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Finally, but can he hold on to the reign? Seems to me that there are very wild horses down there and unless you have a very strong grip and many on your side you will have both a short life and presidency.

IRAQ SWEARS IN NEW PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER

Cementing Iraq's first democratic government in 50 years, one of Saddam Hussein's most implacable enemies took his oath as president Thursday and quickly named another longtime foe of the ousted dictator to the powerful post of prime minister.
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...24619%2C00.html

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Xander, this isn't exactly true any more. In the Army (I am not sure about the other military branches) they have a stop loss order in effect. This means, even when your enlistment is up they can (and often do) force you to remain on duty. So, once your enlistment is up, if you are not allowed to go home, you have in effect been kept against your free will or choice.

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U.S. military, not Iraqis, behind toppling of statue

It was a Marine colonel - not joyous Iraqi civilians, as was widely assumed from the TV images - who decided to topple the statue, the Army report said. And it was a quick-thinking Army PSYOP team that made it appear to be a spontaneous Iraqi undertaking.
Ref. https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/...5/mn/mn03a.html

U.S. military: Cameraman with CBS credentials detained in Iraq

The military said the cameraman was detained because there was probable cause to believe he posed "an imperative threat to coalition forces.''
Ref. https://cbsnewyork.com/international/Iraq-R...urces_news_html

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I believe it would have been inevitable that the statue would have been brought down, so, in my opinion, it doesn't matter who initiated it. The Iraqis were probably still afraid that Saddam would chastise them for disobeying them, but by the time they realized he was no longer in power, I believe the statue would have come down anyway.

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IRAQIS RALLY AGAINST SADDAM -- AND U.S.

Two years to the day that after Baghdad fell and the Saddam Hussein regime collapsed, tens of thousands of Iraqis gathered Saturday to condemn not only the ousted dictator but also the U.S.-led military forces that deposed him.
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...25077%2C00.html

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I think its common knowledge that the US military brought down the statue and conveniently invited the world media to view this. Of course it would have come down anyway, who would want that vile bastard staring down at them?

But I would like to ask what everyone thinks about Bush's comparison with the statue toppling to the bringing down of the Berlin wall. It seems a very strange comparison?

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There is simply no comparison.

The toppling of the statue was brought on by the ambition of one man to invade a country on the sole reason to fill a personal vendetta.

The downing of the wall, was the result of a long and hard struggle of brave people, countries (ex poland) to rid themselves of an oppressive social and political regime.

Big difference

Edited: MrB on 15th Apr, 2005 - 5:22pm

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Especially since your opinion is extremely offensive to some of us, and is founded on your own personal political philosophy, rather than any shred of evidence, please make sure that you DO express it as an opinion.

With the successful elections in Iraq, the fact that the US has not apparently profited from the invasion of Iraq, and the fact that even more horrific oppression was found in Iraq than was originally suspected (but well known to CNN, they just refused to publish it to the world), why do you still hold to this old canard? Even John Kerry has given up on that idea that it was all for GWB's personal vendetta.