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Dragonlich · 05-08-2003, 10:43 PM

Very funny...

consider this: there were millions of Ba'ath members in Iraq, with a total population of 20 million. In fact, any person in a position of some importance (doctors, local leaders, factory owners) *had* to be a member of the Ba'ath party. How do you exclude them all from any position of power, while at the same time getting Iraq running again?

The problem is similar to WW2, with Nazi Germany: everyone and their dog was a member of the Nazi party, because they *had* to. Some actively supported their ideas, others did not. After the war, many nazis were put back in their old positions, because without them, Germany would not be able to function, and recover. Did this result in a second Hitler???

05-08-2003, 10:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	Very funny... consider this: there were millions of Ba'ath members in Iraq, with a total population of 20 million. In fact, any person in a position of some importance (doctors, local leaders, factory owners) had to be a member of the Ba'ath party. How do you exclude them all from any position of power, while at the same time getting Iraq running again? The problem is similar to WW2, with Nazi Germany: everyone and their dog was a member of the Nazi party, because they had to. Some actively supported their ideas, others did not. After the war, many nazis were put back in their old positions, because without them, Germany would not be able to function, and recover. Did this result in a second Hitler???