[lbo-talk] re powers of discernment

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 11 11:51:45 PST 2003


Stephen E Philion wrote:


>--you're comparing incidences that later come to have independent
>verification I believe? the claimed mass graves found in Iraq, which
>ones are from the Iran-Iraq war? From the Kurdish repression of the
>80's that the US supported (though the Kurdish repression in Iraq was
>nothing compared to that practiced by our ally the democratic
>Turkey...)?
>
>Should we trust the US at its word that it is carefully following
>international protocols to determine the nature of these 'mass graves'
>or are they just throwing out numbers at us as they have in the past to
>justify war adventures? These are questions I think worth asking. I'd
>rather ask them than just trust the US propaganda machine.

You think there's any doubt that the Ba'ath regime was monstrous and killed lots of people? Among their prime targets were our kind of people! You can admit that Hussein was a horror and still hate the war.

Doug



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