Re: [PEN-L] World Order, Failed States and Terrorism

[soula avramidis]

Also in "Iraq rebuilds, with a little US help" he started with "A ceasefire agreement between Iraq and Iran was signed on August 20, 1988. Iraq then rebuilt its military capability with bank credits and technology from Western Europe and the United States, financed mostly by Saudi Arabia." Now that is a selective periodisation and an utter lack of knowledge of Iraqi history. there is a discontinuity that is not supported by fact.. Some would say that the US and the Gulf turned against Saddam because he ended the war with Iran. Imperialism was very cozy with the ongoing conflict and the stubbornness of the Mullahs of Iran because that usurped the wealth of the region. but that is one point.. what is more relevant is to trace historical development back to 1958 when Iraq moved into a soviet orbit. that is a change worth contemplating and where events fall better in place..

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

In a message dated 2/4/2005 5:22:16 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Generally, I have been a admirerer of Henry Liu's writings and have
often quoted him in my lectures and in writing on current world
political-economic events.  Then, today, I came upon this clanger.  If
Henry is really this ignorant on the history and events in Yugoslavia,
how far can I trust him on the rest of his history and analysis?

Paul Phillips

Charles Brown wrote:

>PART 1: The failed-state cancer
>By Henry C K Liu
>Asia Times, February 3 2005
>predatory market mechanism.
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> In former Yugoslavia, a former Soviet bloc state, ethnic
>strife has embroiled NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) members,
>primarily the US, in humanitarian intervention.

Also stated is:

 

"The structure of the Westphalian international system is based on
states upholding one another as sovereign actors. Cross-border intervention
on human-rights or economic issues is in conflict with that principle,
particularly when the option of intervention belongs exclusively to strong
states that on the basis of military strength also claim the privilege to
define the standards of human rights and economic equity. The sole reason
the US has not been a victim of humanitarian intervention is its military
strength, not because it is free of human-rights violations. Humanitarian or
human-rights or economic intervention are frequently acts of moral
imperialism by strong states."

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