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America's attack on Iraq seems strangely careful and bloodless but.....

James Holland | 21.03.2003 14:08

.... it's important to think about why this is. America has taken great care, there has been no massive aerial bombardment, an early ground war that threatens only soldiers, and great care not to destroy important infrastructure. They are starting this war very slowly and trying desperately to encourage Iraq to go quietly, concentrating on attempts to assassinate Hussein and his regime. Why?

This is because America wants to destroy only a small part of Iraq, Hussein and his cronies who turned against America 15 years ago, they want the rest of Iraq to join in the American project to build a global free market utopia.
This confirms to me the motivations for the war, that i suspected before it started. America's single aim in any issue is to strengthen and expand the global capitalist free market economy of which American firms and their CEOs/owners are the main beneficiaries. Iraq is particularly important because it was formally counted by the US as a 'good guy' and on their side in this aim (IE opposed to Iran and The Soviets) and also because they have an abundance of one very important commodity - Oil. What America wants is for Iraq to rejoin their campaign to build a global free market utopia, and also to take revenge on the man they hate for deciding to leave it. This is what America wants from all nations and people, usually they get it without much of a fight, but some countries, such as Iraq,Afghanistan or North Korea just don't want to join in. For them military force is used (justified by some more PR friendly cause - such as Terrorism or WMD), to destroy those who are unpersuadable and persuade those who are suffering under harsh regimes to join 'willingly'. There is no doubt that many in Iraq will join this global economic utopia willingly, even enthusiastically, because it is far better than what they are used to, and like the many millions of other people around the world who gobble up American culture and enthusiastically play in the casino of capitalism, they hold out the hope that they can stay among the winners.

James Holland
- e-mail: james@a16.org.uk

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You are repeating the official story verbatim

21.03.2003 14:48

Where is the evidence that the onslaught is "careful and bloodless" or that there has been no massive bombardment?

If you are foolish enough to rely on BBC/CNN/Sky etc then ask why are we only seeing footage of Baghdad. What about the rest of the country?

How do you know what's happening to "important infrastructure", in Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, Tikrit and other major centers of population? Or to Iraqi forces in the field? They're probably being decimated like last time and once again the full horrors won't emerge till after the major conflict, if at all.

Do you think the "endless waves" of bombers reported flying over Kuwait to Iraq, or the Fairford B52's, the carriers and submarines are delivering anything other than high explosives?

Niether Saddam nor the "coalition of the degenerate" are going to show us what's really going on, are they? They never have in the past, so why would they start now?

As for "free" markets, that's a joke, right?

Ron F

reply from james holland

21.03.2003 15:27

you are almost certainly right - we don't know whats going on, although if there was mass bombardment the iraquis would probably want to tell the world what was happening.
The comment i made is based on the thought that what we are hearing seems to tally with what i beleive is the overall aim of the American empire, and as for free markets - they are nothing more than myth.

james holland

dont believe the media

21.03.2003 15:39

This war is not bloodless...i was watching al jazeera last night and I saw atleast 30 people in a hospital covered in blood, mostly children and the elderly. How can it be bloodless if they have fired 100 tomahawk cruise missles into the civilian population areas of Baghdad? Dont believe our MEDIA. They are all part of the psychological propoganda for this war. Iraqi t.v strangely did not show any of this, maybe in order not to panic their populations. Iraqi t.v instead showed an old 1960's film starring oliver reed about Britain in its last imperalist attempt to conquer Iraq in the 1920's.

raz

Media propaganda

21.03.2003 23:12

In the media (BBC, ITN etc) they are continually asking the question of whether Saddam is dead yet. They do this to justify the continuing 'targetted' bombing of Iraq and ignore the fact that most of the deaths will be other Iraqis including military personnel, government employees and possibly civilians as if their deaths don't matter.

Brian B
mail e-mail: brian@brianb.u-net.com