Well even going back further it's a result of the British in the 1920's
setting up a puppet state to make sure BP controlled its oil reserves. In
the long sweep I agree with you Alison, and too, it's all too depressing to
squabble about.
Best
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Robert Fisk
> On 1/3/06 6:48 PM, "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> > Now it is all too appallingly obvious that the death-toll in Iraq is
huge
> > and disgusting, this morning the radio tells that 60 people were killed
for
> > some reason, the monotonous litany goes on day after day, but it is NOT
'we'
> > who are doing it. Certainly the Allied invasion, which I regard as
> > reprehensible, must have been responsible for deaths in the thousands,
but
> > what has happened subsequently is largely a result of the post-Saddam
power
> > vacuum, not as a direct result of the acts of British or American or
other
> > Allied troops.
>
> I don't want to argue about it much, either; it's just too depressing and
> dangerous. The fact remains that, despite the various attempts to erase
> recent history by all our governments, the mess Iraq is now is a direct
> result of the illegal invasion of "coalition" armies and the subsequent
> staggering corruption, incompetence and mismanagement by the US
> administration in Baghdad.
>
> Best
>
> A
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
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