war plans

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Tue Aug 6 09:55:58 PDT 2002


At 10:39 AM 8/6/2002 -0400, doug quoted:
>[Happy Hiroshima day.]
>
>New York Post - August 6, 2002
>
>WAR PLAN
>By NILES LATHEM
>
>WASHINGTON - These dramatic satellite photos show just how far U.S.
>preparations for war with Iraq have advanced.

A question to the list:

Attacking Iraq makes little sense from the point of view of "war on terrorism" - since Iraq is almost certainly not involved in sponsoring terrorism. The question thus remains, why Bush and his entourage pursue it?

The "wag the dog" explanations (e.g. vendetta, mobilizing popular support to win the November election) do not seem very convincing.

One possibility is that Iraq is merely a diversion, and the real targets are Saudi Arabia and Iran. Attacking these countries makes perfect sense from the point of view of "war on terrorism" because these countries are main sponsors of terrorist networks. Any thoughts?

wojtek



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