OUR FIFTY-FIRST STATE? As James Fallows reports, war with Iraq would mean
shouldering the responsibilities of an occuping power once victory was
achieved. Are we ready for a long term relationship? Story in The
Atlantic Monthly online (here)
A Vermonter's well reasoned letter to our governor & congressional
delegation on Iraq. (here)
Vermont's Brattleboro Reformer says "Just Say No" in its editorial on
Iraq. 9/23/02 (here)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jay Bookman argues that war against Iraq
is not really about Iraq: "It is not about weapons of mass destruction, or
terrorism, or Saddam, or U.N. resolutions. Invasion would mark the next
step toward an American empire." (here)
Beyond Containment: Defending U.S. Interests in the Persian Gulf, an
Institute for Strategic Studies Special Report (here)
U.S. plans military rule and occupation of Iraq By Julian Borger, The
Guardian, 10/12/02 (here)
U.S. Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq, Officials Report Story by David E. Sanger
and Eric Schmitt, for The New York Times, 10/11/02 (here)
The Lessons of Empire, By Michael Elliott, Time Magazine, Oct. 7, 2002
issue (here)
As Bush considers colonizing Iraq, he ought to look at the last attempt, by
the British, no less.
Gore Assails Bush's Iraq Policy, the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco.
9/23/02 (here)
"In the immediate aftermath of September 11th, more than a year ago, we had
an enormous reservoir of good will and sympathy and shared resolve all over
the world. That has been squandered in a year's time and replaced with
great anxiety all around the world, not primarily about what the terrorist
networks are going to do, but about what we're going to do."
Top Dems Back Bush on Waging Iraqi War
Hawkish consensus among possible presidential contenders could boost
fortunes of Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, says Ron Brownstein, Los Angeles
Times, 9/18/02 (here)
Is there a doctrine in the house? A Mark Fiore animated cartoon
strip (here)
Top 10 Reasons Not to "Do" Iraq
By Ivan Eland, dir. of defense policy studies at the Cato Institute.
8/19/02 (here) (no liberals here!)
Dean says Iraq war would be a long one, and could lead to American troops
being on the ground in the country for a decade. By The Associated Press,
8/21/02, (here)
Dean says Bush has not prepared U.S. for Iraq attack, by Mike Glover, AP,
9/04/02 (here)
100,000 troops already in place, as US forces prepare to quick strike and
take over Iraq. (here)
The real goal is the seizure of Saudi oil,
says Mo Mowlam , member of Tony Blair's cabinet 1997-2001, The Guardian,
9/05/02 (here)
What war looks like, by Howard Zinn, The Progressive, 9/09/02 (here)
What is missing is what an American war on Iraq will do to tens of
thousands or hundreds of thousands of ordinary human beings who are not
concerned with geopolitics and military strategy, and who just want their
children to live, to grow up. They are not concerned with "national
security" but with personal security, with food and shelter and medical
care and peace.
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