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argue that “freedom is worth it,” or words to that
effect.  That is for the Iraqis to decide, but the
argument would ring truer if the US had not helped
Iraqi forces crush internal rebellions in 1975, 1988
and 1991-2.

The argument would also make more sense if Iraqis were
actually free, instead of living under martial law,
watching foreign generals meet with handpicked
“representatives” to set up their next government and
spend Iraqi money.  Among the spoils of war are $380
million or more in reconstruction contracts to
Bechtel, control of the Iraqi oil industry to former
Shell CEO Philip J Carroll, and Iraqi sea ports to
notorious US union-buster Stevedoring Services of
America.  The US is even using frozen Iraqi assets to
pay the bills.

Now what if France had done all that in 1776, instead
of helping American colonists liberate themselves?

Ricky Baldwin


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