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...Muslims identify with Saddam Hussein precisely because he is losing on what they see as a heroic, even mythic scale. For them, his plight is a symbol of their own victimization by the rich and powerful nations of the world. No matter how and when the war ends, Islamic rage already threatens the stability of traditionally pro-Western regimes from Morocco to Jordan to Pakistan. Blunting that trend is more important than seeing Saddam get what he deserves...
...GULF WAR: Saddam pulls out a surprise peace offer, but his conditions are unacceptable to the coalition partners; meanwhile, the air assault and propaganda war rage...
People who watch the television reports from Baghdad bomb sites and turn purple with rage at the persuasive effect these may be having on viewers are saying, in essence: I am smart enough to put all this information in its proper perspective, but other people are stupider than I. I will sort out the facts from the propaganda, fill in what's missing (e.g., unshown brutalities % in Kuwait) and make an intelligent judgment, but other people won't. I can absorb the emotional impact of the terrible imagery of war without losing my ability to reason, but other people cannot...
...just walk away," says James McKeown, a commercial developer whose company headquarters in Woburn, Mass., is wrapped in a huge yellow bow three stories high and 22 ft. wide. The way the soldiers die could also have an impact. If thousands are slaughtered by poison gas, the rage for revenge could quickly drown the outcries for withdrawal...
...state of extreme arousal caused by the virtual nonstop release of adrenaline and other similar substances into the bloodstream. When cars backfire, PTSD patients generally hit the dirt. The sound of helicopter rotor blades causes some to conceal themselves in trees. A baby's cry can invoke instant rage. Put in nonclinical terms, says psychiatrist Staten, the symptoms of PTSD are "like experiencing one's most threatening nightmares." A recent medical study found that the adrenaline levels of PTSD sufferers remain higher during hospital treatment than those of manic-depressives and paranoid schizophrenics...