More Rice?
Rice was confirmed as expected to work for her husb... oops, I mean her president. I didn’t catch all of her confirmation hearing, but I caught a section of Senator Boxer’s statements on CSPAN about how Rice had misled US public into supporting the war. One particular statement caught my attention about Iraq’s use of chemical weapons against the Iranian soldiers, and how the current administration used that as one of the reasons for their recent war. They used that crime committed by Saddam in their campaign without ever mentioning that US government was in full support of Iraq at that time. This happened even a few years before Saddam’s gassing the Kurds. At the time, Rumsfeld met with Saddam in Baghdad and provided him with whatever he needed to continue the war with Iran. There was a UN report in 1984 about the use of chemical weapons by Saddam and even some US officials acknowledged it, but despite all that, US went ahead and restored full cooperation with Saddam. This was one of the reasons why the Iran-Iraq war lasted as much as it did.
This, of course, is old news for those who followed the events of the region in the 80s, but it was interesting that, today in a Senate hearing, a Senator mentions this; so, everyone can see the hypocrisy of US government then and now. Interestingly, I could not find a reference to this section of Boxer’s statement on the web.
All indications point to a very aggressive and militaristic foreign policy for the US in the coming 4 years. They definitely want to go after Iran next. But, has American public wised up to the ways of this administration? Have they learned from Iraq’s fiasco? Will they now believe what Bush and Rice and the rest of liars in the administration tell them?
Latest polls show that US public opinion is unfavorable to the war right now, but never underestimate the PR machine of Bush and his wealthy and powerful backers to once again manufacture consent and start another dangerous, deadly, and eventually disastrous adventure in middle-east. Their only weakness is their failure in Iraq which may prevent them to go ahead with their plan the way neo-cons originally envisioned it.
To see more detail about Rumsfeld meeting with Saddam in 1984, click here.
This, of course, is old news for those who followed the events of the region in the 80s, but it was interesting that, today in a Senate hearing, a Senator mentions this; so, everyone can see the hypocrisy of US government then and now. Interestingly, I could not find a reference to this section of Boxer’s statement on the web.
All indications point to a very aggressive and militaristic foreign policy for the US in the coming 4 years. They definitely want to go after Iran next. But, has American public wised up to the ways of this administration? Have they learned from Iraq’s fiasco? Will they now believe what Bush and Rice and the rest of liars in the administration tell them?
Latest polls show that US public opinion is unfavorable to the war right now, but never underestimate the PR machine of Bush and his wealthy and powerful backers to once again manufacture consent and start another dangerous, deadly, and eventually disastrous adventure in middle-east. Their only weakness is their failure in Iraq which may prevent them to go ahead with their plan the way neo-cons originally envisioned it.
To see more detail about Rumsfeld meeting with Saddam in 1984, click here.
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