[hypothetical situations Maru]
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
>> For example, there could be a civil war, so instead
>> of the 1000s that Saddam goonies kill and torture
>> every day, we would have 10000. [these numbers
>> are *not* to be taken literally]
>
> Do you think there could be a civil war on that
> scale with American (and maybe some other countries)
> troops in Iraq to keep the peace?
>
Yes - because those troops would only protect
the oil fields.
> I don't think it could be anywhere near that bad,
> and even if Bush doesn't plan to build a great
> country out of Iraq, it is highly unlikely he
> would allow such a civil war, it would make him look
> like a complete failure and that is one thing that
> he will not tolerate, no matter his sincerity.
>
But if the oil prices were reduced by a factor
of 2 or 3, would his electors care about how
many iraqis were being killed? Worse: would the
press care about them? How many people die every
day of AIDS in Africa because the Capitalist
Corporations insist on keeping anti-AIDS drugs
so expensive as to make country-wide campaings
impossible?
Alberto Monteiro
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