Iraq Sanctions & the Weapons of Mass Destruction

t byfield tbyfield at panix.com
Thu Dec 9 06:54:21 PST 1999



> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 04:48:34 -0500
> From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>


> It's no coincidence that while the HUAC is being rehabilitated in the USA
> ("they got the right men after all!"), we are also witnessing the
> never-ending charade of "inspection" to destroy the "weapons of mass
> destruction" in Iraq. Never mind that millions of Iraqui people have
> suffered due to the effort of the Security Council to "protect" the world
> from Iraq. We are supposed to believe that Iraq presents a danger to the
> welfare of people in the world, so the combined military powers of the USA
> & its Atlantic Allies must "protect" us. Just as the HUAC "protected"
> Americans from the USSR and the Communist "Fifth Column." Yoshie

i think it's safe to say that--without 'defending' or 'rehabilitating' HUAC, or lending any moral authority to the US's ever-more tenuous and impracticable activ- ities in iraq--that your analogy is deeply silly.

cheers, t - thinks your monologic negativity will drive you mad



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