Bush Adviser Pipes: "Civil War in Iraq would not be that bad

[Tom Joad]

for our Interests." Who is the "our" that he refers to? Certainly not that of the working people of the Untied States, or that of the Iraqi people, but of an elite who want to expand US empire in the region.

One has to give Daniel Pipes credit for one thing, the transparency of his hate for the people of the Middle East (excepting Israel).

Who is this man? Daniel Pipes was appointed by President Bush during the Summer Congressional recess in August 2003 (to avoid a problem with Congress, why should Bush's appointments be questioned by anyone?) to the the board of United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally sponsored think tank dedicated to "the peaceful resolution of international conflicts." He served there until the end of 2004. Before that Pipes was a key adviser to Bush Jr. in supporting an escalation in the war against Iraq.

For those few Americans who still believe that the war was about "liberating Iraq" from Saddam, one should look at what Pipes has said in the past, and what he is saying now. His motives are certainly not humanitarian.

In the April 27, 1987 issue of The New Republic, Mr. Pipes and Laurie Mylroie authored an article supporting the arming of the "hideous totalitarian thug" Saddam with military arms, during the Iraq/Iran war. You can read a copy of that here: Tomjoad.org (scroll down a bit and click for the pdf copy... not perfect, but straight out of the public library. Since it is for educational purposes and no profit, it is fair use).

What is he saying now about the growing violence in Iraq among different groups?
It is not really that bad, and might work for "our" interests.
* Instead of attacking coalition forces, warring sectarian groups will attack each other!

* Effectively shutdown the rush to the formation of Democratic governments in middle east countries that have so far been electing and legitimizing radical Islamists!

* Reduce Western casualties outside Iraq {because} when Sunni terrorists target Shiites and vice-versa, non-Muslims are less likely to be hurt!

* Draw Syrians and Iranians into the conflict which increases the possibility of American confrontation with those two states!
See here for source

It is true that Saddam was a disaster in many ways for Iraq and most of the world. However what does it say about the Bush regime when it trusts so much the words of Pipes, who obviously has no real concern for the lives of the Iraqi people, and sees the people of the Middle East as he would pieces on a chess board. After all, Pipes saw no problem with arming Saddam when he was killing the most people, both Iraqi soldiers and Iranian people. To Pipes, such people were expendable. Pipes is no less a monster than Saddam.