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[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] In a message dated 09/15/2002 11:41:48 AM Central Daylight Time, bintilhuda@lycos.com writes: > when Saddam is removed public awareness is such that it is far more > difficult for the US to put in a puppet government and are forced to edge > closer to true democracy. > > The US has maintained a genocidal campaign for a decade in the face of widespread international recognition of the sanction death machine. Public knowledge notwithstanding. I doubt that anything would forestall a puppet gov in Iraq which reflects only US interests especially as they relate to the privatization of the Iraqi peoples resource, oil. There is no way that the US will allow a democracy reflective of all the people of Iraq. The S-Muslims of the south will never be allowed to dominate governance of Iraq as long as the racist notions of Christian US Policy exists and the fear of fundamentalism (whatever that is) remains. There is no way the US will allow Kurds of the north to control the government of Iraq due to the situation with the Turks. That leaves what? REGIME change which is all that is being discussed. Therefore, we are talking about changing one dictator for another and murdering thousands in the process. Do we then further damage the collective psyche of the citizens of Iraq by taking the SH out and putting in someone who reflects the interests of the Empire? At least we, the world recognize the real challenges with SH. Put a puppet in and you have the unswerving support of the Puppetmaster and the Iraqi people are simply expoited with the wink and nod of the world. No war! No sanctions! Saddam?...what to do? Roger Stroope Peace is a Human Right Austin College _______________________________________________ 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