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Tariq Ali - Brilliant Lecture On Effect Of Iraq War


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http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n07/tariq-ali/the-new-world-disorder

 

short snippets:

 

1. America's invasion of Iraq is now considered as a minor excess in history. Its a shocking victory for neoliberalism.

 

2. In past wars, the defeated atleast had a social structure in place. eg. Japan, Germany.

 

3. But in Iraq, the existing structure was dismantled and power was given to extremely bigoted clerics.

 

4. Atleast Saddam was tyrannical, but not bigoted.

 

5. Baghdad university in 1986 had more women professors than Princeton had in 2009.

 

6. One of the most stable societies in the region was destroyed. Every part of it was shredded.

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I love Saddam ... the most jealous freaks on the planet come from a small part in northwest europe

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I concur it is the biggest blunder...Jr Bush was trolled by Dick Cheney(vede deeni moola karanamu), in Sr Bush regime after gulf war Cheney(then defense sec)  wanted to go further into Iraq but Sr objected, he waited 10 years to pursue his startergy and made a fool of Jr.

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