[lit-ideas] Re: extremism & civil war
- From: "JUDITH EVANS" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:36:29 +0100
Dear Sue Trevor
> which is what was this brave man
>nostalgic for.
First, it seems I misidentified the blogger.
Second, you ask
"...what was this brave man
nostalgic for." and say
"If you miss the
old days you must have thought that they were good"
and
"You could think they
were good alright if you supported S. Hussein"
thus presenting an oversimple choice (Hussein or "Iraq exactly as it is
now") and missing the point of the comments of many Iraqis who say, in
effect, "We wanted to see Hussein fall, *but*..".
The blogs and other accounts give the "buts".
Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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[mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sue Trevor
Sent: 29 March 2004 00:05
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: extremism & civil war
Dear Judith Evans,
I am sure they were all very brave anti-Hussein
workers, but neither you nor Michael Chase have
answered my question, which is what was this brave man
nostalgic for.
It is a simple question and it is perhaps not a
question for you so much as Mr. Chase. If you miss the
old days you must have thought that they were good. Or
else why would you miss them? You could think they
were good alright if you supported S. Hussein, but not
I think unless that. Mr. Chase does not argue. He just
villifies.
If Mr. Chase did not think S. Hussein was alright for
Iraq, why does he think that with him gone the Iraqis
are worse off (which he does not show) except for
their electricity?
It is a terrible, terrible war. There is terrible,
terrible suffering. But I think things will get better
for Iraq, even though I did **not** support Bush and
Rumsfeld. Mr. Chase implies better to have kept
Hussein. This is like Mussolini--trains run on time!
Sue
Northridge
Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >So, if Mr. Blog and Mr. Chase want to say how much
> >they miss the good old days in Iraq,
>
> The man you call Mr Blog, whose name can easily be
> found (see Julie's post), was a strong and brave
> critic of Hussein's Iraq.
>
> Not that Mike Chase supported it!
>
> Judy Evans
> judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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