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Re: Sanctions (was: Libertarian Propaganda)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2001 04:40:25 GMT
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Yeah, let's do it RIGHT - drop the sanctions, and assassinate the bastard.
That's the simplest fix ;-)
Daniel Jassim wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
> > I just read an interesting piece in The New Republic about the sanctions on
> > Iraq:
> > http://www.tnr.com/061801/rubin061801.html
> >
> > Seems that the Iraqi govt. IS able to get food from other nations, but it
> > exports it to pay for luxuries for the party elite. It supports the case
> > that sanctions don't work at changing the behavior of a dictatorship, and
> > also shows that it is the Iraqi govt. that is responsible for the suffering
> > of its people, not the sanctions.
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> Seems so, according to that one report and I don't doubt for a minute that
> Saddam wouldn't take the money from the so-called "oil-for-food" program to
> build palaces and let Iraqis suffer. Even if this report were 100% true, it
> doesn't change the fact that the sanctions in place do nothing to harm to
> Saddam. It seems having the sanctions just gives that bastard the excuse he
> needs to blame America. Take away the sanctions, take away his excuse. Or if
> this report is not fully accurate, still it seems to favor dropping the
> sanctions since they have no effect on the intended target, Saddam. Either
> way, the sanctions need to stop. Here's some other info:
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> http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/iraq/
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> http://www.iacenter.org/iraq.htm
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> http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/casi/
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> http://www.megastories.com/iraq/index.shtml
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> Dan
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| (...) Might theoretically be simplest but I doubt it. Better: Drop the sanctions, drop restrictions on private individuals giving aid, and let his own people do it. What Bush I did to the Iraqi opposition, leading them on, then leaving them out to (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Seems so, according to that one report and I don't doubt for a minute that Saddam wouldn't take the money from the so-called "oil-for-food" program to build palaces and let Iraqis suffer. Even if this report were 100% true, it doesn't change (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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