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To: sea_urchin who wrote (19990)1/4/2004 6:38:48 AM
From: mcg404  Read Replies (2) of 81976
 
Searle, <the US government used land…as collateral for debts which it created…The whole scheme was clearly a scam for passing assets to pals at the expense of the "slaves".> I guess I’m not understanding or recognizing where this ever took place. Is there an example of this transfer of land used as collateral for a debt? Or did this guy dream up this scenario?

<Thanks for showing me that debate. However, I don't agree with either of them. In my opinion, the Iraq war had nothing to do with Saddam… > And I agree with you. I just enjoyed reading a discussion that was elevated above a level of ‘evil’ this and ‘evil’ that, my god’s bigger than your god, they hate us because we love freedom, we need to make the world safe from terrorism, blah, blah, blah…

And, I thought this issue was valid (if not truly the basis for the iraqi invasion):

“The protection of sovereignty involved in those laws has kept humanity safe from some things but not others. It has protected people from conflict between states by establishing clear boundaries and non-interference pacts ñ no mean feat. Yet it has too often left people to horrific ravages within states…Don’t Iraqis have a better chance (although, I agree, no certainty) at human rights and democracy under a time-delimited US occupation than under Saddam? I wish there had been a wholly benign force ñ what the journalist David Aaronovitch called ìthe Nelson Mandela Peace Corpsî ñavailable to overthrow dictatorships. Alas, there wasnít.”

John
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