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| Dwayne | Jan 26 2005, 01:03 AM Post #1 |
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Newsweak reporter, Rod Nordland, writes, "Iraqis often point out that Saddam Hussein talked about freedom and democracy almost as much as the Americans do. Back in his day, Iraqis were free to vote in one-party elections, and did so with such zeal that he once won 104 percent of the vote." Leaving aside the fallacy that a 104% vote is a sign of zeal when in fact it is a sign of fraud, Nordland seems to make Iraq under Saddam and Iraq since liberation similar in that Saddam spoke of democracy too. What Saddam did to Iraq and Iraqi's was a mockery of freedom and democracy. Following this, Nordland then issues 500+ words of negativity, where America is made to look as bad if not worse than Saddam Husseins' Iraq. Well, yeah, Hitler had the trains raining on time too. Only after reading discouraging word after discouraging word does Nordland wrap up this diatribe with the true distinction between Iraq under the tutelage of the United States and Iraq under Saddam Hussein...
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