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Sanjay, I think you are being a little simplistic in your view of world politics. Bill Clinton was by no means the dear man that you imagine him to be. Under his presidency, hundreds, if not thousands, of bombs were dropped on Iraq and the Iraqi people. Similarly, Saddam Hussein is not the heroic figure holding out against the Empire. He was a stooge of the Empire and, as you will no doubt be aware, is responsible for the deaths of millions of people. The true heroes in this story are the Iraqi people themselves. They have survived, despite unimaginable hardship. It is safe to assume that Saddam has not had to queue for food, nor would he ever have been turned away from a hospital because medicine was lacking. The other heroes are those men and women, some of whom we are lucky to have contributing to this list, who have made great personal sacrifices to bring us the truth from Iraq. Without them, this list might not even exist and dissent would be a thing of the past.Curiously, our heroes both survive in spite of people like Hussein and Clinton, Bush and Blair. That singular fact is worth devoting some thought to. On a different note, you refer several times to 'America' in your post. It might be interesting to reflect on what you mean by this. The American people? The American continent? Or simply the American government? You are not alone in using the name of the country (or the continent) when, I suspect, you intend to refer to the government. I'm guilty of the same. But perhaps we should make a greater effort to separate the people from their, all too often, dictatorial leaders. Perhaps we should make the effort to refer to 'the American government', rather than simply 'America'. After all, the first rule of war is 'Know Your Enemy'. We have seen the horrors that arise when people are duped into believing that their enemy is the ordinary people of a country rather than its rulers. _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk