On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:32 AM, ravi wrote:
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> They face international sanctions, demonisation, [the results of] a
> long-running war fuelled by American assistance whose results are
> reflected in the demographic makeup of the nation, etc. Yes?
The "long-running war?" At a very early stage Saddam Hussein offered to end the war by restoring the pre-war boundaries--exactly the terms of the ultimate settlement. It was Khomeini who refused peace and kept the war going in order to feed his "fountain of blood" (whose depiction in "The Satanic Verses" earned Rushdie a death sentence from Khomeini).
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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> Herakleitos of Ephesos