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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (69169)1/27/2003 4:33:56 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Well, we clearly disagree on Bush I and the Kurds. The reason for the interest, the reason for the involvement was not human rights but a strategic gambit to get rid of Saddam. The speed with which we gave up the Kurds, as with Kissinger in the 70s should be ample testimony.

As for whether the Clinton folk did nothing or something in Bosnia, I gather we disagree. I count a great many activities over the time of the administration. Was it as much as I would have liked? Of course, not. Was the intent to stop more ethnic cleansing? Of course. As for Kosovo, we disagree on the triggers that got the Clinton folk in, but whatever they were, the entire rationale was one of stopping ethnic cleansing. Definitely not a strategic interest.

I remain convinced of the overall claim that started this exchange, that the Republican admins of recent decades have not undertaken these kinds of ventures for reasons of human rights. The one exception to that rule is Somalia.
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