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U.S. planning more invasions, McGovern says
By BRUCE MURPHY
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Last Updated: March 26, 2003
Former U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate George
McGovern charged Wednesday that President Bush intends to invade
North Korea and Iran after finishing with Iraq.
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"Even now, these wars are being planned by the current administration,"
McGovern said. "I'm positive, based on conversations with people close to
the White House, that plans are in place for the next invasions."
McGovern did not disclose who his sources were, and attempts to get a
response were not successful before deadline.
McGovern was in Milwaukee to speak at the Great Decisions conference
Tuesday night, and at the First Unitarian church Wednesday. He noted
that American soldiers still patrol Korea, more than 50 years after the war
there, and predicted the Bush agenda could involve American soldiers
overseas for decades.
McGovern, a decorated World War II veteran who ran unsuccessfully for
president in 1972 as an opponent of the Vietnam War, said he supported
the Gulf War but opposed the current action.
"This is clearly an American invasion. The chance of Iraq attacking the U.S.
is about the same as attack from Mars," McGovern said. "Everybody knows
Osama bin Laden was the man who conceived the 9-11 attack, but by
harping on this, (the Bush administration) has gradually convinced 51
percent of the American people that Saddam was behind it."
McGovern said the Sept. 11, 2001, attack was done by religious extremists,
whereas Hussein is "a hard-bitten atheist. I don't think he'd give Osama the
time of day."
McGovern compared the action in Iraq to Japan's sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor.
"The Japanese tried to put out that line, that they thought America was
going to attack them, and this was a pre-emptive strike. That didn't sell at
the war crimes trial (after World War II)."
Noting that Japan's plotters were found to be war criminals, McGovern
said, "it's quite possible an action of that kind (by the World Court) would
be brought against Bush if there are a lot of people killed in a country
we've invaded."
McGovern, who was a history professor before going into politics,
predicted the doctrine of pre-emption could tie the hands of future
presidents. "If we were to protest a pre-emptive attack by Pakistan on
India with nuclear weapons, we'd have no influence at all if we ourselves
had used that doctrine in Iraq and probably in places to come. We'd have
no moral or political foundation to stand on," he said.
McGovern, who is 80, was president of the Middle East Policy Council from
1991 to 1998 and currently serves as the United Nation's global ambassador
on hunger. He said America's international standing has declined markedly
because of the Iraq war.
A version of this story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on
March 27, 2003.
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