Sorry about the war
Jul. 22nd, 2003 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerExcellent explanation of why the war happened.
Of course, the person writing it is one of those right-wing types, and I don't agree with all of the stuff around the emotions, but the simple categorisation is quite astute and honest (and completely different to the official line, of course).
Of course, the person writing it is one of those right-wing types, and I don't agree with all of the stuff around the emotions, but the simple categorisation is quite astute and honest (and completely different to the official line, of course).
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heh
Date: 2003-07-22 12:59 pm (UTC)Except of course it won't. From looking at the history of the Middle East, three options all seem more likely, Iraq will be:
1) A defacto colony of the US under military rule.
2) A nation ruled by a brutal kleptocrat who is loyal to the US, rather than one who is not.
3) One ruled by an Islamic theocracy.
On what historical precedent are you basing this?
And which of those are, say, Libya, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel?
Speculate all you want, but don't make the specious (sp?) claim that it's based on history of the Middle East.
Re: heh
Date: 2003-07-22 01:16 pm (UTC)