Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>4. Overthrow the government of and establish a major US presence in an
> Arab country so as to frighten the other Arab dictatorships into
> greater efforts into policing against enemies of US.
>
> I think this is the primary motivation of the US government.
Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Speaking as someone who a year and a half ago watched hijacked planes crash=
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into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Pennsylvania=20
countryside, and who has repeatedly watched groups of various Arabs=20
marching in the streets and chanting "Death to the Great Satan," my=20
response is "And this would be a bad thing why exactly?"
The Bush administration says of Iraq that most of the people working
for the police and security agencies either are incompetent or will
not do what the government wants.
Suppose the French government is correct in thinking that the Bush
administration description applies equally well to the other Arab
dictatorships. In that case, a US invasion and occupation of Iraq is
a waste of US money and of lives, and harms the attempt to prevent
more terrorist attacks.
I am not claiming the French are correct; I do not know. But it is an
argument that should have been discussed in the US a year ago but was
not. (I think it is too late now.)
Okay, So I'm Not Exactly Impartial Maru
It is not a question of being impartial. It is a question of
figuring out which description of the world better fits reality.
Suppose you are partial to the US, and you also think that the Bush
administration's description of Iraq applies to other Arab
dictatorships ... then what?
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