<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Justin wrote:</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>> Um, the usual call is for self-determination by the oppressioned, not intervention by your </DIV> <DIV>> friendly neighborhood imperialist. You will not anyone on the left who woulfd not haverejoined > had the Iraqi people gotten rid of SH.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But, then, one has to go beyond the immediate horrible human cost of intervention to find grounds for opposition; after all, the bloodshed wrought by an internal Iraqi uprising to get rid of the current regime (as opposed to a mere military coup to depose Saddam) would likely far exceed what we have seen so far during the current intervention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Luke</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>