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If someone wants to look for foreign interference in Facebook, they should start with the moderation staff.

There actually were quite a few Iraqis who opposed Hussein, and many of them did want us to invade You can read about them. Naturally the pro-invasion movement here gave the Iraqi opposition lots of attention, and they tried to convince us that most Iraqis were silently on their side (supporting their case with lies at times). The Kurds hated Hussein so much that there had been sporadic civil war in Iraq for decades, they wanted the government of Iraq off their backs enough to fight and die for it.

Arabic words are generally based on a root that uses three consonants to define the *underlying meaning of the word*. Various vowels, prefixes and suffixes are used with the root letters to create the desired inflection of meaning.

Each set of root letters can lead to a vast number of words, all predictable in form and all related to the basic meaning of the three root letters.

From http://www.al-bab.com/arab/language/lang.htm:
If you speak a European language, the root system of Arabic is an unfamiliar concept. Arabic words are constructed from three-letter "roots" which convey a basic idea. For example, k-t-b *conveys the idea of* writing. Addition of vowels, and letters before, between and after the root letters produces many words associated to writing.

From the root s-l-m, Islam, salam, (M)uslim. This is not an equivocation. This is the structural organisation of the language. 'root' in Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc is a very different concept from 'root' in European languages. Sharing a root in Arabic means sharing similar meaning, idea and yes, spirit.

There are still Christians in Iraq, though - last time I looked around the thought was about 3% of the population, followers of five distinct churches - check http://www.al-bab.com/arab/background/assyrian.htm for example.

I thought your question at first was innocent. Just another Jew baiter 'eh?

How convenient, the previous poster points out the lack of equal rights given to Arabs in Palestine/Israel areas, and he is immediately labeled a Jew baiter.

Not me, I just hate you fucking Zionists.

For others reading this post:

Keep in mind that Zionists can come from any religion. Here's a good explanation of what a Zionist is:

http://www.aljazeerah.info/Hassan%20El-Najjar/Zion ism,%20the%20highest%20form%20of%20imperialism.htm

A comparison can be made between Christians, and the lunatics on the religious right who call themselves Christians. Feel free to replace "Christians" with the religion of your choice.

As for Jews, peaceful, god-fearing, compassionate Jews, I love them. Not just for their disgust of Zionists either.

http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/

There is no denying that Israel's long-term goal is to completely take over Palestine (as long as Israel is Zionist controlled that is). A cursory look at historical maps from partitioning to now will show how Israel has stolen Palestinian land over the last 60 years.

As an aside, Gaza is beginning to shape up nicely as a Palestinian concentration camp, don't you think?

http://www.al-bab.com/arab/maps/palestine.htm#HIST ORICAL

And for us Americans, just check out the stats over at http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ to see what is really going on.

This is the statistic that concerns me the most, the fact that we empower Zionist butchery and genocide in the name of spreading democracy.

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/cost_of_israe l.html

Zionists proudly declare that the salvation of their state came at the hand of God. What they don't say is that it was his hand writing on an American checkbook that actually did the saving.

It kinda puts a different light on the divine will of God, doesn't it?

And wasn't it your people that were treated this same way in WWII as you are treating Palestinians today? Are you not ashamed?

And don't try to justify Israel's imperialism/genocide/apartheid by comparing them to the numerous (as in legion) sins of America either. What our government has done in the past, and what it is doing now, is every bit as bad as what is going on in Israel. That doesn't excuse us, and it hardly provides cover for you.

Ban American/Israeli goods!

The most important part of a functioning democracy is the free press. I have yet to hear a single solitary word about establishment of 'free press' in Iraq.

Maybe that's because you haven't bothered to hear anything about it. You have predetermined what you want to be the fate of Iraq, and ignore anything that might contradict that near religious view.

For some of the hundreds of new news outlets that have appeared in Iraq since the fall of Hussein, go here.

That's old, it appears, but it was the relevent link that I saw when I googled it. Google is here if you ever get the urge to read up on things before parroting the drivel of the likes of Noam Chomsky.

I certainly support their effort to preserve their language and culture. I love France for Lafayette, Descartes, & French Food, but let's keep the facts straight and with regard to all of our bretherin:

The facts m'am, just the fact:

MAJOR LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD

(Number of native speakers)

1. Mandarin Chinese 836,000,000
2. Hindi 333,000,000
3. Spanish 332,000,000
4. English 322,000,000
5. Bengali 189,000,000
6. Arabic 186,000,000
7. Russian 170,000,000
8. Portuguese 170,000,000
9. Japanese 125,000,000
10. German 98,000,000
11. French 72,000,000
12. Malay 50,000,000
(http://www.al-bab.com/arab/language/lang.htm)

i don't deny that iraq has had chemical or biological weapons. but an april, 2002 interview with a former UN weapons inspector convinced me that the last inspections proved over 90% compliance and the remaining percentages were mostly due to iraq's poor documentation of weapons destruction. he went into great detail on all sorts of weapons. i don't have links but IIRC, he said "weapons grade anthrax", kept under ideal conditions, is only viable for 3 years and the last facility capable of producing it in reasonable quantity was destroyed in 1996 (the Halabja incident was in 1988). also, the missiles capable of distributing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons were destroyed -- the missile remains were dug up and serial numbers checked. only 2 missiles were missing but he claimed that this could easily be due to the serial numbers destruction and, among the rubble, extra parts were found (possibly from the missing missiles).

i don't think my political bent blinds me to facts, i just get my facts from 'alternative' sources. i am skeptical of all news sources (including those i cite) so i admit that there may be some (very little) 'bad stuff' in iraq. but i also precieve a historical US attitude of 'US uber alles'. this and the fact that iraq would be foolish to actually challenge the US lead me to seriously doubt that iraq has nearly the power that our president says they have. also, there is the (sorry) slippery issue of oil and a president with a possible conflict of interest.

i read the guardian's world dispatches daily, espically those from brian whitaker and his reports on al-bab. he claims that US papers are preparing US citizens for war by seriously distorting the facts. if you read one of those, read the last link.

as for the mickey mouse war, yes the example i cited (radio sawa) is infecting culture but really, the damage is already done. the middle east as we know it was created by European imperialism and has been proped up ever since by US and European intervention and military aid in return for cheap oil. radio sawa isn't playing brittany spears, it's popular music of the region with some educational messages meant to empower the listeners. i see sawa (IIRC, means 'together') on a fine line between the alternative views that should exist in a free people and waging a mickey mouse war. the program is commercial free, and free of any obvious US influence -- it is run by former citizens of middle eastern countries. it's not perfect, it's not everything, it's the beginning.

the reasons that we are hated are many, complex and different depending on where you are talking about. but US media isn't it. to skim the shell of the nut(?), i'll say that the saudi royal family making millions off oil and none of that money making its way to the populace and the horrid human rights and squalid living conditions would cause more anger.

it's a large complex knot that can't be blasted through.