"However he does not mention - and may not have known - that Baghdad morgue received about 1100 corpses in July of this year, many mutilated, and about 20 per cent of which will never be identified. The pre-war body count for the morgue was less than 200 a month."

Gee. What a quote. I'm sure Saddam thought to himself...."maybe I should have sent all of the people that I've had executed to the morgue instead of burying them in mass graves in the middle of the desert so that the wackos on Mudcat can have accurate numbers to support their weak arguments." Yep...I'm sure he thought that.


By the rhetoric that is thrown around in here, I would almost believe that the majority of you are Saddam Hussein sympathizers. It sure sounds like it. It's as if you're saying "Let's make Saddam look good by continuously trying to trash those who would remove him from power."

What mainstream America and a majority of Iraqis are thinking is "It's really a sad day whenever a country as great as America has so many people that really don't care that we are really trying to make a difference and help those less fortunate in the world. Those who shout and disagree the loudest are the same ones who always cry for equality and helping the less fortunate."

You can really only help people by one of three ways and sometimes it takes all.

You can fight for them by using money.
You can fight for them by using guns and bombs.
You can fight for them by debating the issues.

So what I have gathered from people in here is this;

1. It's ok to help people who need help as long as guns and bombs aren't involved.

2. We can only help these people by either throwing money at the problem or waiting and hoping that their leaders will have a generous change of heart.

Please tell me that's how you really feel. Because I would hate to think that you really didn't want to help the Iraqis because you really don't like George W. Bush.

I guess that we should have given Saddam all of the money that he wanted and then debated him in front of the UN whenever he didn't do what we asked. I'm sure he would have crumbled at the sight of Kofi Annan hammering his gold plated gavel on the desk saying "please no Kofi, I'll do whatever you want...just please don't put another ding in the gold plating of your lovely gavel! Afterall, the oil for food proceeds can only go so far and you and your son can't live comfortably on the millions I've already given to you."

But of course...I guess that would be OK since Bush is in the White House.



Hubby