----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
> At 08:43 7-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > >But no one denies that the Hussein government employs a level of > >brutality and terror like only a few regimes in history > > Undoubtedly true. However, brutality is not the reason why the US wants to > invade Iraq. The reason given for the war is "Iraq has weapons of mass > destruction" -- even though the Bush regime has so far failed to produce > much (if any) credible evidence for it. Iraq has used weapons of mass destruction in full view of the world on at least 2 occasions that I am aware of. Weapons of mass destruction and associated accoutrement were found by inspectors after the first Gulf War. You appear to be suggesting that the leopard has changed his spots. My reply is that that dog dont hunt. > > > >In particular, I wonder how this will influence our view of Germany. If > >there is any country that should be most enthusiastic for freeing people > >from a genocidal dictator, it is Germany. > > Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He mentioned (paraphrasing) that > Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because the German people, > having been in the center of two world wars, realise that going to war is > never the solution to a problem. Considering Germanys role in both wars, an aggressor who was not successful, it comes as no surprise that they would spout such empty rhetoric. > > > >Instead of that, though, we see Germany refusing to help under _any_ > >circumstances, _and_ what evidence we have suggests that German > >companies (with the assistance, quite possibly of the German government) > >were the most active ones in the world in helping to violate the > >sanctions. > > Interesting documentary on Dutch television last week. It showed the > business relations that Germany and France had with Iraq. It also mentioned > that Iraq had been provided with a lot of material for making biological > weapons. It also mentioned which country had sold it to them -- the good > old US of A... You have a webpage with some info for that? I dont doubt that it could be true, but I would like to peruse the particulars. xponent Moderator Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
