Re: CFR on civil war in Iraq
Carrol Cox wrote:
I don’t try to read the minds of those in power, but here’s what Christian Parenti was saying in August 2003.
==== oug Henwood Fri Aug 29 07:27:29 PDT 2003
Paul wrote: Clearly the occupation’s failures point to deeper social and political problems with U.S. policy than just “security”.
Christian Parenti also said that he’s talked to people who surmise that at least a faction of the Bush admin wants Iraq in chaos, as does the Israeli government. That would make some sense - they’re not that incompetent, are they? - Doug
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2003/2003-August/021007.html
If it made “some sense” in 2003 why is not even to be considered now?
Times change, and sometimes minds change. (At that time, most Iraqis didn’t want the US to leave; now they do.) In Aug 2003 few people had an inkling of how messy things would turn out. But I’ll ask Christian when I interview him in about 2 hrs.
Doug