[Culturechat] Citizenship loss

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:15:30 EST

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On Montag, M=E4rz 17, 2003, at 07:30  Uhr, Barbara Palmer wrote:

>   Hussein is not Hitler and hasn't threatened another country for=20
> years and years.

Vance Roy replied:

Ever hear of Kuwait????, Iran?????, the Kurds (not a specific country=20
but a people gassed in an effort at genocide)?????

In fairness to Ms Palmer, she said "years and years".  The Iraq-Iran was fro=
m=20
1980 to 1988.  The gassing of the Kurds occurred in March 1988. The Iraqi=20
invasion of Kuwait occurred in August 1990.  So she is quite right in saying=
=20
that Saddam Hussein has not threatened another country in years and years.

Paul

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<HTML>On Montag, M=E4rz 17, 200=
3, at 07:30 &nbsp;Uhr, Barbara Palmer wrote:
 
 &gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;Hussein is not Hitler and hasn't threatened another cou=
ntry for=20
 &gt; years and years.
 
 Vance Roy replied:
 
 Ever hear of Kuwait????, Iran?????, the Kurds (not a specific country=20
 but a people gassed in an effort at genocide)?????
 
 In fairness to Ms Palmer, she said "years and years". &nbsp;The Iraq-Ira=
n was from 1980 to 1988. &nbsp;The gassing of the Kurds occurred in March 19=
88. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait occurred in August 1990. &nbsp;So she is qu=
ite right in saying that Saddam Hussein has not threatened another country i=
n years and years.
 
 Paul
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