I am baffled by this exchange. For nearly 70 years every single 'exercise' (economic, military, political) of u.s. power beyond its own borders, _regardless_ particular conditions, has been a terrible disaster for the people affected by the intervention.
No u.s. leftists has a right to have any opinion whatever on the Middle East (or the Ukraine or Syria or Libya) except the conviction that u.s. interfeen ce there must be opposed. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:17 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] we're up at MoveOn: No New U.S. War in Iraq! "Robert Naiman" <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. It's not a US responsibility to stop Sunni militias from taking over Sunni > areas of Iraq. ISIS is an Islamist movement which the Sunni population doesn't automatically support. It's in the best interests of the US to work with mideast governments to defeat ISIS. Much aid is going to the Islamist forces from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar and the US should put pressure on those governments to stop giving that aid. > 2. The Iraqi government, Shia militias, and the Iranians are much better > position than the US to stop Sunni militias from taking over Baghdad and Shia > areas. Again, not all Sunni are Islamist. The US has much more air power than Iraq, Iran, and non-government militias have. > 3. The U.S. is talking about cooperation with Iran. That's good. The question > on the Washington table is direct US military action or not, including > airstrikes. Direct US military action would be bad. The US should also cooperate with Syria where ISIS is also active. You haven't shown how direct US military action would be bad. -- Ron _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
