[lbo-talk] Three Kings

[Dennis Perrin]

> From the article:
> > Although "Three Kings" recounts Saddam's crimes against his own people
> > and makes the case that the first gulf war should have removed him from
> > power,
>
> If that's not an endorsement of humanitarian intervention, I don't know
what
> is.
>
> -- Luke

I didn't get the sense that Russell was endorsing a US overthrow of Saddam,
but that he did sympathize with the uprisings and wished to see them
succeed. I think that "the case" is being made via the Times editorial
filter.

DP