Comments on: Republican Senator from Oregon: Iraq War “May Be Criminal” http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/republican-senator-from-oregon-iraq-war-may-be-criminal/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Scholar http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/republican-senator-from-oregon-iraq-war-may-be-criminal/comment-page-1/#comment-9059 Scholar Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:57:41 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=816#comment-9059 James Baker (bush senior's war dog) has come out with new strategies which contradict Condoleeza Rice (baby bush's war dog) Iraq plan. Gonna be really interesting to see how (if?) GWBush handles having to change his tune. Interesting point about Syrian motives, they are always seem to smiling, makes me nervous. In terms of the "axis of evil", I saw Leslie Stahl's report last night about North Korea. The vast majority of the population there are completely brainwashed, but they do not seem to mind (the definition of brainwashed?). Often working in sweatshops and *always* wearing badges of the deceased father of Kim Jong il, they displayed what I recognized as *religious* fanatacism/delusion toward their dictator. The North Korean library contained 2 books from the West (gone with the wind, casablanca) the rest were "guides" created by the dictatorship. Absolutely stunning tv journalism. I am trying to find some links, none yet. James Baker (bush senior’s war dog) has come out with new strategies which contradict Condoleeza Rice (baby bush’s war dog) Iraq plan. Gonna be really interesting to see how (if?) GWBush handles having to change his tune.
Interesting point about Syrian motives, they are always seem to smiling, makes me nervous. In terms of the “axis of evil”, I saw Leslie Stahl’s report last night about North Korea. The vast majority of the population there are completely brainwashed, but they do not seem to mind (the definition of brainwashed?). Often working in sweatshops and *always* wearing badges of the deceased father of Kim Jong il, they displayed what I recognized as *religious* fanatacism/delusion toward their dictator. The North Korean library contained 2 books from the West (gone with the wind, casablanca) the rest were “guides” created by the dictatorship. Absolutely stunning tv journalism. I am trying to find some links, none yet.

]]> By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/12/08/republican-senator-from-oregon-iraq-war-may-be-criminal/comment-page-1/#comment-9044 grumpypilgrim Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:18:58 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=816#comment-9044 I wouldn't count on the Syrians to help bring peace and stability to Iraq. Syria has a regime government much like Iraq did before Bush invaded. If Iraq were to develop a stable democracy...after the violent overthrow of their regime government...the Syrian citizens might get the idea they could do the same thing in their country. That's the last thing in the world the Syrian government would want to have happen. Thus, notwithstanding the possibility of Iraqi refugees flooding into Syria to escape a civil war, the Syrian government has a vested interest in seeing the fledgling Iraq democracy crash and burn: to send a message to its own citizens that the same thing might happen in Syria if its citizens try to achieve democracy via a similar path. Of course, Bush's branding of Syria as part of the "Axis of Evil" makes their cooperation even less likely. I wouldn’t count on the Syrians to help bring peace and stability to Iraq. Syria has a regime government much like Iraq did before Bush invaded. If Iraq were to develop a stable democracy…after the violent overthrow of their regime government…the Syrian citizens might get the idea they could do the same thing in their country. That’s the last thing in the world the Syrian government would want to have happen. Thus, notwithstanding the possibility of Iraqi refugees flooding into Syria to escape a civil war, the Syrian government has a vested interest in seeing the fledgling Iraq democracy crash and burn: to send a message to its own citizens that the same thing might happen in Syria if its citizens try to achieve democracy via a similar path.

Of course, Bush’s branding of Syria as part of the “Axis of Evil” makes their cooperation even less likely.

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