Seeing pictures of Saddam being beaten with shoes, Yemenis change attitude

Kuwait News Agency ^ | April 11, 2003 | Yahia Al-Haddi

[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.

[Naspino]

I'll play devil's advocate. I've been think if Canada and France invade the United States -- don't you think the liberals would pour into the streets burning pictures of Bush and the American Flag. Free from democracy once and for all -- all hail socialism! Yada yada.

[dighton]

[El Cid]

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

Nah. I heard that they just get the NY Times and CNN in Yemen. Their reaction is understandable...'Who knew?'

[ScholarWarrior]

I wish, I really, really wish.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Vote with your shoes.

What was Khruschev thinking of, anyway?

[SamAdams76]

Just think, we could have sent Imelda Marcos over there 15 years ago and have been rid of two regimes all at once.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

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

No, just under regimes who tell the citizenry what they want the citizenry to hear. Propaganda fed them in the Mosques along with their prayers.

USA and Israel are the great Satans, doncha know.

[Conservababe]

I heard an interesting observation from a contributor to FOX news. Sorry, I did not catch his name.

He said that people in the middle east who can travel, do not travel to each other's countries. Thus, they really are uneducated about their neignbors.

[Husker24]

"The educated elite hates Saddam

what a difference 8000 miles makes.