Posted by scott amos from ACA533C1.ipt.aol.com (172.165.51.193) on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 6:58PM :
In Reply to: Germany & Japan? posted by Sadie from D006026.N1.Vanderbilt.Edu (129.59.6.26) on Friday, April 11, 2003 at 1:33PM :
Iraq is not that much different than Germany. In fact, Saddam Hussein considered Adolf Hitler a "genius."
As for internal turmoil, Hitler heavy-handedly suppressed jews, gays, and anyone who did not buy into his Nazi vision, killing millions of his own country-men.
Saddam has heavy-handedly suppressed the shiites, kurds....and anyone who has not embraced his vision for Iraq.
Both Germany and Iraq invaded their neigbors for the purpose of self-gain. Both countries have lost many soldiers, sons, daughters, fathers and mothers.
Like Germany, Iraq has lived under a constant fear of it's ruler for many years......something very stressful to the inhabitants of such countries.
I believe it will eventually embrace democracy
as well as Germany did.
-- scott amos
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