[lbo-talk] Iraqis looove America

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 10 11:41:53 PDT 2003


Brian O. Sheppard wrote:


>Can anyone doubt that if, somehow, Saddam's forces had won, the same
>Iraqis would be waving Iraqi flags, cheering, presenting flowers for
>the Ba'ath Loyalist troops, etc.? What sentiment is "real," and what is
>simply the result of a people so demoralized and oppressed that they have
>simply become slavishly worshipful of power?

Is it that, or just a survival tactic? If a hundred thousand heavily armed soldiers blow into your homeland, isn't it a good idea to smile and wave?

Doug



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