On 10/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > If you really want to understand Saddam and the motivations behind the two > Iraq Wars, check out this 1987 article entitled "Back Iraq": > > http://www.tomjoad.org/pipes_supportSaddam.pdf > > The PDF is a bit difficult to read because it is a scan of a copy of a copy. > > Richard
Interesting read. I'm not sure how I'm to understand the two wars with Iraq though - and I pretty much already understood our relations with Iran (which this article deals with for the most part). Further, The New Republic is a liberal magazine and they're arguing for the support of Iraq! Let me point just this one thing out since everyone seems to want to attack me for it, falsely: I've never said what I supported so far as backing Iraq or Iran. I can't recall even expressing an opinion on our previous support of either country (with various regimes) or the rest of the region for that matter - though it should be obvious I'm fairly pro-Zionist. That said, you can not attack me for the US backing Iraq during their 10 year war with Iran. It had nothing to do with me and i wasn't old enough to vote for Reagan - or Bush 1 the first time. Besides, back then I had a big heart I wore on my sleeve (screaming, ignorant liberal, in other words) and if I had voted...omg, I'm going gag trying to say this...I wouldn't have voted Republican. I think Nader looked good to me back then. Damn, did I do some quick growing up... ---not directed at you--- At any rate, I was attacking the "Bush Lied" mantra as being bullshit - and it was, is and forever shall be. I also attacked the two-faced idea purported by leading Democrats today about what an awful idea it was to overthrow Saddam. Its not because I'm glad we did it (though I am, as I've said) or that I'm conservative (I'm not), but because I hate people that gamble with peoples lives for their own, *personal*, political ends. Now you can say Bush did or does, and I'm not going to argue one way or the other, but don't defend the Dems with knee-jerk, over-the-top reactionary, hate-spewing, mind-numbing liberal bullshit! Either act with conviction or shut the ([EMAIL PROTECTED] up - which is exactly what the Clintons and Gores should be doing rather than, once again, passing judgment on their betters. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
