In the rathouse 'o interpretation (WAS Re: politics and religion...)

[jbor]

>> on 23/2/03 1:11 PM, Mutualcode at aol.com at Mutualcode at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> I have yet to meet an advocate for peace that feels Saddam is OK.
>> 
>> Your previous remark in defence of the Iraqi regime -- i.e. that Iraq is an
>> "otherwise sovereign state" -- seemed to contradict this pronouncement.
> 
> Iraq is a sovereign state. That's a fact. Stating it is not a defense of the
> current regime.

Though your previous remark was obviously highly rhetorical, it was quite
different to the simple statement you are now claiming it to be. This is
what you wrote:

    As for "unyielding snobbery and arrogance"
    I'm not sure which is the more so- Sucking up better than 3/4
    of the world's oil for spurious reseans, or, deciding to selectively
    impose democracy on an otherwise sovereign state at gunpoint.

It seemed to imply that it is proper and rightful, in your eyes, for
Saddam's regime to be left be.

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