Re: Al Gore for overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2000

2004-08-07 Thread Louis Proyect
Marvin Gandall wrote: You seriously misunderstand the nature of the conflict when you state that "the US ruling class opted for war." The US ruling class was and remains very divided over the invasion of Iraq, over whether it served or hurt US strategic interests. I think its closer to the truth to

Re: Al Gore for overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2000

2004-08-07 Thread Marvin Gandall
Louis Proyect wrote: > Marvin Gandall wrote: > > Whether you think invasion/occupation versus sanctions/subversion represents > > only a nuance of difference or is more significant than that is a matter of > > judgment, of course. Certainly, you can make a case that the sanctions cost > > many li

Re: Al Gore for overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2000

2004-08-07 Thread Louis Proyect
Marvin Gandall wrote: Whether you think invasion/occupation versus sanctions/subversion represents only a nuance of difference or is more significant than that is a matter of judgment, of course. Certainly, you can make a case that the sanctions cost many lives -- perhaps as many or more than the i

Re: Al Gore for overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2000

2004-08-07 Thread Marvin Gandall
Louis Proyect quoting the New Yorker article: > The idea of overthrowing Saddam is not an idle fantasy-or, if it is, > it's one that has lately occupied the minds of many American officials, > including people close to George W. Bush. In 1998, during the period > when Saddam was resisting the inte

Al Gore for overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2000

2004-08-07 Thread Louis Proyect
The New Yorker January 22, 2001 LETTER FROM WASHINGTON THE IRAQ FACTOR; Will the new Bush team's old memories shape its foreign policy? BYLINE: NICHOLAS LEMANN Let's assume, just for argument's sake, that George W. Bush's Presidency will have certain similarities to his father's-even that it will b