On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:29:57 -0500 Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> writes:
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> Marc Rodrigues wrote:
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> > Published on Sunday, September 15, 2002 in The Sunday Herald
> (Scotland)
> >
> > Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President
No, this is not very startling news, since I recall reading in the NY Times as well as in the British press, prior to 9-11, that many of the Bushies were eager to take out Saddam Hussein as soon as it would be politically possible to do so. That was hardly a well-guarded secret, indeed, almost as soon as they took office, they were floating "trial balloons" in the press about going after Iraq.
Jim F.
> >
>
> I don't think this is very startling news. It has been basic to U.S.
> strategy since the 1940s to prevent European (Soviet, British,
> French,
> EU) control of mideast oil. That is what the overthrow of Mossedegh
> was
> all about. The tactics vary, depending on various contingencies
> (including the personal quirks of those doing the planning) but
> there
> has been no change in the strategy. Strategically, the coming Iraq
> War
> is an attack on the EU, and at least for the present the EU seems to
> have no way to oppose it.
>
> Carrol
>
>
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