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----- Origineel Bericht ----- Van: "Diarmuid" <diarmuidfogarty@onetel.net.uk> Datum: Zaterdag, September 14, 2002 12:33 pm Onderwerp: Re: [casi] Campaign Against Sanctions? > A "regime change" is a new, sanitised way of saying a "war". War > means that > innocent people are forced to pay a price that people like Sama > Hadad will > never be asked to pay. Thus, it seems fair that people like Sama Hadad > should never be in a position to decide whether or not that price > is worth > it. I agree. The number of Iraqi civilian casualties will be of the same order as the number of victims of 9/11. I fail to see how one can justify this. People who advocate regime change in Iraq also have to answer this question. If we had better intelligence about Saddam's plans in August 1990, the international community could have warned Saddam that we would not accept a ``regime change´´ in Kuwait. If Saddam had backed off then, wouldn't it be likely that Saddam would now be a U.S. ally in the war against terror? Rumsfeld visiting Saddam to negotiate the use of Iraqi air-fields and military bases to implement regime change in Iran? Saibal Mitra _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk