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DallasNE

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9. Another Name For "Economic Sanctions" --

Reply to madfloridian (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:09 AM

Feb 2013

Austerity.

Government action against people that are economic in nature is a form of austerity. It doesn't hit the government as often claimed but the people that are mere pawns in the larger political battle. That is what happened in Iraq and that is what is happening in Greece and other countries today. Austerity, in whatever form, never ends well for the people. Another example of that is post-World War I Germany and that was a calamity unseen before or after. Politicians never learn the lesson of history so they go about repeating them over and over and over again.

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From 2000. Squeezed to Death. Iraq after years of sanctions. John Pilger paints sad image. [View all] madfloridian Feb 2013 OP

The sadness on the faces of people selling possessions for food and medicine. madfloridian Feb 2013 #1

Maderline Albright said it was "worth it." Scootaloo Feb 2013 #2

Yes, she said that. madfloridian Feb 2013 #3

One can hold sincere beliefs and be incredibly wrong and guilty of war crimes. PDJane Feb 2013 #5

You are right, and sometimes sincere beliefs cause terrible harm. madfloridian Feb 2013 #6

I hope so. The fact is that the US tried to use Iraq as a free-market experiment as well. PDJane Feb 2013 #4

Seems now we have a thing about free market experiments... madfloridian Feb 2013 #7

I cried so hard that night and I still cry. littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 #8

The war has been rough on a lot of people Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #14

Thank you. littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 #15

That was disgusting. Bombing a country on TV and celebrating as we did. madfloridian Feb 2013 #17

Another Name For "Economic Sanctions" -- DallasNE Feb 2013 #9

But but but malaise Feb 2013 #10

Way to go America newfie11 Feb 2013 #11

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #12

that was the biggest lie of all: that fantastic notion that iraq was a threat to anybody, KG Feb 2013 #13

Amazing remembering all the politicians who cowered instead of telling the truth. madfloridian Feb 2013 #16

yes, and the new myth about dem politicians being bamboozled by bush. KG Feb 2013 #18

Everyone was afraid to criticize Bush. madfloridian Feb 2013 #19