[lbo-talk] re more should be would be

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Dec 17 12:48:45 PST 2003


Stephen Philion wrote:


>Taymour was the first-- and until recent Middle East Watch interviews the
>only--known survivor of a mass execution during Anfal. He remains the only
>eyewitness to the mass killing of women and children. His story has been
>well documented
>elsewhere, but it bears repeating here in its proper context.11
>
>--oh my...sounds kind of amaterish compared to the Kurdish massacres by our
>friends the Turks...in which case, this man Sodom deserves more military
>aid, not a show trial.

Steve, I don't get the point of playing down Saddam's crimes. There's not much doubt that his regime was barbaric. "They did it too!" isn't that much of a defense really.

Doug



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