From: Greg Jordan (jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 15:05:42 MST
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Noah Horton wrote:
> It is disturbing, but it looks like Bush learned lessons from WWII.
> Churchill always called WWII The Preventable War (or something close to
> that) because he always felt that if the world had stepped in earlier, it
> would not have gotten to that point.
Well, the other way to look at the analogy is that the Bush administration
is acting like the Nazis did, starting wars of aggression on vague
pretexts, expanding an empire, defying the international community. Not
that I am making that comparison - historical analogies that
dissimilar lose more than they grasp.
I don't believe the Bush administration's claim that this war is to
prevent terrorism with WMD, because it pushed for war with Iraq well
before "September 11."
I would believe the claim that this war is to prevent military aggression
against Iraq's neighbors, except that none of Iraq's neighbors seem to be
concerned about aggression from the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, not
even the Kurds, and they ought to know/care/understand about that at least
as much as sources in the US. And who ever heard of defending an ally who
did not claim to be in danger?
So, it is not clear to me what this war is about or who is behind it. We
may find out only after the war.
gej
resourcesoftheworld.org
jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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