At 09:23 PM 9/19/2002 -0700 Doug wrote:
>Could someone point me in the direction of an article that details how
>Hussein is presently pursuing a policy of genocide similar to that
>pursued by Milosevic?
Actually, Milosevic never pursued a policy of genocide.
What Milosevic practiced was "ethnic cleansing", an abhorrent practice to
be sure, but certainly not genocide.
The question is, do you consider:
-naked aggression against your neighbors, ie Iran, Kuwait, and Israel;
-violation of numerous UN resolutions to resolve the conflicts that arose
from said aggression;
-systematic violation of human rights, including freedom of speech,
expression, association, and the press, as well as practicing intimidation,
torture, and arbitrary murder;
-the pillaging of his own country's resources for personal gain while
leaving the overwhelming bulk of his population in dire poverty;
-demonstrated past use of chemical weapons against both his neighbors and
his own people;
-demonstrated ownership of biological and chemical weapons which have
never been accounted for;
-demonstrated nuclear weapons program, which has never been fully
accounted for;
-and finally, a systematic history of making agreements with the UN, and
subsequently violating them
to be a set of charges that is roughly on par with Milosevic's violation of
human rights and ethnic cleansing?
Indeed, The Economist points out this very valid point: "Saddam Hussein has
killed far more of his own people and his neighbours than Mr Milosevic ever
did; and
he has sent his armies and his rockets well beyond Iraq's borders."
And more importantly:
"To those who, when told
that Iraq is a mortal threat to the peace of the world, say �prove it�, the
only sane reply is: what more proof could anyone need?"
JDG
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