RE: Re: RE: iraq

["michael pugliese" <debsian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   oY VeY! No, Rakesh, I know you aren't pimping for the Ba'athist
regime! (And, neither, am i neo-conservative!! [Heh, some may
say different!]
   That fwd. went to the Numbers debate, from folks that know
the issues quite well. Follow the URL's. I know we lefties can
really get defensive...I'm not immune myself having been called
more wretched things on the net in the last two yrs. than any
other period in my life...incuding the elementary school playground...
   Back to Iraq, that post goes right to the credibility of the
various numbers bruited about and cites and bunch of the most
cited studies.
Michael Pugliese
P.S. Dilip Hiro has a new book on Iran and Iraq in pb. from Routledge.

>--- Original Message ---
>From: Rakesh Bhandari <rakeshb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: 12/27/01 2:48:10 PM
>

>>The following is an archived copy of a message sent to a Discussion
>>List run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq.
>>
>>[Re: can we trust Iraqi sources?
>
>are you implying that I said that we could? Wow! I speak to
the lack
>of reasoned analysis in the Nation coverage (double meaning
of
>coverage probably deserved) and now you are suggesting that
I may
>pimping for Saddam? It may be that Cortright's estimates are
correct;
>my point is that there is no reason to believe him given how

>underdeveloped and unsystematic his analysis was. It's a travesty
to
>me that the Nation could have run the piece. Well maybe not;
my
>opinions regarding the American left have been expressed before.
>
>Rakesh
>
>