Re: U.S.-Led Coalition Shuts Down Iraq Paper (Milan Rai on UN occupation of Iraq)

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, March 29, 2004 at 13:16:10 (-0500) Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
>...
>Yes, "more than 1,000 supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
>demonstrated peacefully," but that is a tiny minority in the nation
>of 24,683,313 (July 2003 est.,
><http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html>), and
>even counting any and all who have spoken to the press, demonstrated,
>and taken up arms against the occupation, you would still end up with
>a minority of the Iraqi population.  ...

Let me get this right: since only 1,000 out of 24 million came out for
a very vocal demonstration, that shows how cowed they are; therefore,
10,000 in the U.S., keeping proportions constant, shows the same
thing?


Bill