<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 4/9/2003 12:39:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dhenwood@panix.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The <BR>
war happened because we live in an imperialist state with a passive, <BR>
depoliticized population, run by a party dominated by violent <BR>
fundamentalists, with a bunch of complicit patsies pretending to be <BR>
the opposition. And despite that, a vigorous antiwar movement <BR>
developed.<BR>
<BR>
Doug<BR>
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Now is this a reason for optimism or pessimism? I am really asking, because right now I feel sick. <BR>
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Sergio</FONT></HTML>