Chelsea heckles anti-war rally

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Sat Nov 10 18:02:10 PST 2001


Jordan wrote:
> Remind me what the policy goal is in Iraq? It's certainly not
> "driving a dictator out of power" . . .
>
> /jordan

The initial goal was merely cheaper oil, which is why most Democratic Senators voted against the war and also why Bush Sr. was content to pull out before sacking Baghdad (side note: few have mentioned how the fall of Hussein during the Gulf War would've saved the Iraqi lives lost to sanctions). However, deposing Hussein became a policy initiative after the war and continues to be one.

-- Luke



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