>I don't try to read the minds of those in power, but here's what
>Christian Parenti was saying in August 2003.
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>oug Henwood Fri Aug 29 07:27:29 PDT 2003
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>Paul wrote: Clearly the occupation's failures point to deeper social and
>political problems with U.S. policy than just "security".
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>Christian Parenti also said that he's talked to people who surmise that
>at least a faction of the Bush admin wants Iraq in chaos, as does the
>Israeli government. That would make some sense - they're not *that*
>incompetent, are they? - Doug
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>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2003/2003-August/021007.html
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>If it made "some sense" in 2003 why is not even to be considered now?
Times change, and sometimes minds change. (At that time, most Iraqis didn't want the US to leave; now they do.) In Aug 2003 few people had an inkling of how messy things would turn out. But I'll ask Christian when I interview him in about 2 hrs.
Doug