Re: Al Gore for overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2000

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marvin Gandall wrote:
> Whether you think invasion/occupation versus sanctions/subversion represents
> only a nuance of difference or is more significant than that is a matter of
> judgment, of course. Certainly, you can make a case that the sanctions cost
> many lives -- perhaps as many or more than the invasion and subsequent
> occupation. But I think, if forced to choose, the Iraqis would still have
> preferred to continue contesting and evading the sanctions rather than face
> occupation by an invading American army.

Of course. That is why the US ruling class opted for war rather than
sanctions. They were becoming ineffective. Wars are made by a class, not
individuals by the way.


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