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Conclusion: The World We Want

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Perhaps the World we don't want

Contributor: banquosghost

Date: 2003-03-30 16:26:28


http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html

Here's a link to Josh Marshall's article about what he has come to believe about his country's plans vis a vis the Middle East. He also can be read daily at http://talkingpointsmemo.com/ and is worth the time.

The US is going to have to borrow massive amounts of money to finance this war. From whom? Essentially from the countries who have declined to participate in "the coalition of the willing" that's who.

Any room to maneuver there?

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Perhaps the World we don't want

Contributor: codc01

Date: 2003-03-31 03:40:26


Thanks!! That was a very good article, and this article scares me even more! Everything could go wrong so quickly!

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Perhaps the World we don't want

Contributor: jwitt

Date: 2003-03-31 19:49:49


That article is an interesting read. I don't know how the US will finance this. The last Gulf War was bankrolled by Japan, Germany and the House of Saud. This could easily precipitate an economic as well as an humanitarian catastrophe.

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Perhaps the World we don't want

Contributor: fatmomma

Date: 2003-04-01 22:46:03


Thanks for the link, banquosghost. Sad but not shocking. I have read a lot of Ramsey Clark's views. Very much like this. Since the war is happening whether we like it or not; I wish I could believe that the coalition knew what they are doing and that it will bring peace to Iraq or diminish threats of terrorism or accomplish anything good; but I just cannot see anything positive coming out of this war.

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