more on NYTimes.com: Op-Ed Columnist: The Awful Truth

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jamie McCarthy <jamie () mccarthy vg>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:22:19 
To:dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on NYTimes.com: Op-Ed Columnist: The Awful Truth

dave () farber net (Dave Farber) writes:

> here's something from a biased source,

Indeed.

> but the facts alleged seem hard to argue with.

No, it was pretty easy.  It took me about 20 seconds of Googling
to find that the "1998 Iraqi Liberation Act" that Clinton signed
is not comparable to, you know, a war.  The Act:

    Authorizes the President, after notifying specified
    congressional committees, to provide to the Iraqi democratic
    opposition organizations:
    
    (1) grant assistance for radio and television broadcasting to
    Iraq;

    (2) Department of Defense (DOD) defense articles and services
    and military education and training (IMET); and

    (3) humanitarian assistance, with emphasis on addressing the
    needs of individuals who have fled from areas under the
    control of the Hussein regime. Prohibits assistance to any
    group or organization that is engaged in military cooperation
    with the Hussein regime. Authorizes appropriations.

    Directs the President to designate:
   
    (1) one or more Iraqi democratic opposition organizations that
    meet specified criteria as eligible to receive assistance
    under this Act; and

    (2) additional such organizations which satisfy the
    President's criteria.

    Urges the President to call upon the United Nations to
    establish an international criminal tribunal for the purpose
    of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein
    and other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes
    against humanity, genocide, and other criminal violations of
    international law.

    Expresses the sense of the Congress that [etc.]
    
    http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm

Comparing authorization for VOA broadcasts and, as NewsMax goes on
to say,_discussing_ regime change, does not seem especially bold
when compared to a war in which tens of thousands of people have
died.
-- 
  Jamie McCarthy
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  jamie () mccarthy vg

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