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In article <jonesra.665375201@copper> jonesra@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (rex jones) writes:
>Poor Andrew. He doesn't realize that Saddam had been stopped in Kuwait,
>and was faced with a united world in the sanctions. I thought Bush had
                                          ^^^^^^^^^

        Let's get a few HISTORICAL facts right.

        1)   HISTORICALLY, sanctions have been complete FAILURES. 

                Most Recent Examples
                a) China ( Tianamen Square uprising )
                b) South Africa ( apartheid )

        2)   The sanctions are NOT being used on a WESTERN culture.
             If it were, I would agree that they might work.

             Having dealt with Arabs, Mexicans, and Vietnamese 
             constantly for 3 years, I feel qualified to say, they 

                      DO NOT think like AMERICANS
             however much you would choose to think so.

             a) Rocket attacks on CIVILIANS with a country with
                NO INVOLVEMENT ( no military value, at all )

             b) A land attack, against a DESERTED city, against
                OVERWHELMING air power. ( no military value, at all )

             c) Hussein's laughably staged propaganda shows,
                designed for an UNSOPHISTICATED, TRIBAL people.

             d) Use of P.O.W's as human shields, WIDELY advertised 
                as such. ( no military value )

        IRAQ is not AMERICA. They do not THINK like us, they do not ACT
        like us, they do not RESPOND like us. 
     
               DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL?!?!
 
        3) Before 1975, Iraq had VIRTUALLY NO MILITARY AT ALL.
           In 15 years, it is now considered the 4th largest in
           the WORLD. 15 GODDAMN YEARS.      

-- 
Broward Horne                 ' Happiness is meeting your worst fear . . .     
horne@sapphire.idbsu.edu              and kicking its ass '
an030@cleveland.freenet.edu   -THE net.gliche, masquerading as Jack McVax$