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The following is the sub-header atop a piece by Owen Jones in today's Guardian:
Mr. Jones' thesis is thought provoking and the evidence he provides to support it is very difficult to dismiss out of hand.
To wit:
A very worthwhile read, indeed.
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The following is the sub-header atop a piece by Owen Jones in today's Guardian:
The west faced no reckoning for the death and destruction it wreaked in Iraq. That made the war crimes we’re now witnessing (in Gaza) inevitable...
Mr. Jones' thesis is thought provoking and the evidence he provides to support it is very difficult to dismiss out of hand.
To wit:
...A war of aggression, deemed illegal at the time by the then UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, plunged Iraq into murderous chaos. At a conservative count, 300,000 Iraqis suffered violent deaths, according to the painstaking research of Iraq Body Count, about two-thirds of whom were civilians...
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...(T)he Iraq war proved that Arab life is cheap indeed. Only a reckoning could have given it value...
A very worthwhile read, indeed.
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2 comments:
It is ,choose your, Gods will.
Many forget how GW Bush flooded the 'Green Zone' with religious fanatics.
TB
It is now apparent to all that those executed for war crimes in WW2, were executed strictly for politcal reasons and not legal reasons.
Those who win wars set the rules and judgment. This something to remember for those who lose wars, that war crimes are nothing more than politcal expediency and not for legal retribution.
In the strict sense, Iraq legitimized terror tactics and it comes to no surprise that those who have had terror visited upon will make sure terror is, now visit terror will visit those who sent the calling card.
After the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, where American soldiers raped and cold bloodily murdered civilians a American news source asked a former NAZI officer about the lack of serious charges against the soldiers involved and indeed the cover -up. His answer was "It is not for the judged to judge the judge".
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