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Re: Why us? and if us, why this way?
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Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:23:40 GMT
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> writes:
> It is all too easy to demonise France, China and Russia; but the
> reality is that most nations are against this folly. As far as I
> know, there are only two nations where the majority of the population
> support the looming war: the USA and Israel.
I read in a newspaper the other day that, according to a poll, 42% of
the US population thought that the reason for the plans for war against
Iraq, was that Iraq was allegely behind the 911 attacks on WTC and
Pentagon. If the result from this poll is indeed true, then it does
worry me quite a bit.
Fredrik
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| (...) I've heard figures like that, and you're absolutely correct that the trend is worrying. Of similar concern is the tendency to group Saddam and al Qaeda together simply because they can be broadly categorized at "Arabs who hate the United (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Fredrik: As an american myself I can assure you that most americans are as dumb as hammers. And about as deft as hammers too in their handling of foreign affairs. I'll just basically quote myself from another thread here... Bush (and Blair) Flatly (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It is all too easy to demonise France, China and Russia; but the reality is that most nations are against this folly. As far as I know, there are only two nations where the majority of the population support the looming war: the USA and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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