Yes, fear and/or hunger could drive some of the peasants, I agree. I am asking about those with guns and arms, a very large number of people there own guns and could EASILY overthrow Saddam had they really wanted to.

Now that America is attacking it would seem that those wanting freedom would help out, but instead they are taking to the streets against American occupation. I don't get it.

It makes no sense to me that if living conditional are so bad and everyone there has been raped or tourtured by Saddam and his sons the people would just cope. I don't know of a single person who wouldn't stand up to oppression and fight in that kind of a condition, especially if you have a family. I would really like to see what the overall living conditions are, not just the selected areas we are able to see on the news.

I guess what I am trying to get at, is what is it that he offers to these people to make them commit such acts? Why are they so happy to do so? I am not talking about the poor peasants, I am talking about the upper levels of the armed forces there, what keeps them from turning the guns against Saddam? I know if I had been treated as badly as the news reports everyone has been I would turn my gun on an oppressive government as soon as it was put into my hands.

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