Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:14:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Edward Said: Iraq: Clinton's Rampage


>>Lisa McNee asks:   What should the world's response be to this situation?
>>Even if one >is against imperialism, surely this does not mean accepting
>>a dictatorship as a viable >form of "self-determination" worthy of
>>protection?
> Is it possible that a country gets what it wants - or at least deserves
>- and that outsiders should not interfere - particularly since the info
>we get is warped to fit the point of view of our government and our
>press. I did business in Cold War Russia - in some ways it was
>preferable to the USA - but our govt and press would never have told
>you. As a minimum we should not give arms to governments that use them
>against their own people - as we do with Mexico and cenral ameriaca and
>indonesia.  Maybe we should boycott governments that provide weapons to
>dictators - but the US has been the major source of such weapons - so
>who is in control here? (I am in US)
>The rebels in the US fought off the King - France came to help but did
>not take control of the insurrection. If the rebels had not been willing
>to fight should the French have declared war to free them? And when
>freed of one evil leader another less than perfect leader usually arises
>- Batista vs Castro - maybe castro is better but probably not good. The
>Shaw vs the subsequent nuts. The King vs men like Stonewall Jackson.
>
>
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seems to me u.s. citizens should resist their governments effort to
pulverize, starve amd micro wave to death an entire society, and free up
the iraqi people to exercise their right to self-determination just for
starters, huh? bob brown

"Solidarity is running the same risks."
                        - Che Guevara
("La solidarieta' significa correre gli stessi rischi.")




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