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Can you please expand on that? How would the attack on Iraqi
missle and radar sites "clear the way for the Israeli-Arab war
that seems to unfolding before our eyes"?
G. Michael Stevens wrote:
>
> I wonder if this latest attack on Iraq was not meant to clear the way > for
> the Israeli-Arab war that seems to unfolding before our eyes. I hope I > am
> wrong.
>
>
> If the United States is to continue enforcing the
> no fly zone, and the Iraqis are going to continue
> to lock on to the US planes with their anti aircraft
> radar, then the strikes are necessary to protect the
> US pilots.
>
> Tamar Herzberg wrote:
> >
> >
> > GWB proves that he thinks of oil interests all the
> > time - he just said that he'll be "stikter" than
> > Clinton.
> >
> > It should be noted, that this air-strike, as
> > frightening as it may be, is pretty "regular" - I
> > remember they done it every forthnight or so.
> >
> > That brings up the question - besides oil interests
> > and the fact that GWB is not the man to say "we've
> > been wrong" - what's good about the strikes? It seems
> > to be that 9 years later, Saddam is still inpower, he
> > builds up forces (maybe less fiercefully than before,
> > but nevertheless), and the only ones that really
> > suffer is Iraqi babies: Saddam is glad to make them
> > poster boys of his struggle against the west.
> >
> > It might be a "bigger" discussion than Iraq (that
> > comes up every few threads here...): Are sanctions a
> > practical policy?
> >
> > Take Cuba for example, take China for another example:
> > When it's convinient for the US, the ignore communism
> > for trade interests.
> >
> > Take Iraq, and take Iran; Take Serbia; or any other
> > example in the past. Arms embargo doesn't mean no arms
> > (because you can always find the greey bastard who'll
> > sell); trade embargo is partly immoral and almost
> > always inefficient (since it's hard to enforce it on
> > all countries in the world, not all of them share your
> > view).
> >
> > Tamar
> >
>
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