in 1981

  • From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:29:15 -0400


Lawrence Helm wrote:

His {Saddam Hussein's] removal was a blow to Militant Islam. One of their heroes was defeated.

He was one of their enemies, Lawrence. Much too secular. Keep the players straight.

As to what comes afterwards, we have done the honorable thing in attempting to foster democracy.

The US was fostering capitalism -- merely calling it democracy for the evening news.

The unsettled Iraq of the present is preferable to a settled hostile Iraq under Saddam.

So say you from the safety of the US. (not to mention that you're calling death in the streets 'unsettled' -- that's like calling Katrina 'unsettled' weather).

US in Canada
Where the heat is hot and the cold is months away...

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