Anti War No Show
With the fear on parade shows across Europe and in parts of the US, outside of Baghdad, the vaunted Arab Street was silent. In fact Saudi papers were calling on Saddam to abdicate or in the alternative commit suicide. It seems clear that the arabs outside of Iraq's torture chambers have come to grips with regime change in Baghdad. At some point perhaps the Germans and French will too. Already NATO has agreed to help the Turks. The French position on assisting this ally is an example laughable logic disguised as diplomacy. It appears the people on the wrong side of history in the Cold War want to solidify that position for the current war. The French have begun to acknowledge that they were rescued by the Americans twice in the last century. They just do not seem to be able to ackowledge that Saddam and his regime are a threat to the US. The idea of containment of Saddam is like living with a painful appendix, because you do not want to take the risk of surgery. This is a particularly apt analogy since the appendix, like Saddam, is entirely useless.
With the fear on parade shows across Europe and in parts of the US, outside of Baghdad, the vaunted Arab Street was silent. In fact Saudi papers were calling on Saddam to abdicate or in the alternative commit suicide. It seems clear that the arabs outside of Iraq's torture chambers have come to grips with regime change in Baghdad. At some point perhaps the Germans and French will too. Already NATO has agreed to help the Turks. The French position on assisting this ally is an example laughable logic disguised as diplomacy. It appears the people on the wrong side of history in the Cold War want to solidify that position for the current war. The French have begun to acknowledge that they were rescued by the Americans twice in the last century. They just do not seem to be able to ackowledge that Saddam and his regime are a threat to the US. The idea of containment of Saddam is like living with a painful appendix, because you do not want to take the risk of surgery. This is a particularly apt analogy since the appendix, like Saddam, is entirely useless.
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