RE: (> Iraq ) Law Scholars appeal to UN Secretary General

From: Greg Jordan (jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 15:05:42 MST

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    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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