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In article <1991Mar1.200106.13781@tss.com> mathon@tss.com (John D. Mathon (593-0923)) writes:
>I am proud that the good guys are defending themselves and that the bad 
>guys are getting the idea that the good guys can defend themselves.

I am really frightened. I understand I belong to the bad guys since I
can't "defend myself" like you do, but I am getting the idea: I will
purchase your lovely death machines that kill so efficiently and then 
I will be a good guy too. Maybe I will even join the church, become
a weapon engineer... so that I will be able to fully share in the pride
the next time the defence industry displays its
supranatural power over human life-and-death to the unbelievers.

>The cost to eliminate[1] Hussein to the Iraqi people[2] is probably near the
>100,000 figure.  I don't know for sure, but, my opinion is that the Iraqis
>should be very very happy indeed, because they lost 500,000 fighting Iran.
>They have gotten to a ceasefire with FAR less casualties than they did 
>with Iran.  They should be extremely grateful to us.  I think they will.

 I have killed your brother and your uncle. You *should* be extremely
grateful to me, 'cause I could have killed your father, your mother and
your other brother too. I am sure you *will*, once you see the light.

 Actually, the Iraki people fought the war against Iran for the pride
of the US flag. The proof of this was given in 1987 when Iran asked 
the US to recognize the responsibility of Iraq in starting this war.
The US response demonstrated that it felt this war had been started
by Iran when it took the hostages of the Tehran (US) embassy.

 Since the Iraqi people have (obviously) been fighting GWII for the 
pride of the same US flag (thanks to the repeated complicity of Saddam
Hussein) you could as well collect the two casualty figures. 
 
    [1] That Hussein is eliminated remains to be demonstrated. Which is
	not to say that I sustain him, but that your claim of justifying
	the war by his elimination is not warranted (as of today). One
	may expect that the war industry will try to find a
	way to save a guy that has proved so useful to it in the past. 
	Now that he is deprived of (most of) his army, to have him stay
	in power would be doubly useful:  

        a - it would allow going on with dismissing the destruction of
	Irak, and the killing of so many persons, by putting all the 
	responsibility on Saddam Hussein.

	b - it would "justify" huge armaments contracts with the
	neighboring and even distant countries. The public opinions 
	are so mesmerized that they might be led to confuse the
	danger of military stockpiles with that of the individual SH,
	if the trick is pulled right. The demonized SH, even defeated,
	is very valuable capital to the US/F/etc war industry's PR. 

	But it will be a close thing, since the people of Irak might
	want to get rid of the traitor.

    [2] The cost of this advertising show for super-high-tech weapons
	is to the human race before being to the Iraqi people. 
	The concept of human race as a community seems alien to you.

    [3] Disclaimer: my use of country names ('US', 'Iran', 'Iraq') as
	responsibility holders is a shorthand for referring to their 
	governments and fanatics, and does not imply I hold 
	all the nationals responsible.

Boris Borcic