General Wesley K. Clarke reminisces about what went wrong in Yugoslav regime change

2003-09-27 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
What then caused the severe internal struggle about the strategy to be followed during the war ? (...) Using military force, effectively requires departing from the POLITICAL dynamic and following the so-called PRINCIPLES OF WAR identified by post-Napoleonic military writers a century and a half

The Reflections of General Wesley K. Clark on regime change

2003-09-26 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
(Bob) Dylan said the answer was 'blowin' in the wind.' I think many of us felt that wind. I know I did. I had been the J-5, responsible for advising General Shalikashvili on our UN policies in 1994, when we stood by as nearly a million Africans were hacked to death with machetes in Rwanda. I had

Re: The Reflections of General Wesley K. Clark on regime change

2003-09-26 Thread andie nachgeborenen
Wesley Clark stated, expalining why he was proud of his command of the Kosovar war: (Bob) Dylan said the answer was 'blowin' in the wind.' I think many of us felt that wind. I know I did. I don't think so, General Clark: . . . Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before

Cost/benefit on regime change in Iraq, using my pocket calculator and a few sites

2003-09-01 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
the rest of the world to help out with liberatory regime change in Iraq. According to SIPRI, world military spending rose by 6 per cent in 2002, growing twice as fast as in 2001 to reach $794 billion, largely as a result of the US-led war on terrorism (three-quarters of the increase). Russia has

Regime change

2003-04-05 Thread phillp2
by US Ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci, it is worth revisiting what we now know about the US-backed regime change that happened in Canada 40 years ago. 1962-1963, 'Knocking Over' Dief the Chief: How the U.S. Ambassador Helped Engineer “Regime Change” in Canada by Richard Sanders

US tried to force regime change in Canada years ago

2003-04-04 Thread k hanly
Richard Sanders Sent: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 Subject: US Ambassador backed regime change in Canada! NOTE: US Ambassadors backed Regime Change in Canada. Forty years ago, US Ambassadors to Canada, Livingston Merchant and William Butterworth, worked closely with key officials from the State

Bush and Bin Laden agree on regime change

2003-02-11 Thread k hanly
So how come there are no headlines mentioning that the US and the terrorists agree that Hussein must go? MSNB engaged in creative editing to hide bin Laden's criticism of Hussein. Storey at: http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j021203.html Cheers, Ken Hanly But it turns out that what can't be

RE: Bush and Bin Laden agree on regime change

2003-02-11 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34584] Bush and Bin Laden agree on regime change I was somewhat flattered to be called an infidel by ObL (since he called all socialists infidels). JD -Original Message- From: k hanly To: pen Sent: 2/11/2003 6:07 PM Subject: [PEN-L:34584] Bush and Bin Laden agree

Regime Change in the US

2002-03-26 Thread Ken Hanly
This is from the Moscow Times, Cheers, Ken Hanly Global Eye -- Empire Burlesque By Chris Floyd MECCA, March 22, 2005 -- President Osama B. Laden today called for a regime change in the United States, saying the military dictatorship led by unelected strongman George Walker Bush is an ever