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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: BubbaFred who wrote (24854)6/16/2003 12:00:39 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 25898
 
BubbaFred,

The Cockburn article is pretty discouraging for anyone who would like to think that Iraq will be soon back to being a functioning society. Somedays I believe the chaos that we'ver created is completely intentional, and that the financial devastation of the Iraqi populace is one of the key goals of our occupation.

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On a slightly different note, Chalmers Johnson is one of my favorite authors. His book, "Blowback", was quite an educational experience for me.

Here's something new from Johnson on the CIA's greatest blunder:

truthout.org