[Vision2020] Iraq on the brink of civil war?
Joan Opyr
auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:28:03 -0700
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Melynda reminds us:
>Terrible things are happening all over the world. The U.S is doing almo=
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>nothing about nearly all of them. So what made Iraq the absolute top =20
>priority? Was military action the only option? And whatever our reason=
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>was it worth so many lives--Iraqi and U.S.?
And that reminds me, this past Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the b=
eginning of the Rwandan genocide, when 800,000 Tutsi men, women, and chil=
dren were hacked to death with machetes by the Hutu majority. Plans for =
the genocide were announced on the radio in advance, and Hutu Christian c=
hurches were recruited to assist in the effort. Meanwhile, the United St=
ates, Europe, and the rest of the world stood by twiddling their collecti=
ve thumbs.
It's not a question of whether or not Saddam Hussein was a bad man who ne=
eded to be removed from power; he was, and he did. However, it might hav=
e been a good idea A) not to have put him power in the first place, B) no=
t to have supplied him with the chemical and biological weapons he so fam=
ously used on the Iranians and the Kurds, and C) to have learned the less=
ons of our own sad history in creating and/or propping up mad dictators j=
ust because they temporarily suit our purpose. Manuel Noriega. Papa Doc=
Baby Doc. General Pinochet. Ferdinand Marcos. Battista. The Shah. =
The House of Saud. I'd try to list them all, but I'm afraid of getting =
carpal tunnel.
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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Melynda remind=
s us:</DIV> <DIV><BR>>Terrible things are happening all over the world=
The U.S is doing almost <BR>>nothing about nearly all of them.=
So what made Iraq the absolute top <BR>>priority? Was mil=
itary action the only option? And whatever our reason, <BR>>was =
it worth so many lives--Iraqi and U.S.?<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV>And that remin=
ds me, this past Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the beginning of th=
e Rwandan genocide, when 800,000 Tutsi men, women, and children were hack=
ed to death with machetes by the Hutu majority. Plans for the genoc=
ide were announced on the radio in advance, and Hutu Christian churc=
hes were recruited to assist in the effort. Meanwhile, th=
e United States, Europe, and the rest of the world stood by twiddling the=
ir collective thumbs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's not a question of=
whether or not Saddam Hussein was a bad man who needed to be removed fro=
m power; he was, and he did. However, it might have been a good ide=
a A) not to have put him power in the first place, B) not to have supplie=
d him with the chemical and biological weapons he so famously used on the=
Iranians and the Kurds, and C) to have learned the lessons of our own sa=
d history in creating and/or propping up mad dictators just because they =
temporarily suit our purpose. Manuel Noriega. Papa Doc. =
Baby Doc. General Pinochet. Ferdinand Marcos. Battista=
The Shah. The House of Saud. I'd try to list the=
m all, but I'm afraid of getting carpal tunnel.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <=
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all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href=3D'h=
ttp://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>
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