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Hello all, Here we ago again ignoring the Iraqi people. How do you deter Saddam Hussein from oppressing and slaughtering Iraqis when that is the only way he can remain in power? If he stops doing so he would be overthrown, so how do you deter him from doing so? Clearly a well thought out policy that completely ignores the suffering of millions. Sama -- On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 16:57:56 Nathaniel Hurd wrote: >John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, “An Unnecessary War”, Foreign >Policy, January/February 2003, >http://www.foreignpolicy.com/wwwboard/walts.html > >Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) and Walt (Harvard) are often categorized >as "realists". In this essay they argue that > >[begin] > >In the full-court press for war with Iraq, the Bush administration deems >Saddam Hussein reckless, ruthless, and not fully rational. Such a man, when >mixed with nuclear weapons, is too unpredictable to be prevented from >threatening the United States, the hawks say. But scrutiny of his past >dealings with the world shows that Saddam, though cruel and calculating, is >eminently deterrable. > >[end] > >Mearsheimer Url: http://political-science.uchicago.edu/faculty/mearsh.htm > >Walt Url: http://ksghome2.harvard.edu/~.swalt.csia.ksg/ > >Nathaniel Hurd >Consultant, United Nations Iraq policy, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) >United Nations Office >90 7th Ave. >Apt. #6 >Brooklyn, NY 11217 >Tel. (M): 917-407-3389 >Tel. (H): 718-857-7639 >Fax: 718-504-4224 > >************************************************ >DISCLAIMER >************************************************ >Any views or opinions presented above are solely those of Nathaniel Hurd and >do not necessarily represent those of the Mennonite Central Committee. The >Mennonite Central Committee has no legal or other responsibility for the >contents of this message. > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. >To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss >To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk >All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk