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Timothy Schoonover
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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: Saddam
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I was hoping someone else would have a solution. I agree with you Chris; it seems like a catch 22.
Historically, democracies have failed time and time again without the support of a strong free market. Machiavelli realized that one of the best ways to exert control is through generosity. Rather than placing heavy economic sanctions on Iraq or bombing them, I think we would have been better to offer them conditional economic packages thereby boosting their ability to participate in global trade and to privatize their internal economy. The economy and political power are intrinsically linked. The more dependent the economy is on global trade, the less it is in their self interest to behave beligerantly. There used to be a saying, "No two countries with McDonald's have ever gone to war." It's not true anymore, but the principal is still applicable.
It's kinda too late for Iraq now, but I really feel America needs to take a hard look at the consequences of our foreign policy. We are on the wide road to empiricism. The 'war on terror' is doublespeak. Intelligence reports predict that our actions will result in an increase of terrorism rather a decrease. In other words, it's totally ineffective according to the rubric of its purported goals. But then again, maybe its not that ineffective after all, depending on how you look at it...hmm?
Bush is only a pawn. He's too lost in the shelter of his morality and believes, uncritically, the rightness of the illusions he's been fed. Look at his eyes, and tell me you don't see it too? He look's like a boy lost and scared in the world of grown-ups, desperately trying to fill the role. Edited by: Timothy Schoonover at: 4/8/03 2:45:11 pm
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