She said unleashed, not created. > [Original Message] > From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/10/2005 11:15:22 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete > > Ursula Stange wrote: > > "The killing of their fellow citizens by the insurgents in Iraq has to do > with ethnic and religious power-grabbing, much of which was unleashed by the > American invasion." > > > Nonsense. This ethnic and religious violence has a history dating long > before the invasion. The Shia/Sunni conflict is centuries old as is the > Arab/Persian. It might fit one's political agenda to blame the Bush > administration for all that is wrong in Iraq, but the blame would have > little to do with the facts. Having said that, the Americans fanned the > flames of all-ready existing conflict and did little to resolve them. > > > Sincerely, > > Phil Enns > Toronto, ON > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html