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December 08, 2004
Don't Get Into That Pre-Bombed Sudan!
The great James Bovard writes:
Many politicians and much of the media are hollering for a U.S. military intervention into Sudan to stop the growing carnage in that nation’s civil war. However, few Americans clearly recall the debacle from the last time the United States attacked Sudan. Operation Infinite Reach was a farce of the first order – and may have helped pave the way to the September 11 attacks. And the fact that the false statements surrounding the operation proved cost-free for the Clinton team may have encouraged the Bush administration’s creativity on Iraq.
Bovard's point about avoiding further intervention in Sudan is well taken and timely. Perhaps more interesting, however, is his demonstration that Bill Clinton's lies and interventions were at least partly responsible for 9/11 and also helped set the stage for Bush's lies and interventions, something the antiwar camp, being largely liberal and Democratic, tends to overlook.
As always, a Bovard column is worth a full, careful reading.
Posted by Mike Tennant at December 8, 2004 10:54 AM
Comments
Mike,
I think the Sudan and the rest of the Muslim world would leave us alone if we left them alone too.
Count me as a "proud isolationist" or non-interventionist as the term applies.
I am amazed by how you come up with a fresh topic to write about everyday.
Ali
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at December 8, 2004 01:03 PM
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