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From: JRKing <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]>
Subject: The Games of Empires
Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 9:22 PM
The Games of Empires
By Michael R. Allen
web posted October 4, 1999
If you loved the Gulf War, thought Operation Desert Fox stopped
too early, and The Siege contained no stereotyping, you know what
needs to be done. Recently, Iraqis who may or may not have been
soldiers killed two Kuwaiti soldiers near the border of the two
states. This is a great excuse to escalate American-British
military attacks against Iraq.
The rest of the world -- those who do not trust their governments
with the use of stealth bombers and fancy missiles -- know what
we might be in for: another long war, fought under the guise of
supposed Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction" but probably about
oil. Soon, the US will have to employ its own weapons of mass
destruction to make a clear statement: it's not what a country
has, it's which country has it. Iraq is not playing the imperial
game on America's terms, and must be punished.
Just as in the original Gulf War, Kuwait is accusing Iraq of
violating its sovereignty. The killed soldiers are being referred
to as "the two martyrs," so one can already predict a replay of
1990. Iraq is pure evil, Kuwait is a great nation in need of
protection, and Hussein's total obeisance is the goal. It might
be easier to just kill old Saddam, but his defeat would be more
exciting to the Western foreign policy elite.
But why let the Iraqi people suffer in the meantime? Because
their suffering is political leverage for the bombers. Hussein is
purported to be responsible for their condition, not trade
embargoes. Therefore, war is to be the humanitarian solution.
Fortunately, France, Russia, China, and other national
governments do not buy the US-UK argument.
The US and its lapdog Britain (or is it vice versa?) are the last
two 'civilized' countries to be fighting a war that technically
ended nearly seven years ago. Since December 19th alone, the two
have flown 12,583 sorties over Iraq's sovereign air space -- in
the name of patrolling the 'no-fly' zone. Again, the arbitrary
nature of the conflict is striking, but not surprising.
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has some sensible beliefs: He
believes that his nation's borders shouldn't be invaded, nor
should his people be bombed by daily runs of military jets.
Hussein's government also has suggested that if -- out of the
entire United Nations Security Council -- only the two countries
bombing Iraq want an embargo in place, that the embargo should be
dropped.
The foreign policy establishments in the US and in Britain find
these positions so illogical and one-sided that they have accused
Hussein of not playing fair. Hussein has responded that it's hard
to play fair when the only rule of engagement is that whatever
his government does is wrong. Here, Saddam Hussein is right on
the mark.
While Hussein may not be the most freedom-loving leader in the
world, and accepted US aid in the early 1980's, his military is
small and has never attacked the US or Britain. His regime may
exploit its condition continually, but it's clear the embargo
alone is responsible for the horrible conditions of Iraq. Before
1990, oil exporting accounted for nearly all of the Gross
National Product and over two-thirds of all food was imported.
With this balance upset forcibly, the internal conditions in Iraq
have become unbearable.
Hussein is correct to defend Iraq from relentless persecution. If
the US-British alliance advances its attacks to formal war again,
it will be impossible not to hope for his successful
fortification of his country. The American effort to destroy Iraq
cannot be supported by anyone who wants liberty and peace, for it
rests on unsavory motivations.
The destruction of Iraq is sought for economic reasons. The
Western foreign policy elite is intertwined with business
interests, and American oil companies do not need the honest
competition posed by the Iraqi crude. In a world in which America
has secure borders, the military has to be used offensively or
else contract in size. Defense contractors, bankers, and others
have an interest in seeing US foreign policy support a large
military buildup. Without a large military, the US could not play
the imperialism game.
If the United Nations team investigating last week's shooting
incidents finds against Iraq, one expects nothing less than
another 'operation' led by the US and Britain. The new operation
will arrive in more fortuitous circumstances than last year's
attack. This time, President Clinton won't be accused of wagging
the dog on impeachment eve, so more Republicans will be on his
side. And Iraq can actually be accused of provoking an attack.
After the events of this decade, though, it is difficult to
believe that Iraq has provoked anything nearly as evil as the
violence directed at it.
Michael Allen is the editor and publisher of Spintech Magazine.
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