>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