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Old 06-15-2004, 05:51 PM
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Don't let your hatred of the administration lead you to questionable comparisons. The Germans planned to stay in France and Russia for the remaining 990 or so years of the Thousand Year Reich; we're turning over sovereignty 15 months or so after victory. The Germans rounded up French (selectively) and Russian (en masse) civilians and murdered them. Generally speaking, we at least try not to do that.

A large majority of the Iraqi population (i.e. the Kurdish and Shiite portions) are glad we invaded. The Shia would like us to leave now, thank you, and we'll end up doing that in some form or other. The only people truly pissed off are the Sunni minority, Saddam's folk, who are as happy about our invasion as the Afrikaaners were about the end of apartheid, and for much the same reason.

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