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November 15, 2002
Salam responds from Baghdad Our Iraqi blogger friend has responded to my letter from the 13th. He shows more grace and empathy for us than I would probably be able to muster under similar cirmcumstances.
My letter Salam's response
Our exchange aside, you should definitely check out his whole site. Salam is a sensitive soul and a good writer who communicates in many little ways the oppression of living under Hussein as well as the dread and understandable mistrust for what seems likely to come at American hands. Visit his site, and send him some love.
We may well have to invade his country, but it behooves us to understand as much as possible what we're getting into. As Diana Moon points out eloquently, it's real easy for Americans sitting at keyboards in nice safe homes to make sweeping statements about kicking Saddam's ass. Even if we're right, we need to remember that we're not playing chess or a video game. We have the strongest, most dominating military force in human history, and how we use it impacts many millions of real lives.
It's not just harshly worded emails that we're getting ready to drop on Salam's hometown.
