[Vision2020] Media Watch

[Bob Hoffmann]

At 09:19 AM 2/6/2003 -0800, Thomas Hansen wrote:
>If the United States does invade Iraq and unseat Saddam Hussein, what action
>should the United States/United Nations take to avoid a governmental
>implosion in Iraq?

The typical formula:

1. Find a high-ranking Iraqi officer and put him in charge of the country.
2. The U.S. government declares him to be a moderate, "someone we can work 
with," and ignores the fact that he used to loyally follow Saddam's orders.
3. He controls the oil fields for U.S. corporations, and then we free him 
up to attack the Kurds in the north and the Shi'a population in the south, 
with weapons happily provided by the U.S.
4. When evidence of #3 is presented, the U.S. government will talk about an 
unfortunate, complicated situation, foreign culpability (those nasty 
Iranians supplying arms to the break-away southerners, for instance), and 
the terrorist tactics of the victims.
5. At some point, the Iraqi officer/leader of Iraq annoys the U.S. 
government, and we launch either a war or a covert action to unseat him.
6. Go back to #1.


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