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To: Brumar89 who wrote (14211)	11/30/2004 8:05:49 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

> but that's [colonialism, imperialism] not what we're about. If you think so, I'd urge you to examine UNSC Res. 1546. < You'll have to do better than that. I offer history, our history, and the history of other "western powers", as testimony to what colonialism and imperialism looks like at the start, middle, and end. Aside from the irony that the press release announcing resolution 1546 welcomes the end of occupation (last I looked, Iraq was still occupied), do not forget that Res 1546 continues the war reparations measure set out in Res 1483 paragraph 21) (which is itself a continuation from measures first adopted in the 1990's). 1586 24. Notes that, upon dissolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the funds in the Development Fund for Iraq shall be disbursed solely at the direction of the Government of Iraq, and decides that the Development Fund for Iraq shall be utilized in a transparent and equitable manner and through the Iraqi budget including to satisfy outstanding obligations against the Development Fund for Iraq, that the arrangements for the depositing of proceeds from export sales of petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas established in paragraph 20 of resolution 1483 (2003) shall continue to apply, that the International Advisory and Monitoring Board shall continue its activities in monitoring the Development Fund for Iraq and shall include as an additional full voting member a duly qualified individual designated by the Government of Iraq and that appropriate arrangements shall be made for the continuation of deposits of the proceeds referred to in paragraph 21 of resolution 1483 (2003); 1483 21. Decides further that 5 percent of the proceeds referred to in paragraph 20 above shall be deposited into the Compensation Fund established in accordance with resolution 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991 and subsequent relevant resolutions and that, unless an internationally recognized, representative government of Iraq and the Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, in the exercise of its authority over methods of ensuring that payments are made into the Compensation Fund, decide otherwise, this requirement shall be binding on a properly constituted, internationally recognized, representative government of Iraq and any successor thereto; Iraq's debt might be renegotiated down, but a sizable portion of its historical and all its new debt are as a direct result of the intervention (war, embargoes, our intentional destruction of Iraqi infrastructure causing billions in damage) -- all cheerfully brought on by our so-called modern state. Keeping Iraq in debt has long been a tactic used by the United States - and other Arab countries as a matter of fact - and is a weapon used in history by colonial powers. At the moment we are trying to keep an installed western puppet, much like our imperial aspirations supported the Shaw of Iran (only with more guns) or supported Saddam himself for decades - he wasn't a puppet but he was our guy. We have him - military aid, - intel, - bioweapon precursors, - political support, - Thanks to our meddling in the Iraq-Iran war (we supported them too) the USS Vincennes, one of our Aegis cruiser, blew a civilian airliner in half. - shipped to Iraq "nuclear entities" while soft-peddling this to congress How about Chile? Not exactly our Colony but we had a role in beating the people down there. Kissinger "we know you have to do atrocities - just do it quickly". Panama? An original colony. Phillipines? We colonized them until they learned to like it, with hundreds of thousands of dead to show for it. There need not be a white American sitting on the throne in Hussein's old palace for Iraq to become a "colony" or property of the US. It already is, for all intents and purposes, indebted. Unfortunately this will only become clear if "free and democratic" elections turn in a result that the US doesn't like. It would be quite an irony if an Iran-like government ends up taking over, and kicks the US out. Then you'll see our full, colonial, action in gear....