Well I apologize if what I wrote above seemed to give the impression that I felt that we know better than the Iraqi people. That was never my intent. My real motive was to point out that the Iraqi people really cannot know which is better way of life for them because they only know one way of life. It was my intent that we all try and understand them.

Again, not to say that we know better than they do. Surely we don't have any idea what it is like to live under a tyrrany or a dictator. I only know living in a democracy. Anything I know about living under a dictator is purely from what I''ve been told by those who have. And that is exactly why I used Aziatic as an example of someone who has experienced both ways of life, and did not use any of us as an example.

Surely he would know better than anyone of us here.


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