Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WOULD NOT ask Paul Tsongas to donate money to Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. You would not expect Iraq's United Nations representative to vote for the resolution condemning his country in the Gulf War. You would not count on a sane squirrel to stop mid-stride to let a dog catch him in a mad dash across the Yard...
...disturbing double standard exists in the Bush administration's decision to send troops into Kuwait last year and its present position toward the fleeing Haitians. Iraq's aggression merited definitive condemnation by the U.S. government. The brutal conduct of the Haitian dictatorship against its own people deserves similar censure...
...this cynicism was nowhere to be found last year, when Kuwaitis in the West claimed that Iraq had committed unpardonable atrocities since invading the country. Obviously the U.S. had some reason to believe that the Kuwaitis faced such horrors. The problem is that Bush and Baker have just as much reason to think that the Haitians face political persecution. But since when has reason played any role in the Bush administration...
VERIFICATION WASN'T even mentioned before the U.S.-led coalition bombed Iraq back to oblivion. operating according to this precedent, the administration should be willing to accept the Haitian refugees' allegation without need for corroborating evidence...
They are clinging to a fragile autonomy in the rubble of northern Iraq...