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Saturday, February 24, 2001

The big foreign issue is the one they left in power nine years ago

"One has to question why it is that a man who commits acts of aggression against neighbors on several borders and against his own population is able to generate a certain degree of respect among the average citizen of many Arab countries. The fundamental reason for that is he stood up to the United States.'' "

The Age. Gay Alcorn says Saddam Hussein has comprehensively won the propaganda war against the US. "We have a complex situation where you have a nasty dictator who has dangerous weapons in Baghdad. On the other hand, you have a single superpower which is flexing its muscles and becoming dramatically less respectful of international organisations. Caught between those two is the international community legitimately concerned about both of those players."'

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