Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 20:32:18 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it>, Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: helping victims of terror Message-ID: <726390000.1001791938@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3BB61EEC.FDF9BA9F@mindspring.com> References: <1001447850.3bb0e1aa11dfc@webmail.neomedia.it> <20010925222900.A71817@lpt.ens.fr> <3BB216E8.89F3419@mindspring.com> <20010926202630.C10954@lpt.ens.fr> <20010926204026.D10954@lpt.ens.fr> <3BB42B36.7E66988D@mindspring.com> <427130000.1001716143@lobster.originative.co.uk> <3BB61EEC.FDF9BA9F@mindspring.com>
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--On Saturday, September 29, 2001 12:20:12 -0700 Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote: > Paul Richards wrote: >> > If the sanctions are so problematic, there is an easy way to >> > end them: Saddam the great humanitarian could step down. >> >> Saddam's a very popular leader in Iraq. His people think he does a good >> job of standing up to US oppression. >> >> The people don't want him to step down, it's the US that wants that and >> about the only support they have in that view is the UK. All the other >> allies from the Gulf war gave up supporting the US' crusade against >> Saddam a long time ago. > > I guess the sanctions aren't as problematic as people have > been suggesting, then... How does that follow? Sanctions strengthen the population's support for Saddam because they see him as defending them against US oppression which is symbolised by the sanctions imposed on them. These sanctions are typical of non-sensical US foreign policy in that the outcome is the exact opposite of what is hoped for. Paul Richards To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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