[T'wit]

I think we would do well to send a huge batch of shoes to the Middle East.

[EternalVigilance]

The truth always wins eventually.

[speedy]

I would hate to be so extreme as to say that maybe there are a few rays of hope out there. But maybe there are. A few, anyway. Have to start somewhere. Also, to be honest, I underestimated the staunchness of the Kuwaitis on this one. I lived there for several years right after the Gulf War, when they treated all Americans like heroes, but support held up throughout this war -- the polls I saw showed something like 89 percent approval. That's even better than here.

[JustTheTruth]

Truly Amazing. Have these people - including their "university professors" been living UNDER A ROCK or a pile of sand somewhere??????

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[Naspino]

"The educated elite hates Saddam .. no poet in the world loves Saddam .. poets can't stand dictators."

Why does EVERY story the media publishes have a quote that is so laughable.

[Guillermo]

pledges were mere empty slogans."

This, coming from an Arab? Impossible!!

[Theresa]

Good post. Thanks.

[aristotleman]

Many wise things could be told to the Yemenis.

The only thing that comes to mind is, however

plainly..........

DUUUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FairOpinion]

"A university professsor, who asked not to mention his name, affirmed that the pictures, broadcast live by television satellite stations worldwide on Wednesday of Iraqis smashing the pictures and statues of Saddam changed the Yemenis' sentiments of admiration toward the man to feelings of hatrede. "
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Great news! Thanks for posting it.

I figured that this victory will do more to change the mind of the "Arab street" than any of the namby-pamby things the appeasers were advocating for us to do.

Now the entire Arab world can see that the US LIBERATED the oppressed Iraqi people from a hated and feared dictator.

[dighton]

[Doctor Stochastic]

Vote with your shoes.

What was Khruschev thinking of, anyway?

[Husker24]

"The educated elite hates Saddam

what a difference 8000 miles makes.

[snooker]

Looks to me like the Arab street has been paved over.

[Exit148]

""I was not aware of the fact that the Iraqi people were yearning to get rid of the tyrrant," he said>"

Incredible! That comment and the others who showed surprise stunned me. Do they only have access to, and believe only Arab TV and news? Did they not believe anything coming from the West? Are they not reading anything about the hospitals filled with kids hit with bullets that the US doesn't use? Haven't they heard about the prisons and the shredders? Those Middle Easterners had better take another look at themselves.

Thank goodness, the Iraqis took to the streets with their shoes! Whatever it takes!

[xm177e2]

"The educated elite hates Saddam .. no poet in the world loves Saddam .. poets can't stand dictators."

Would that this were the case! If only, if only this was true. American poets are mostly in love with Fidel Castro and his ilk.

[doug from upland]

Amazing. A moron, drunk, frat boy who was never elected is changing the world and removing evil. How can that be?

[LowOiL]

I do some posting at a site called mouthshut.com .. It still has a host of unbelievers (and they post under the guise of Peace). The worse ones are Dr. Shafique , artsed (an American teacher), karana23 , and Suyog... Click on their profiles and select a topic they wrote at the bottom. They are ripe for the picking with facts instead of fiction.

[tiki]

What a difference freedom of the press makes.

[HAL9000]

Mohammed Alhirez uses his shoe to strike an image of the fall of a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, during an Iraqi celebration in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, April 10, 2002. About 100 people gathered in front of an Iraqi-owned grocery store. They said they came to show their appreciation for the liberation of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf)