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ATG wrote:

Bubbalo wrote:

DBBrinson1 wrote:

Wow.  Could you imagine if Bush acted this way?

He doesn't? What about all that crap about Saddam being the most evil person ever?

Who said he was the most evil person ever?

We just said he was evil and had to go...

...and had the muscle to do it.

But don't have the muscle to stabilize the country. Saddam had...

ozghost wrote:

saddam had the muscle or was it the lack of willpower and general conformity of the people?

They don't seem very lacking in willpower or generally conformed now...

BigmacK wrote:

I'll just say this...

I don't care what he says. To me, he's just another moaning fly on the wall. Let him call Bush what he wants. If he wants to start something, thats when you begin to take care of business.

mmmMMMMmmm.  Softly walking, carry big stick we do.  I sense much bs in moaning fly.  Whacked he will become if something he starts.

Im surprised the U.S. is still buying oil from Venezuela.  Im also surprised they are still selling oil to the U.S.

ozghost wrote:

saddam had the muscle or was it the lack of willpower and general conformity of the people?

In almost every study of protest or rebellion, the maximum amount of people that participated in unrest was 5% of the population (with an extremely coercive state). The average is 1-2%. Most people are too busy trying to live their lives to actually rebel.

For example, 1% of Iraq's population (28,807,000) is ~288,000 people, roughly twice the current level of coalition forces in the country. 5% is well over 1 million (almost 1.5 million). It doesn't take much to create trouble for a regime but actually providing incentives for individuals to be mobilized in exceedingly difficult, especially if the consequences for action is arrest and possibly execution.