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See here: http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/issue51/articles/51_32 .pdf ``17 May 1987: An Iraqi Exocet missile hit a U.S. frigate, killing 37 sailors. The Reagan administration accepted Iraq’s apology for this error but the president still blamed Iran.´´ According to the article US relations with Iraq were almost as good as US relations with Israel. Quoting Darin Zeilweger <dzepplin@charter.net>: > > Saddam Hussein was never an 'ally'. > > The U.S., in the mid 80's, provided military support to Iraq so it would > not lose the war to Iran. In was in our interest to do so. It was also > in the worlds interest to do so, too, as the U.S.S.R., France, and China > provided military support to, much more so in fact, than the U.S.A. > Germany, too, supplied Iraq with chemicals, too. England supplied Iraq, > too, but not as much as the rest. > > I don't know what specific naval excercise you are referring to, but our > Navy ended up going there, that is true, to protect from Iranian attacks > on both Iraqi and Kuwaiti shipping -- Oil isn't kool-aid, ya know. > > About 'if Saddam had not invaded Kuwait': No, Saddam Hussein would > never have been an ally, even if Halabjah had never transpired. At > most, all Iraq would have been, like virtually any other middle east > country, is a country to do trade with and with perhaps a basic level of > diplomatic relations. > > An ally would be a country like France.... or no... wait... never mind. > > > > Saibal Mitra wrote: > > How many Americans know that Saddam used to be a US ally? > > That Tariq Aziz met Reagan in the White House and that the > > US and Iraq held joint Naval Exercices? > > > > How many Americans know that all this changed not because > > of the human rights violations by Saddam's regime but > > because Saddam invaded oil rich Kuwait? > > > > Had Saddam not invaded Kuwait, he would probably be a US > > ally in the war against terror. > > > > > > Quoting Darin Zeilweger <dzepplin@charter.net>: > > > >> Tuesday, April 14, 2003 > >> In Defense of Fast Food > >>...... The pacifists are clearly not concerned about Iraqi > > civilians. They did > >> not care about the millions who died under Saddam’s > > brutal regime, and > >> they do not wish to bring Iraqis the values that brought > > the Western > >> world out of the Dark Ages and into the light of liberty > > and prosperity. > >> They volunteered as human shields to protect Saddam’s > > weapons factories, > >> but they now wish for Americans to get out of Iraq > > without restoring > >> order or reconstruction by turning over Iraq to the > > incompetent and > >> corrupt hands of the UN. Now that they have failed to > > keep the United > >> States from asserting the right to its own existence > > (albeit weakly), > >> they seek to prevent the United States from asserting the > > values that > >> give us the right to that existence. Having failed to > > save the Iraqi > >> dictator, they seek to save the values that created him. > > They claim that > >> all cultures are equal, that even the claim that freedom > > is better than > >> slavery, prosperity is better than poverty, and life is > > better than > >> living death amounts to ethnocentric imperialism and > > racism. It is not > >> fast food that these peaceniks oppose, but civilization > > and life – as it > >> should be lived. They have made their stance clear. Let > > us now make ours. > >> > >> David Veksler > >> College Station, Texas > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ____________________________________________________________ _________ > > Snel en voordelig ADSL nu voor iedereen bereikbaar. > > Zon Breedband Budget vanaf EUR 14,95 per maand met ZonTel. > > Nu tijdelijk geen aansluitkosten. 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