Marvin Gandall wrote:
Whether you think invasion/occupation versus sanctions/subversion represents
only a nuance of difference or is more significant than that is a matter of
judgment, of course. Certainly, you can make a case that the sanctions cost
many lives -- perhaps as many or more than the invasion and subsequent
occupation. But I think, if forced to choose, the Iraqis would still have
preferred to continue contesting and evading the sanctions rather than face
occupation by an invading American army.
Of course. That is why the US ruling class opted for war rather than
sanctions. They were becoming ineffective. Wars are made by a class, not
individuals by the way.
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