In article >,
Arif Khokar > wrote:
>Matthew Russotto wrote:
>> Arif Khokar > wrote:
>
>>>>You assume the people had that choice. They didn't. Governments can be
>>>>and are maintained by force.
>>>
>>>And they can be overthrown by force from within.
>
>> Provided those opposed to the government can accumulate and
>> effectively use sufficient force. Saddam Hussein's government was
>> quite good at preventing this.
>
>So is our government. Your point?

That the continual rule of the government of Saddam Hussein was NOT
the free choice of the people of Iraq; rather, it was imposed upon
them by Saddam's effective use of force against those who opposed him.
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