[lbo-talk] "I never saw anything like this."

[joanna bujes]

Luke, what's the point? There is no one on writing to this list who 
thinks Saddam was a hero. The U.S. thought he was our man for a while, 
cover of Time magazine, etc. Not any more I guess.

I don't think Stephen was quoting "approvingly". It's a telling quote: 
it describes a level of resistance that the witness calls unprecedented. 
You can believe him or not.

I think it's clear that the Iraqis will not stomach imperialist rule, 
not even if it's mediated by home-grown troops. That's all.

If China invaded the U.S. tomorrow, after a decade of indiscriminate 
bombings, and then managed to find some American troops to do some of 
their killing for them, we might fight those troops too.

Joanna

Luke Weiger wrote:


>Stephen Phillion approvingly quoted the following:
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>>"I was 17 years in the old army," Taha said. "I never saw anything like
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>>http://makeashorterlink.com/?A6DD52FB8
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>After piling up hundreds of thousands of corpses, Saddam was able to get the
>"resistance is futile" message across loud and clear.
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