American capillary vision and inventions of democracy - Part III

[salib]

Mostly closure of the discussion:

http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/101/399/16578_usa.html

The story of U.S. involvement with Saddam Hussein in the years before his 1990 attack on Kuwait is a topical example of the under-side of U.S. foreign policy

Almost all past U.S. administrations have one way or the other suffered from lack of prudent judgment. The present Bush administration, in particular seems to suffer from the most severe form of this syndrome. In addition to this, the present U.S. administration stands out among others with its extraordinarily strange 'political immaturity' and grave handicap in its faculties. Even the language of diplomacy seems to have suffered a lot. They have proven themselves to be incompetent in formulating prudent international strategies and tactics.

[tocqueville]

1. nothing very new here

unless that the author carefully avoids to tell that the former Soviet Union stood for 60%-70% of the Iraqui weapons and training. Everybody at that time saw Iran as the greater threat, and Saddam was EVERYBODY's man on the spot to contain Khomeini. Saddam was allowed to purchase uranium perfectly legally and enrich it. The nuclear technology didn't come ONLY from France, but even from the US, not to talk from Russia.

Saddam's big mistake was to threaten Saudi-Arabia. If he hadn't and kept the pressure on Iran, he'd still be in charge today. And probably an ally in the "war on terror".

[PDJane]

2. This administration is bent

on proving that they are the biggest, meanest dogs in the junkyard and that they don't have to care about international law or opinion.

The invasion of Iraq was simply more of the same.........