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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (84035)3/20/2003 5:07:15 AM
From: mirada  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Hi Jacob

Appreciate you sharing your thought here. FWIW I think the article actually explain a lot of behaviors of this administration and things, begin with the real objective of this push for Iraq.

From the aritcle
» Once Iraq is occupied, U.S. forces will have two missions. The
first will be the occupation, pacification and reconstruction of
Iraq. The second will be to pose a direct military threat two
these countries. The United States certainly has no intention or
desire to invade any of these countries. At the same time, the
United States takes the view that it is only the threat of direct
military action that will compel them to cooperate in destroying
al Qaeda. A threat has no meaning if it is not serious.
Therefore, in order to be effective, the United States will have
to be prepared to carry out follow-on campaigns.«

{The United States takes the view that it is only the threat of direct military action that will compel them to cooperate in destroying al Qaeda.}

This seems to be what the current US administration believe so it follow that the main objective is PERMANENT occupation of Iraq, not Oil, not disarmament, not really regime change, certainly not the liberation of the Iraqi people, but a massive military base in the region to pose a threat to the neighbouring countries in order to destroy al Qaeda root. The occupation proposal will never fly at the UN so they didn’t really bother to try very hard, it probably won’t fly with the American people neither but I don’t know. So they just do it. The administration probably prefer to go into this alone with out the UN anyway so they can have more maneuverability when the occupation begin.
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