How many troops does the Arab League have and
how many of them can they afford to send to Iraq?
And who is going to pay for them?
--
Yoshie
Yoshie,
As an old saying goes:
Follow your own path, let the Americans talk!
Sabri
Follow your own path, let the Americans talk!
Sabri
Last time I checked, I was classified as an American, as are thousands,
hundreds of thousands, maybe millions who demonstrate their complete
opposition to US military and economic occupation, and the possibilities
of proxy
From: Doug Henwood
Who opposes U.S. withdrawal from Iraq?
^^^
Charles: Is this
unanimous ? Madamechair I support the motion. Call for unanimous consent.
Any objection ? Hearing none ..
The position of the Communist
Workers Party - and apparently that of many Iraqis - is for a
From: Bill Lear
Let me get this right: since only 1,000 out of 24 million came out for a
very vocal demonstration, that shows how cowed they are; therefore,10,000 in
the U.S., keeping proportions constant, shows the same thing?
^^
CB: Aren't a lot of Americans cowed ? ( As in standing
It probably would have taken a civil war (i.e. chaos) for Iraqis to
overthrow Saddam. Would those who now oppose U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
because it will lead to civil war have opposed a revolt against the
Baathists ?
Charles
Charles Brown wrote:
It probably would have taken a civil war (i.e. chaos) for Iraqis to
overthrow Saddam. Would those who now oppose U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
because it will lead to civil war have opposed a revolt against the
Baathists ?
Who opposes U.S. withdrawal from Iraq? The position of
At 12:08 PM -0500 3/30/04, Doug Henwood wrote:
a UN force without the U.S. to replace the U.S.
Who do they think will contribute the troops to make up a UN force
without the US?
--
Yoshie
* Bring Them Home Now! http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
* Calendars of Events in Columbus:
Doug Henwood wrote:
a UN force without the U.S. to replace the U.S.
Yoshie asks:
Who do they think will contribute the troops to make up a UN force
without the US?
the Arab League has been mentioned...
JD
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Doug Henwood wrote:
a UN force without
Doug Henwood wrote:
a UN force without the U.S. to replace the U.S.
Yoshie asks:
Who do they think will contribute the troops to make up a UN force
without the US?
the Arab League has been mentioned...
JD
How many troops does the Arab League have and how many of them can
they afford to send to
Is this the same Arab League whose summit just collapsed or is this
a different Arab League?
* No lost sleep over the postponed summit
By Danny Rubinstein
The Palestinian leadership was not especially disappointed yesterday
when it learned of the postponement of the Arab summit conference
polls of Iraqis to reflect Iraqi opinions
accurately, for Iraqis can't speak their minds freely:
* U.S.-Led Coalition Shuts Down Iraq Paper
By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Writer
Published: March 29, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday shut down a
weekly newspaper run
demonstrating in front of
U.S. troops:
U.S.-Led Coalition Shuts Down Iraq Paper
By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Writer
Published: March 29, 2004
This is what happens when an Iraqi journalist expresses his
opinion, said the white-turbaned Darraja.
What is happening now is what used to happen during
At 1:06 PM -0500 3/29/04, Doug Henwood wrote:
Under such conditions, you can't trust any Western opinion polls of
Iraqis to reflect Iraqi opinions accurately, for Iraqis can't speak
their minds freely:
They don't seem shy about expressing their opinions to reporters for
foreign wire services or
On Monday, March 29, 2004 at 13:16:10 (-0500) Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
...
Yes, more than 1,000 supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
demonstrated peacefully, but that is a tiny minority in the nation
of 24,683,313 (July 2003 est.,
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html), and
Bill Lear wrote:
Let me get this right: since only 1,000 out of 24 million came out for
a very vocal demonstration, that shows how cowed they are; therefore,
10,000 in the U.S., keeping proportions constant, shows the same
thing?
I don't think the issue is whether you can protest in the streets in
On Monday, March 29, 2004 at 13:16:10 (-0500) Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
Yes, more than 1,000 supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
demonstrated peacefully, but that is a tiny minority in the nation
of 24,683,313 (July 2003 est.,
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html), and
even
Bill Lear wrote:
On Monday, March 29, 2004 at 13:16:10 (-0500) Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
...
Yes, more than 1,000 supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
demonstrated peacefully, but that is a tiny minority in the nation
of 24,683,313 (July 2003 est.,
At 2:49 PM -0500 3/29/04, Louis Proyect wrote:
I don't think the issue is whether you can protest in the streets in
Iraq. Obviously you can. This is not exactly Pinochet's Chile,
although down the road it might come to that.
It is really more a question of determining what Iraqis think about
the
Bill, you're trying to reason, which is often a dead end. Even
though half of Baghdadis polled expressed dislike of Bush and Blair
and thought the U.S. was after their oil, and almost a fifth
expressed support for attacks on U.S. forces, their expression of
worry about what might happen (e.g.
In response to Yoshie, Bill Lear wrote:
Let me get this right: since only 1,000 out of 24 million came out for
a very vocal demonstration, that shows how cowed they are; therefore,
10,000 in the U.S., keeping proportions constant, shows the same
thing?
Saith Doug ironically,
Bill, you're
At the risk of overposting:
Those who express ambivalence or reluctant support for the US occupation of Iraq are
practicing a form of less-evilism. And like all forms of lesser evilism, this one
is based
on self-delusion.
To be precise-- the delusion is that somehow someway the actions of the
Devine, James wrote:
As for the fear of what might happen if US forces pulled out, I think
there's a very good reason to trust the poll results. People are almost
always afraid of what will happen if the state (in this case, the US
armed forces) goes away.
This is not just about whether to trust
DMS wrote:
So a question, and I won't bother you about this again: When US fatalities increase
to 10 or
20 a day from the current 1 or 2, when every shopping mall is filled with SUVs
saying bring them
home, when every Senator questions our course in Iraq because of the increasing
Jim, you are an excellent psychologist. I have been busy all day and have not been
able to wade through the entire thread, but I think that everything has already been
said. I suspect that we have pushed Chechnyia as far as we usefully can.
Devine, James wrote:
(I can understand it if
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